As a parent, nothing is more heart-wrenching than seeing your child suffer from chronic health issues. You’ve tried countless diets, supplements, and therapies, yet nothing seems to offer a lasting solution. Your child endures inflammation, gut problems, sensory overload, and mood swings, leaving you to piece together the puzzle on your own. It’s exhausting, frustrating, and emotionally draining.
But what if there’s a vital aspect of your child’s health that’s been overlooked? Imagine if addressing this one factor could be the missing link in your child’s healing journey. Introducing nervous system regulation and vagus nerve function.
The Nervous System: The Body’s Master Control System
The nervous system is the body’s master controller, orchestrating every major system to maintain harmony. When it becomes dysregulated and unbalanced, it can severely impact your child’s health, disrupting gut function, gross motor coordination, immune response, and inflammation control. If your child faces challenges with sleep, digestion, sensory processing, and behavior, it’s essential to closely examine their nervous system.
Nervous system dysregulation refers to a malfunction or imbalance within the nervous system that affects its normal and standard functioning and capacity to regulate responses to stimuli, control and coordinate various organ systems, and keep the body working well together.
Common signs of nervous system dysregulation in kids include a variety of different symptoms, because the nervous system controls every cell and system in the body! Sleep disturbances, gut and stomach problems, frequent respiratory and immune challenges, gross and fine motor problems, sensory overload, and behavior problems such as tantrums and meltdowns are a shortlist of things that can be affected.
While conventional pediatricians may blame genetics and natural health or integrative physicians may focus on gluten and dairy sensitivities or toxins, nervous system dysregulation and vagus nerve dysfunction are often overlooked root causes that can’t be ignored. When every other form of traditional and integrative testing has failed to find the root cause of your child’s challenges, it’s almost guaranteed that nervous system dysregulation and subluxation are at play.
Identifying Nervous System Dysregulation and Vagus Nerve Dysfunction
So, how can you find out if your child has nervous system dysregulation and vagus nerve dysfunction? The first place to look is within the “basics” of neurophysiological function – sleeping, eating, digestion, staying healthy, regulating emotions, and sensory processing abilities. If your child struggles in any of these areas, it’s a red flag that their nervous system may be out of balance.
The next step is to visit 3T Family Chiropractic and have the Neurological INSiGHT Scans run. These scans provide a detailed look “inside” the nervous system, determining how well (or not well) it is functioning and regulated. With this information, we can then create a personalized plan to help your child’s nervous system heal and function optimally.
The Crazy Power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Treatment
Neurologically-focused chiropractic care is a powerful tool to help your child’s nervous system regulate and function optimally. By addressing subluxations and restoring proper communication between the brain and the body, chiropractic care can facilitate healing from the inside out. It may sound “too good to be true” that one approach can yield so many benefits, but that’s the nature of the nervous system. When it functions well, the entire body can thrive.
As a parent, you are your child’s greatest advocate. Educating yourself on the importance of nervous system regulation and vagus nerve function is a crucial step in helping your child heal. Don’t lose hope; you are not alone in this journey. With the right support and guidance, your child can experience the healing they deserve.
It’s time to stop chasing symptoms and trying new medications or supplements for each issue. Instead, let’s address everything at once by restoring your child’s nervous system regulation and function. By focusing on the root cause of your child’s health challenges, you can help them truly heal from the inside out and get back on track.
Please reach out to 3T Family Chiropractic to schedule a consultation with one of our doctors. If you are not local to us, please check out the PX Docs directory to find a local PX Doc near you. Your love and dedication to your child’s well-being will make all the difference. Keep learning, keep advocating, and keep believing in your child’s ability to heal!