Chiropractic Provides Welcome Relief For Children Diagnosed With Adhd

Dr. Yannick Paulli, a Chiropractor in Switzerland specializing in the care of children with ADHD, provides this essay on the value of Chiropractic care for children who have been diagnosed with this condition: "When I first met Christopher, he struck me as a very nice kid you just want to take into your arms to give them a big hug. But he seemed lifeless. His eyes were dull and empty. He did not talk. Christopher had been diagnosed as having ADHD and was presently taking Ritalin®. 

"Although they would rather not have had him on a drug, the parents where relieved by the ‘diagnosis.’ Finally, it explained why their son was doing so poorly in school to the point of failing, why he used to always forget things and seem so disorganized.  "Although he had also been diagnosed as having ADHD, Cedric was different. During my first consultation, he was running around, climbing the walls despite attempts by his parents to control him and the fact that he was already on a high dosage of Concerta®, the equivalent of Ritalin in a time-released form. After falling on the ground, he went into one of his frequent temper tantrums.

"In the US, the rate of children taking psychotropic drugs – essentially the psychostimulant Ritalin – increased from 0.9 per 100 children in 1987 to 3.4 per 100 children in 1997, corresponding to 493,000 children treated in 1987 and 2,158,000 in 1997.  "For the brain to grow properly and optimally, it requires proper nutrition of two kinds: ‘nutritional’ nutrition and ‘neurological’ nutrition.  Who else than the chiropractor, expert at understanding the proper function of the spine – and how the latter controls our brain – and the importance of a good diet, can offer those children and their families the hope of improved quality of life in a natural, non-drug dependent, empowering way.

"Christopher and Cedric are now functioning without drugs better than they did before. Christopher can concentrate better, his grades have improved. He is now calmer and does not have temper tantrums anymore." 

SOURCE: Journal of Vertebral Subluxation, a peer-reviewed Scientific Journal