Prevention in childhood

Since the “correction”, even at the most advanced age, triggers the body’s natural processes of self-regulation and recovery, this method of treatment can be regarded as a very effective preventive measure.

Think how many unpleasant conditions and symptoms could have been avoided if a person who is now suffering from symptoms had had the cause of the biomechanical collapse of their spine eliminated back in childhood, when the disease was in its infancy?

That is why it is highly desirable to carry out the correction as early as possible in order to ensure the healthy and optimal development of the child.

Head joints dysfunction does not arise out of nowhere. Most often it is acquired at an unconscious age – mainly as a result of childbirth (birth trauma): the cervical spine is subjected to stress, undergoing twisting, compression and stretching. The dysfunction can also arise during the period when the child is learning to walk. The spine has not yet become as strong as it should be, and any falls and blows to the head can lead to displacement of the cervical vertebrae. Parents cannot watch the child all the time and may not notice a situation that could cause injury, and the child, once grown up and an adult, will simply not remember it.

So, what signs can a child’s injured neck “give”?

✅ The child cannot hold up their head on their own after birth – for several days or longer. 

✅ The baby’s head constantly remains tilted and slightly turned; torticollis is suspected. 

✅ Short neck: outwardly it may seem that the neck is simply absent – as if the head rests only on the shoulders. 

✅ The child sleeps mainly on one side or turns their head only to one particular side. 

✅ The child throws their head back when sitting, sleeping or standing. 

✅ There is a pink birthmark on the back of the head (a consequence of compressed vessels). 

✅ The child is often tormented by nightmares (a consequence of brain hypoxia). 

✅ The center of gravity is distributed incorrectly, and the child often walks either on tiptoe or striking the heels hard. 

✅ There is a delay and difficulties in speech development. 

✅ Early vision problems, astigmatism and strabismus are observed. 

✅ Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

If you notice these symptoms in a child, contact Body Balance Clinic for diagnostics. There is nothing complicated about having a child diagnosed.

If disorders are detected, treatment is recommended. The earlier treatment is carried out, the more harmoniously the child will develop. In childhood, the injury is relatively confined to the base of the skull and the neck. With age, the entire lower part of the body will adapt more and more intensively to the displacement. As soon as the little one starts to stand up, sit and walk, the injury will immediately begin to “descend”, moving to the lower parts of the body and causing degenerative changes in them.

With timely treatment, a child will have a much better chance of being healthy, studying well, being successful in sports, achieving their goals and growing up with a stable, strong-willed psyche, free from deficits in the blood supply to the brain and, as a consequence, from inner insecurity, fear of society, psychological blocks and developmental delay.

The more stable the condition of the spine and the more effectively a person’s nervous system develops, the greater the person’s chances of success, because nothing weighs them down. But this requires the head joints and the neck vessels to work correctly.

Scoliosis is the most common childhood diagnosis, which is at the same time a marker of head joints dysfunction. In most cases, neck injury occurs precisely in infancy and childhood (stretching of the neck during childbirth, childhood falls and blows to the head) and is not corrected in any way afterwards. The displacement of the head’s center of gravity has an extremely negative effect on posture at a young age, and in adulthood it causes the notorious osteochondrosis and a whole cascade of associated symptoms.

The general health problem is that many people have the bad habit of starting to do something for themselves only when their pain and complaints have reached a high level and become unbearable. Let us deliberately give an example of a situation that happens quite often:

“Young parents bring their children to Body Balance Clinic for diagnostics, already having a diagnosis of scoliosis. The diagnostics confirm subluxation of the head joints, a difference in leg length and a general biomechanical collapse of the body. But the parents believe that since nothing bothers the child apart from the visible skewing of the body, it is better to postpone treatment until the child grows up. In some cases, parents shift responsibility for the child’s health onto the child: ‘when they grow up, let them decide for themselves whether they need treatment or not’.”

This is fundamentally wrong. Just think about it: the person has a subluxation of the head joints. Because of the displacement of the head’s center of gravity, the spine is distorted, the vessels supplying the brain are compressed, the developing nervous system is saving energy, and the parents want to postpone a solution for ten to twenty years. The absence of timely treatment, especially since the parents knew about it and the specialists had warned them, is perhaps the biggest “disservice” that parents could ever do to their child.

To start treatment “later” some day, when pain appears, means being badly late. If the body is neglected, treatment will take longer and be harder. After years of pain and numerous attempts to relieve it with the inept use of medicines, the body is already in a deplorable state, which makes its recovery even more difficult.

Be mindful about yourself and your loved ones. It is much better and more productive to solve the problem at a young age, before symptoms have appeared.

Treating children is particularly promising because of the absence of muscle overstrain (unlike all adults) and because of the young spine’s quick ability to adapt.

Parents get irritated if their child slouches or sits crookedly. But is the child to blame? Biomechanics is responsible for the distortion of posture. Changing a child’s habits without eliminating the root cause of their occurrence is like treating dental caries with painkillers. Ideally, the “correction” should be carried out in childhood. This will immediately lead to positive changes in posture. Something your children will thank you for in the future.