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Sensory Kiddo pt 3
This is part three of our Sensory Kiddo series - How do you heal your sensory child? First, they need to get adjusted by a brain-based, nervous system focused chiropractor who understands how their nervous system works, how to adjust them, how to create a proper care plan to meet their specific needs, and who truly understands how to take them through this healing transformation that their nervous system, their body, & their family - ...
Read More Functioning in Harmony
The way the nervous system, and in a larger sense the entire mind and body, prefers to function ...
Read More Proper Breathing Techniques
What are things I can do in between adjustment visits to help calm and heal my nervous system? ...
Read More Our Health Journey is a Marathon
With every adjustment we are assessing your nervous system, and its ability to process day to day life. ...
Read More The Power of the Nervous System
We believe in the power of a healthy nervous system. Your brain and spinal cord coordinate and control ...
Read More Empowered Pregnancy & Birth
At Pure Light, we strongly believe in empowered pregnancy & birth. We believe that a mama's intuition is ...
Read More Top Reasons to Bring Your Infant in for Chiropractic Care
Top reasons to bring your infant to a pediatric & brain based chiropractor: -Birth! Studies have shown that ...
Read More Cesareans Are Hard but Chiro Can Help
Cesarean birth can be harder on babies than we imagine. Cesarean-born babies have lower Apgar scores, more respiratory ...
Read More Bring Balance to Your Body
The healing process can feel overwhelming…and it is almost never linear. Just as it takes years to build ...
Read More Health is a Journey
Healing is a journey. This can be difficult to grasp when you or your child are on their ...
Read More Sensory Kiddo (Part 1)
We’ve all heard about sensory kiddos, but what exactly are you looking for and how do you know ...
Read More Functioning in Harmony
The way the nervous system, and in a larger sense the entire mind and body, prefers to function ...
Read More Left Brain Deficiency
The right and left sides of the brain each have unique functions and a child who experiences a ...
Read More Right Brain Deficiency
The right and left sides of the brain each have unique functions and a child who experiences a ...
Read More Recovering from Birth
Birth recovery. Birth is often an overwhelming and intense experience for babies. Unfortunately, sometimes babies are injured in ...
Read More Why Am I Sick?
Why is it that some people get sick more often than others? Even in families, each person handles ...
Read More Creating New Patterns
Your chiropractic care at Pure Light is designed to create new patterns in your brain-body connection. We offer ...
Read More Gentle Chiropractic Care During Infancy
Gentle brain-based chiropractic care during infancy resolves the repercussions of birth and helps ensure good health and well ...
Read More The Brain-Body Connection
Your chiropractic care at Pure Light is designed to create new patterns in your brain-body connection. We offer ...
Read More What Do Pediatric Adjustments Look Like?
What does a pediatric adjustment look like? Children rest on a chiropractic table or on their parents’ lap. ...
Read More Thriving Chiro Kids!
You have probably already guessed this, but here at Pure Light we LOVE to see kids THRIVE! Most ...
Read More Postpartum Chiropractic Care
Postpartum is a tender and precious season with your newborn and it can often be a challenging time ...
Read More Weakened by Imbalances?
Are you weakened by imbalances in your body? Misalignments in your spine lead to muscular tension and irritation ...
Read More Learning Through Movement
Did you know that the brain learns through movement? Here are some great ways to integrate and help ...
Read More Sleep is Essential for Healing
Sleep is essential for healing. When you are experiencing stress and increased cortisol levels, it will often disrupt ...
Read More Benefits of Newborn Adjustments
At Pure Light, we love taking care of newborns. Why do perfect new babies need chiropractic adjustments? According ...
Read More Newborns & Home Visits
We hold a reverence for the days and weeks of rest after giving birth. This is why we ...
Read More The HUGE Impact of Gentle Adjustments
We use gentle adjustments for a reason. Your metabolic capacity is the maximum amount of input, or stimulus, ...
Read More Prenatal Between Adjustment Recommendations
5 Prenatal Recommendations to Support your Body’s Alignment In Between Adjustment Visits: Rock pelvis forward while sitting & ...
Read More Your Unique Healing Journey
Your health and healing journey is UNIQUE + your care plan should be too. Your care at ...
