When he was 18 months old, my son had a fall that resulted in a concussion. He would not let anyone touch his head for two full weeks. I finally found a chiropractor who made all the difference. When I took my son to see her, I was desperate to find relief for him. However, she told me that she wouldn’t work on him unless he was comfortable with her. Although this was not something I wanted to hear, she was right.

When we go to see our chiropractor, I talk about what has been going on in our lives. Just thinking about these events raises the energy that needs to be cleared from our bodies. Through a method called Toftness, our chiropractor is able to detect where energy needs to be released. She can then make the adjustment needed using an activator. When my son says his tummy still hurts and she is not detecting anything through her instruments, she can use another method called Kinesiology. Kinesiology is a method of muscle testing the body for what it already knows. In order to do this for infants and young children, a parent is used as a surrogate for the muscle testing while holding the child. Based on my own experiences, this method has helped me to better understand my son’s emotional complexities.

Our chiropractor has cared for my son and it is like no other doctor-patient relationship I have ever had in the past. I believe this comes through her gentle personality. However, the type of chiropractic care I am speaking of is also gentle and non-invasive. My son has feared chiropractors in the past because he thinks they are going to cause his body to make noise. I highly recommend the methods of Toftness and Kinesiology as chiropractic alternatives for children as well as for adults. If not for the type of chiropractic care I receive currently, I would not be where I am today in my own journey of personal growth and healing.