02/27/2026
“It’s just a phase.”
Or is it a nervous system that’s overwhelmed and struggling to adapt?
🧠 During birth, an infant’s head, neck, and upper spine experience significant mechanical pressure.
Even in “routine” deliveries, forces like compression, traction, and rotation can affect one of the most neurologically sensitive areas of the body — the upper cervical spine and brainstem.
And this area matters.
It helps regulate:
• breathing
• digestion
• sleep cycles
• immune signaling
• emotional regulation
• sensory processing
When that region is stressed, the nervous system can shift into protection mode.
Not because something is “wrong.”
But because the body is adapting. ⚡
Over time, that can show up as:
• poor sleep or constant wakefulness
• reflux, colic, or feeding struggles
• sensory sensitivities
• difficulty calming or self-regulating
• tension in the body
• attention or behavioral challenges
And so many parents are told:
👉 “It’s just a phase.”
👉 “They’ll grow out of it.”
👉 “That’s just their personality.”
Sometimes that’s true.
But sometimes, it’s a nervous system asking for support.
A stressed nervous system doesn’t always self-correct on its own, especially if it never had the chance to fully regulate after birth.
At Caim Chiropractic, we specialize in neurologically focused care. That means we assess how the nervous system is functioning, not just the symptoms you’re seeing on the surface.
✨ We don’t “fix” babies.
✨ We help their nervous systems feel safe enough to regulate, adapt, and develop the way they were designed to.
If you’ve ever felt that something deeper might be going on…trust that instinct!
There’s a reason your child’s body is responding the way it is. 🤍