Read More The Importance of Round Ligaments
What are the round ligaments and why are they important? The round ligaments hold the uterus up in ...
Read More Sphenobasilar Synchondrosis Dysfunction
Studies reveal that due to modern birthing practices — most babies (up to 99%) — experience dysfunction in ...
Read More 5 Common Ways Mothers Become Overpowered
Mama bears - YOU HAVE POWER. Your sense of power isn’t coming from a heart posture of domination ...
Read More Nervous System Specialists
Our specialty is the nervous system. Traditionally — when many people think about chiropractic — they think about ...
Read More The Art of the Nervous System
While a local musical artist was observing her friend being adjusted the other day, she commented that it ...
Read More Adjustments & Detoxing
Everyone is unique and lives unique life experiences. Everyone’s nervous system functions and adapts to life in a ...
Read More Vagus Nerve
The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve in your body. It runs from your brain through the ...
Read More Central Pattern Generator
Have you ever heard of a central pattern generator (CPG)? Central pattern generators are neuronal circuits that, when ...
Read More Side Effects of Birth Control
Hormonal contraceptives work by suppressing your body’s natural production of the hormones estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. If you ...
Read More Oral Ties & Chiropractic
Does your baby have a tongue tie or a lip tie? According to research, not all tongue and ...
Read More Your Brain on Pain
Did you know that your brain learns pain? The longer you have been experiencing symptoms of pain, the ...
Read More Postpartum Nutrition
When you enter the postpartum period it is essential to nourish your body. Your body is healing & ...
Read More Chiropractic Milestones
People come to us for different reasons at different stages in their healing & health journeys. Many people ...
Read More Nervous System Development
Did you know that the nervous system develops 1st in utero? It comprises of baby’s brain, spinal cord ...
Read More Birth Trauma & Chiropractic Care
Birth is something that happens every moment of every single day, everywhere is the world. Birth is a ...
Read More 10 Steps to Regaining Your Health
We want you all to experience the best health possible. Often, as parents, our health can get pushed ...
Read More Do Symptoms Equal Sickness?
Society tells us that symptoms = sickness. However, we know that even when your body is functioning the ...
Read More Autonomic Nervous System
Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is responsible for doing all of the daily things in your body that ...
Read More Partner Support Pregnancy & Birth
Whether it is your 1st child or your 4th, making sure your partner feels supported during pregnancy, birth, ...
Read More Heart Rate Variability
Here at Pure Light, our doctors always start and check progress with Insight scans. This incredible technology gives ...
Read More Benefits of Newborn Adjustments
Stress in your nervous system can begin in utero, and during the birth process. Even in the most ...
Read More Why would I bring my baby to see a chiropractor?
Studies show that 99% of births create dysfunction in the neck and cranium. The number one cause? Excessive ...
Read More Preconception Wellness
Whether or not you are actively planning on conceiving, it is important for your hormones that you focus ...
Read More Fire Water Recipe
Fire Water Recipe:2 oz of apple cider vinegar10 oz of hot water1-2 tsp of raw honey1/4 fresh squeezed ...
Read More Keep Your Immune System STRONG
Here’s how to keep your immune system STRONG during this holiday season… Don’t just try to avoid germs, ...
Read More Homemade Marshmallow Recipe
Here is a recipe that we have been so excited to share! Grass-fed gelatin is so good for ...
Read More Dear Moms and Dads
Dear new mamas and dads, If life feels really hard right now… It’s because it is! Yes, having ...
Read More Pediatric Ear Infections
There are two different kinds of ear infections. The first is otitis media which is an infection in ...
Read More Different Adjusting Styles
What are the differences between instrument adjustments, drop table adjustments, and manual adjustments? This is a common question ...
Read More Chicken Soup Recipe
This recipe by Chef Ronny from @primal_gourmet is one of our absolute favorites when we are feeling under ...
Read More 6 Ways to Support Your Sleep
Sleep is one of the most important functions of the body but there are so many things that ...
Read More Non-Toxic Cleaner
Many conventional cleaning products are full of harmful and toxic chemicals. They can wreak havoc on our endocrine ...
Read More Impact Arthrostim
When our nervous systems are performing optimally, the messages that travel through our nervous system and into our ...
