Have a Happy & Healthy New Year! - the Parklander

By Joseph Bogart, DCC
Most pregnant women visit their ob/gyn or midwife and will eventually
take their child to a pediatrician, but what about a prenatal and pediatric
chiropractor? Most people are unaware that there are chiropractors who
are certified and specialize in these areas. Drs. Nina Hersch and Joseph
Bogart are a husband and wife team that are dedicated to educating the
community about natural and safe healthcare. They both specialize in
prenatal and pediatric care
and have a busy family
practice in Parkland. After
getting great results with
many of their patients, Dr.
Hersch gave birth two years
ago to their beautiful daughter
Ayla Jaye. “I had such a
wonderful experience and
after speaking with so many
other moms and hearing
about their painful
pregnancies, I realized that
there was such a lack of
information about
chiropractic and pregnancy
and pediatrics that we made it
our mission to get out and
educate the local doctors and
community about natural
alternatives.”
Pregnancy
Many women suffer
needlessly through their
pregnancies with nausea,
vomiting, back pain, carpal
tunnel syndrome, sciatica, and
headaches.They are often told
and feel like these are just
normal conditions that they
will have to deal with. Gentle chiropractic care and massage therapy can
help alleviate these symptoms, while being both safe and natural. Being
pregnant can be stressful on the body. Weight gain, postural shifting,
sleeping habits, hormonal changes and emotional stress can often affect
the structural integrity of the spine and can lead to misalignments. These
misalignments put pressure on the nerves and can cause a lot of
uncomfortable symptoms. Through gentle adjustments, the spine can be
re-aligned and allow the body to function at its optimum level. Relief is
often experienced within a few visits.
Breech presentation is another concern many mothers and obgyn’s have
due to the risks involved. We are certified in a very gentle, and specific
breech turning technique / maneuver. This technique is non invasive and
gentle for both the mother and baby. This procedure allows the baby to
turn on his/her own and often alleviate the need for a C-section.
Pediatrics
Once a baby is born, it’s important to get his/her spine checked.
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The birth process can often times be traumatic and can affect the spine.
As the baby develops and begins to pick the head up, roll over, sit, crawl,
and walk, they should once again be checked. These are milestones
in development are times of new physical stresses, that can cause
misalignments of the spine and pelvis, causing pain or problems later in
“Through gentle adjustments, the spine
can be re-aligned and allow the body to
function at its optimum level. Relief is
often experienced within a few visits.”
life. Many babies experience ear infections, colic, cranial distortions
and other signs of poor health that can be alleviated through gentle
chiropractic care. Once babies get older, they often complain of aches and
pains that are many times dismissed as “growing pains.”These pains along
with headaches, bedwetting, asthma and other conditions can also be
helped with gentle chiropractic adjustments. In case you are wondering,
infants and children are adjusted very gently. To them it often feels like a
tickle or massage. The amount of pressure used is about the same as
checking the ripeness of a tomato.
Jospeh Bogart’s practice, Parkside Health & Wellness Center is located
in Parkland. E-mail him at bogart@theparklander.com.