Four Pillars Integrative Pediatrics

Four Pillars Integrative Pediatrics Integrative, Holistic Healthcare for Your Child's Brain, Body, & Spirit We are licensed to provide care for newborns to young adults. Ready to learn more?

Four Pillars Integrative Pediatrics is a specialty pediatric clinic providing Integrative Medicine services in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Our focus is to provide holistic, evidence-based, non-invasive treatments to help your child overcome or better cope with their health concerns. We don't merely treat symptoms. Instead, we focus on the root-cause of health issues. Four Pillars was founded by Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Kelsey Reardon, CPNP-PC, HNB-BC, CCAP. Kelsey has the following credentials:
- Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with years of experience in NICU, PICU, general pediatric units, and outpatient clinic settings
- Holds her Holistic Nurse Board Certification
- Certified Clinical Aromatherapy Practitioner
- Pediatric Massage Therapist (CPMT®)
- National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute Practitioner
- Reiki Level II Practitioner
- Frequency Specific Microcurrent Practitioner
- Yoga Calm Certified Youth Instructor.
- Additionally, she taught kids yoga in St. Paul and Minneapolis for several years, and is educated in acupressure, herbal medicine, and biofeedback with heart rate variability. At Four Pillars, you’re not just a number. You’re an individual with unique goals and health concerns. Here, we work together to create a treatment plan that works best for you and your family. https://fourpillarspeds.com

11/25/2025

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I want to share with you that it IS possible to educate young children on the benefits of quality food, and specifically food that fuels their bodies and feels best to their brains. Every child and every family is different. What’s important is figuring out what your child and family need and working together as a team to support one another.

I often get asked in my clinic how to support kids who are needing to limit certain foods based on food intolerance testing and/or food allergies. It comes down to having someone on the child’s team – a parent or a sibling who is willing to eat the same food if the child is really struggling, teaching about the food- the WHY behind eating the way they need to, and offering alternatives so they don’t feel like they’re missing out.

Speaking as a mom of two children, my kids understand how they need to eat to feel their best. We never have any issues when going to family outings/gatherings. They know how they feel and they know what they need to feel their best. The rest of the food- they simply ignore it and focus on the time with their family.

11/17/2025

I took my kids to the park yesterday and the beach brought along a bouncy ball that they got free from a carnival. But you can get a giant pack of bouncy balls from your local store, Amazon, etc., for a fairly decent price. Give each child a bouncy ball and watch the magic happen! Creative imaginations. Body movement. Fresh air. Time together.

11/11/2025

Did you know that one of the things I keep close by to the kitchen is a bottle of lavender essential oil? Lavender essential oil is awesome for healing a first-degree burn. As soon as you get that burn from the kitchen pan, curling, iron, etc., take action!

Put 1 drop of lavender essential oil (make sure it has the Latin name on the bottle: lavendula angustifolia on it) and feel instant relief!

True story of my day: burned my left thumb this morning and was able to go on and have an awesome pain-free, blister-free day!

11/10/2025

Did you know there are two parts to the nervous system? Parasympathetic and sympathetic.

Every child is different. Some need more book time before bed, some need balance work such as this real time example (ignoring the clutter of a normal house with two kids ages 5 and under), the list goes on and on. The most important thing is figuring out what your child needs before bedtime to help provide some sensory input and support the parasympathetic nervous system (rest, digest, and heal part of our autonomic nervous system).

It doesn’t have to be fancy. It can be a $20 balance kit from target- and no, I do not love plastic, but I do love toys that are compactible and can be easily stored back in the box and put under a bed or in the closet so they can be taken back out and become “new” again.

Over here in the Four Pillars household, we aim to be as low-tox as possible, but also recognize sometimes you have to try toys that most families can afford and find the goodness in each thing that provides frankly two kids sleeping soundly through the night!

Here’s to more nights of nervous system balance, and supporting sound rest, digest, and heal state.

11/09/2025

Here’s the deal: building a business with my husband, while simultaneously raising our little humans, has taught me so much more about my strengths and the strengths my husband has. Together we balance each other out. It’s not for everyone, but it is for us! We strive to build each other up and recognize what we each bring to the table.

Here’s to my right-hand man, my man that runs my marketing, books, website, and much more. Also the man who isn’t on IG and might not even see this.

11/07/2025

The ‘M’ technique is a specific form of gentle touch therapy that was introduced by Jane Buckle, Ph.D., RN, when she taught at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing. The technique uses a structured sequence with a pattern set of three. I have seen amazing results in decreasing patient symptoms, such as pain and anxiety when I worked at a local children’s hospital and in my private practice.

Most providers are not trained in gentle touch therapy and frankly I have seen providers almost scared to provide physical contact with their patients. I could go on and on about the benefits of properly trained physical touch, and how it can dramatically improve the outcome for a patient, pending the patient approves something such as this type of therapy (as we’re all different in our likes/dislikes).

The point of this post is to highlight two things.
1) incorporating integrative modalities into your care practice can dramatically improve outcomes for your patients while delivering low cost, low risk, and non-invasive approaches

2) to thank the team I volunteered with yesterday where I was able to work alongside old colleagues, providing hands-on modalities for the wonderful women of the Trust

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11/04/2025

Some of us need sensory input that promotes calming and organizes our brain. While some of us need sensory input that provides stimulation and alerting responses. If you find that your child, or maybe you as the adult, are craving some sensory input, try walking through the crunchy fall leaves and notice how your mood changes and your energy shifts.

10/30/2025

It’s important to me to live by the advice, guidance, and recommendations I give my patients and families I work with. I love my Four Pillars framework where I look at each patient’s: nutrition, movement, sleep, and mood. This is just a starting block for the integrative medicine I know and love.

Movement is often an undervalued treatment recommendation in western medicine for kids who are experiencing tummy aches, constipation, anxiety, depression, headaches, and sleep issues.

This is why it’s so important to look at each person individually- some kids need more movement to truly thrive!

If your child is having any of the above issues- evaluate how much movement time is happening each day and notice what happens if you modify that.

10/29/2025

We can’t control everything but we can control how we think which controls how we feel which controls how we act.

Choose HAPPY (when you can) and watch your kids choose it, too.

This is key to figuring out what your child might be missing and why your child is acting out! Spending a little time in...
05/16/2025

This is key to figuring out what your child might be missing and why your child is acting out! Spending a little time investing in your child’s love language can create tremendous growth and success in the child-parent relationship. Try it today!

Kids have big feelings! Adults have them, too. A home can be a peaceful place if you have the tools to manage those big ...
03/05/2025

Kids have big feelings! Adults have them, too. A home can be a peaceful place if you have the tools to manage those big emotions.

Reach out: kelsey@fourpillarspeds.com or find me at: fourpillarspeds.com

It’s important that when there are many viruses circulating in the community we prioritize the foundational level of sup...
02/28/2025

It’s important that when there are many viruses circulating in the community we prioritize the foundational level of support our bodies need. Our bodies need nutrient-dense food, movement, sleep, and mood support.

going back to the basics of getting foods rich, and the vitamins our bodies need to both prevent and treat illness is crucial to having healthy immune support. Vitamin A is one of my favorites to both prevent and treat illness. It’s been shown to significantly reduce the time you are sick and the severity of illness.

Reach out with any questions to kelsey@fourpillarspeds.com or find me at www.fourpillarspeds.com.

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