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Can Chiropractic Solve Bedwetting?

Every child who experiences it knows the shame, the embarrassment and the frustration of not being able to control it. Bedwetting… it erodes a child’s self-esteem and keeps them from participating in the sleepovers that are part of every young child’s social scene.

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So…what can a parent do to help their child? Most simply take a “wait and see” approach until the child grows out of it. But several studies documented in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics show promising results using chiropractic care to help these children.

One study included 171 children who wet the bed seven nights a week. After some initial chiropractic care, the average child wet the bed only four nights. Twenty-five percent saw a 50% reduction in “wet” nights and 15% were considered “dry,” compared to only 1% prior to the study!

There is an area of the spine, the lumbar or sacrum, that houses the nerves that regulate the bladder. Misalignment in that part of the spine is thought to be one of the causes of bedwetting. Therefore, it is an especially good idea to have a spinal checkup on a child who suffers from bedwetting. The solution may be as close as our office!

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Dr. Doug Asks some important questions of interest to El Dorado Hills residents - Chiropractor El Dorado Hills Dr. Doug Asks...

What's the difference between sick care and health care?
Sick care is largely about relieving or suppressing symptoms. Health care is about improving performance. While sick care is about how you feel, health care is about how you function. Sick care is what you do to treat an obvious problem, and health care is what you do to avoid the problem and advance your well-being.
Where do most El Dorado Hills residents get their first vertebral subluxation?
Being born in a hospital is a common source of vertebral subluxation. Trauma from forceps delivery has been replaced with drugs, vacuum extraction, Cesarean section and births that are "scheduled" to fit the workweek routines of Ob-Gyns. That's why we recommend a chiropractic checkup for every El Dorado Hills newborn.