Chiropractic is a type of care that is focused on allowing the body to heal dysfunction and optimize health from the inside. Because it interacts with multiple bodily systems, Chiropractic can allow the body to heal numerous types of issues, some of which it is hard to trace directly to the spine. For instance, hearing loss, which is actually what the first Chiropractic patient had.

Why Chiropractic for Autism

There is ample evidence that Chiropractic has a healing effect for people diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hawkins actually came to Chiropractic partially because of how Chiropractic care helped his own child with autism. Soon after the birth of his twin daughters in 2005, one of them was diagnosed with autism. He took her in for Chiropractic treatment and saw amazing improvement. Chiropractic has since been great for both his daughters, and that is what urged him to pursue his Doctor of Chiropractic education.

There are case studies of children resolving all symptoms of autism after Chiropractic Care, as well as documented reliable improvement with specific symptoms that are associated with autism.

The overlap between what Chiropractic helps with and the symptoms of autism is very heavy

Chiropractic adjustments help restore proper neurological function including sensory processing, gross and fine motor skills, and autonomic nervous systems. After Chiropractic adjustment immune, digestive and higher level neurological functions like social behavior and executive functioning can resume proper function as well. This includes improvement in attaining quality sleep.

Treatment Timelines

Adults and children with autism can benefit from Chiropractic care in many ways, and the positive effects generally start after one treatment, and increase to fully show after about a month of regular treatments. Maintenance adjustments are important because the out-of-alignment positioning of the spine has been normal up to now, and the rest of the systems (muscular, skeletal, nervous) need to adapt to the new fully-functional positioning of the spine so they don’t pull it back out of position. The earlier treatment is started, the faster the body adapts to the new properly aligned position.

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