Read More Support During Transitions
The team at Pure Light has gone through a lot of transitions, individually and collectively over the past ...
Read More Barefoot Grounding
When we walk on dirt, grass, or sand without shoes we are allowing our feet to build up ...
Read More 3 Stressor for Kiddos
3 things that cause our kiddos stress during the back to school season: Late bed times followed by ...
Read More Morning Routine
What does your morning look like? Beginning with a life-giving routine can help support healing and growth. Here ...
Read More Set Your Goals
What are your health goals for you and your family? What are the health outcomes of the choices ...
Read More Birth Trauma & Chiro Care
The infant’s ability to suck, swallow, and breath during feeding is controlled by: 6 cranial nerves & 60 ...
Read More Milestones Matter
The order of developmental milestones matter. We talk a lot about developmental milestones in our pediatric population and ...
Read More Your Nervous System Leads You
Your nervous system leads you.It leads how you move, think, adapt, create, heal and grow. When your nervous ...
Read More Cold Water Immersion
It is going to be a very hot week in Central Oregon! Let's talk about cold immersion!Summer time ...
Read More Support In-Between Visits
One of the biggest goals we set for every single person we care for is to help build ...
Read More It’s Summer Time
This week is the official start of summer for most of kiddos - yay! Here are some tips ...
Read More C-Sections and Chiro Care
C-section births and the necessity of infant chiropractic care: Cesarean births, or what we like to call “belly ...
Read More FAQ Friday!
FAQ FRIDAY! “My baby DOES NOT LIKE tummy time. They cry and yell at me the entire time. ...
Read More Proactive Choices for Expecting Moms
Hey expecting mamas! Want to make conscious & proactive choices to have a healthy pregnancy, prepare for birth ...
Read More Tongue & Lip Tie
Tongue and lip ties are not just about breastfeeding and speech… Tongue ties can affect the physiological structure ...
Read More Pregnancy and Chiropractic Care
If a mother’s pelvis is misaligned and her sacrum is rotated… how is that going to affect her ...
Read More Cold Water Therapy
Have you ever tried cold water therapy? It is a great way to appreciate the cold and use ...
Read More FAQ Friday
FAQ Friday🤩“Is there anything I can do at home to help with the healing process?” We have been ...
Read More C H I R O K I D S !
C H I R O K I D S ! We wholeheartedly believe that it is essential to ...
Read More Advocating for Your Children
At Pure Light,We believe ALL parents should be informed advocates for their children from preconception and beyond. We ...
Read More Round Ligament Pain During Pregnancy
Round ligament pain during pregnancy — common but not normal. The round ligaments suspend the uterus and they ...
Read More A Healthy Vagus Nerve
Creating balance and proper activation of the vagus nerve is a focus of every adjustment at Pure Light ...
Read More Toxic Products: What to look for?
Living in the world that we do, we are bound to come into contact with many toxic chemicals ...
Read More Perspective and Healing
Perspective is a key factor in the healing process. It would be amazing if healing happened in a ...
Read More Is Being Healthy Easy?
We are certain that all truly healthy people would say the answer is no. It takes commitment and ...
Read More Developmental Milestones: Crawling
CRAWLING IS VERY IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONE! Proper crawling involves a cross-crawl pattern with the arms and legs that ...
Read More Reflexes in Children
Why do you check so many reflexes on my child during their evaluation? Primitive reflexes are reflexes that ...
Read More Colicky to Calm
Colicky to calm. Five nightly wakes up to sleeping through the night. Outrageous tantrums to normal frustrations. Impossible ...
Read More Start Healing Your Nervous System Today!
We will always be honest with you about what it takes to meet you and your family’s health ...
Read More The Central Nervous System
“Woah…it’s really that simple!? ”When a parent has a moment about what we do and understands it on ...
Read More Stress in the Nervous System
Have you ever considered how the stress that a mother experiences pre-conceptively, while pregnant and birthing can directly ...
Read More Breathing Techniques
What are things I can do in between adjustment visits to help calm and heal my nervous system? ...
Read More 8 Conscious Choices for a Healthy Pregnancy:
8 Conscious Choices for a Healthy Pregnancy: Reduce EMFs Limit Plastics Swap out all beauty and cleaning products ...
Read More An Overwhelmed and Overstimulated Brain
“Their tantrums are out of control.” “They can’t handle the loud sounds or the constant chatter of their ...
