Pediatric Chiropractic Care
Newborns and Babies
Even with a smooth pregnancy and delivery, birth can be a challenging experience for both mum and baby. Birth, even when everything goes to plan, can put significant stress and strain on your baby's spine and their very sensitive nervous system.
High levels of stress during pregnancy, and interventions like forceps, vacuum assistance, or C-sections, can significantly increase this strain and impact your baby's health and development. This can lead to issues with eating, sleeping, digestion, or reaching developmental and motor milestones.
At our practice, we use very supportive adjustments to improve the function of your baby's nervous system. Frequent visits early on allow us to make the biggest impact, ensuring your little one adapts and thrives. By providing consistent care, we help set the foundation for healthy growth and development, offering continued support beyond the initial phase.
Kids and Teens
Our kids and teens go through rapid physical, emotional, and mental changes, and with those changes can come challenges. These changes can lead to anxiety, sleeping issues, gut problems, and immune challenges.
We address these issues by using supportive specific adjustments to help your child's nervous system function at its best. Rather than offering a quick fix, we take a proactive approach by providing frequent care early on to address underlying stressors and create real, lasting change.
We continue to provide supportive care after this initial phase, helping kids adapt, grow, and feel balanced. This approach doesn't just help with day-to-day issues, but also sets the stage for long-term health, emotional well-being, and resilience during their formative years.
Common Reasons Babies & Kids Begin Care
Parents bring their children to us for a wide variety of concerns. Below are some of the most frequently seen conditions in our pediatric patients.
What to Expect
First Visit
A comprehensive health history, nervous system assessment, and spinal examination. We may take digital X-rays or run Insight Scans to fully understand your health picture.
Your Report
We walk you through your findings in plain language, share your personalized care plan, and answer all your questions before care begins.
Ongoing Care
Focused, efficient visits with regular progress re-assessments. As your body heals, visit frequency reduces and we shift toward long-term wellness maintenance.
Care You Can Trust
Family Chiropractic Centre is led by Dr. Ben Mahoney, a Doctor of Chiropractic who grew up in a Chiropractic family and trained at the University of Guelph and the New Zealand College of Chiropractic. Dr. Ben brings deep expertise in neurologically focused care for all stages of life.
- Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), New Zealand College of Chiropractic
- Focus on pregnancy & pediatric Chiropractic care
- INSIGHT™ scanning technology for objective progress tracking
- Serving Pembroke, Petawawa & Renfrew County
