I adjusted him during his first week of life. I would have adjusted him sooner, (as in day 1) but I was enthralled with his baby-ness. I was getting to know him, I was staring at him, holding him, watching him sleep as we were trying to put more finesse in the whole mechanics of breast feeding. (It takes close to a week in reality. It's a good thing babies are well nourished in utero.)
By the way, that is not a picture of him in the upper corner, but it is an example of what he had to deal with as an infant with a touch of jaundice.
I specifically remember at one point while in the hospital around the third day, he was acting too lethargic for my liking. I knew he needed to be adjusted. I think it was his 2nd adjustment because I adjusted him a couple of days earlier before we were headed back to the hospital. To me it was stressful to keep putting him back in the bassinet under the lights, only holding him to feed him. I wanted him to be sound asleep each time before setting him back down. Over all it was not an ideal way to live the first week of your life.
So, when no one was looking, since it's nice to not have distractions, I adjusted him. The immediate change in his body tension was evident. His skin took on a better, brighter color. His facial expression was much more relaxed. I was literally watching the life speed up and circulate through his body.
I was pleased. I had enough of this unnatural environment and was ready to get home. He was so much perkier after that adjustment and we were soon to be discharged from the hospital.
Here's the point. The first few days of life were already stressful for a new person. The entire birth process is made more stressful than it needs to be. A happy baby floating around in warm fluid has to suffer through the horrible swaddling of a dry, scratchy blanket right at birth. What else do we do to make a baby's life traumatic? Yes, a lot of adjustments are needed to calm down a shocked nervous system.
That goes for the rest of us. Infants, toddlers, children, teens, and adults experience loads of brain stimulation that is more distressing than soothing. The challenges are always there. They are just different. So, get adjusted.
Stress never takes a day off. And your spine doesn't take a day off. Give your spine and nervous system a life saving reboot on a regular basis.
Just a reminder: Here's what happens when the spine is under stress and what can happen when the adjustment frees up the spine.
(Image: DrSchulter.com)
What
happens when you are subluxated:
Cortisol
increases
Blood
sugar increases
Leptin
decreases & belly fat increases
Hormones
become dysfunctional
Hypothalamus
becomes dysfunctional
Thyroid
becomes dysfunctional
Adrenals
become fatigued
Metabolism
slows
Blood
pressure increases
You
can't sleep
You
have no energy
(and
more...... not enough room here.......)
What
happens when you release subluxations with adjustments:
Decreases
pro-inflaming cytokines (bad guys)
Increases
pro-regulatory cytokines (good guys)
Increases
CD-4 helpter T-cells (good guys)
Blocks
TNF (bad guys)
Decreases
CRP (bad guys)
The
Adjustment Influences the Prefrontal Cortex of the Brain
(the
conductor of the whole brain)
movement
coordination
thinking
focus
behavior
goal directed tasks
decision
making memory attention
intelligence
pain
processing emotional response to pain
autonomic
function (just about everything)
motor
control eye movement spacial awareness
fall
prevention muscle strength
pelvic
floor control mental rotation of objects
The
Potential to Heal Is Waiting the be Unleashed!