Read More The Webster Technique
The Webster Technique is a gentle method of adjusting the pelvis. A balanced and well-adjusted pelvis allows for ...
Read More FAQ Friday!
FAQ Friday! “Why do you always check my feet during adjustments?” We get this question every now and ...
Read More Taking Care of Mom!
So many mothers are so busy taking care of everyone else, they often do not take action or ...
Read More Solution Focused > Problem Focused
Solution focused > problem focused. Instead of only focusing on your pain or symptoms, we are trained brain-based ...
Read More Sleep Challenges
Adapting to sleep challenges is one of the toughest parts of parenting that can lead to frustration, desperation, ...
Read More Stressed-Out Kiddos?
Do you have a stressed-out kiddo? Here are some common signs: ⁃ Difficult mornings ⁃ “After school” melt-downs ...
Read More Strong Immunity
Here’s how to keep your immune system STRONG during this holiday season…Don’t just try to avoid germs, but ...
Read More Head Down Positioning
Head down positioning. As you prepare for birth and your estimated due date draws near, it is well ...
Read More Epigenetics
Your health is determined by approximately 5% of your genetics and 95% of your environmental influences. Have you ...
Read More THE Webster Technique
THE Webster Technique - WHAT is it and WHY it matters: The Webster technique is a specific chiropractic ...
Read More A Balanced Central Nervous System
You cannot build a house of health upon a faulty neurological foundation. Promoting proper function of the central ...
Read More Thriving Nervous Systems
What if fatigue, irritability, allergies, sensory overwhelm, learning difficulty, and frequent illness aren’t the brain doing something wrong, ...
Read More Nursing Challenges
Helping new moms and their babies overcome latching and nursing challenges is something we do every single day ...
Read More Tummy Time
Tummy time simply involves laying your baby on their tummies while they are awake. This exercise promotes strength ...
Read More Home Visits
Home visits - such an honor to be welcomed into the sacred birth and postpartum space. The doctors ...
Read More The Motherhood Journey
Caring for mamas throughout their motherhood journey is truly an honor and such a joy! The prenatal chiropractic ...
Read More “Limbic Lock”
When emotions & fear go up, IQ goes down. When you are feeling emotions, anxiety and fear in ...
Read More Healthy Sleep
We love being able to dig a little deeper to optimize your nervous system. A huge factor in ...
Read More Clear, Connected, and Healthy Kiddos
Clear, connected, and healthy kiddos. A rare occurrence in 2021. Why is this true? Our mainstream culture promotes ...
Read More Crocodile Breathing
Crocodile Breathing. Have you heard of this technique? If you are a part of our tribe, you know ...
Read More Advocating For Your Children
At Pure Light, we believe ALL parents should be informed advocates for their children from preconception and beyond. The ...
Read More Is being healthy easy?
Is being healthy easy? We are certain that all truly healthy people would say the answer is no. ...
Read More Accelerating The Healing Journey!
When you and your family come in for your restorative & wellness adjustments, you have the benefit and ...
Read More Let’s Talk about Toxins!
Let's talk about toxins. Toxins and chemicals are huge stressors to your nervous system as well as to ...
Read More Chiropractic Care after Birth
Chiropractic care immediately after birth and through every stage helps your child to express more of who they ...
Read More Chiropractic Technology
We love to hear that you and your family are FEELING better while under care with us, BUT ...
Read More ‘Tend and Befriend”
Have you ever heard of the phrase ‘Tend and Befriend?' The discussion around how our nervous system responds ...
Read More How Chiropractic Affects Balance and Coordination
A daily testimonial we hear at Pure Light is that our people are experiencing improved balance and coordination. ...
Read More The Power of Natural Labor and Birth
The power of natural labor and birth is coordinated by the hormone, oxytocin.This hormone gradually causes the uterus ...
Read More Over Stressed Nervous Systems
When our nervous systems are overly stressed, sleep can become very challenging. No one likes to toss and turn ...
Read More 5 Self-Care Tips for Parents:
5 Self-Care Tips for Parents: 1. Don’t sweat the small stuff - let the little things go. It ...
Read More Let’s Talk Labor
What starts labor? It’s not like there’s an email blast sent out to the body.It’s not like an ...
Read More Plant the Seed
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created ...
Read More The Power of Tonal Adjustments
“I try to tell my friends and family about how your care is different from other chiropractors but ...
Read More The Top 4 ways to Optimize Your Family’s Health
The Top 4 ways to Optimize Your Family’s Health 1.) Sunshine - 10 minutes of direct sun exposure ...
Read More Stress and the Nervous System
Have you ever considered how the stress that a mother experiences pre-conceptively, while pregnant and birthing can directly ...
Read More The Importance of Chiropractic Care for Newborns
We often talk about the importance of chiropractic care for newborns due to the intense nature of birth ...
Read More A Well-Coordinated Latch
A well-coordinated latch has a number of steps that have to happen in the right order. The jaw ...
Read More It takes a Village to Support a New Mother
First time mothers are full of so much love, hope, excitement, possibility, uncertainty, exhaustion and a full spectrum ...
Read More Chiropractic Adjustments after Birth
Birth is often an overwhelming stimulus to a baby. The birth experience becomes imprinted and deeply rooted in ...
Read More Stress in Today’s World
The majority of health challenges in babies, children and adults boil down to this one BIG factor...Stress. When ...
Read More When emotional reactions over power rational thoughts & behaviors…
When emotional reactions over power rational thoughts & behaviors... You yell at your kids over trivial things. Your ...
Read More Commitment. Consistency. Change.
We will always be honest with you about what it takes to meet you and your family’s health ...
Read More Living Holistically
In order to always be one step ahead of antiquated research, simply use common sense. We live in ...
Read More Birth Trauma
Think about how delicate a new baby is...Now imagine the stress of the birth process and added birth ...
Read More What is your health paradigm?
What is your health paradigm? Do you make choices to avoid pain and loss or do you make ...
Read More Life in Synchronization
Life wants to be in synchronization. Your body wants to be healthy! The nervous system is the master ...
Read More The Gravity of Growth Mode
It is a common yet always profound experience for us when new parents explain to us that after ...
Read More Unwinding Baby Stress
We have had SO MANY new babies express a common thread in our office recently…They have been uncomfortable, ...
Read More The Road Less Travelled
Recently, a friend sent me a picture of his daughter and his niece sitting on the floor together. ...
Read More How can baby be impacted by pregnancy and birth?
How can baby be impacted by pregnancy and birth? Due to a variety of stressors, many mothers carry ...
Read More 5 Essentials to Raising a Super Human Toddler
5 Essentials to raising a Super Human Toddler We tell parents all the time, “You have to create ...
Read More Swaddling and Sensory Self-Soothing
Swaddling and Sensory Self-Soothing We love to empower and guide parents to help make your new role easier. ...
Read More The Science Behind The Adjustment
A Mom said to us the other day, “I am so excited to get my kiddo under chiropractic ...
Read More Seasons of Parenthood
We embrace the change of seasons four times per year.These equinoxes and solstices are a natural rhythm that ...
Read More Stress Overload & Emotional Outbursts
One of the most common reasons parents bring their kiddos in to see us for care is for ...
Read More Dear Expecting Mamas
Dear Expecting Mama,You do not need to hold the whole world on your shoulders.Politics. Wildfires. Pandemics. Social Issues.There ...
Read More Health is Everything
HEALTH IS EVERYTHING.When diving into education surrounding conscious pregnancy, birth, and parenting — it becomes very apparent how ...
Read More Balance your brain!
Since 80% of the central nervous system is located in the brain, correcting cranial imbalances is vital to ...
Read More Healing is a Journey
Healing is a journey.This can be difficult to grasp when you or your child are on their healing ...
Read More Let’s Talk Teething!
We get asked all the time by parents if their baby could be teething..Teething often starts around 4 ...
Read More Barefoot is Best!
Feet are among the most sensory-rich parts of the human body. The soles of the feet are extremely ...
Read More Early Signs of Sensory / Spectrum Tendencies
Infants and toddlers showing signs of sensory / spectrum tendencies...Gosh, this one breaks our hearts but there can ...
Read More Functioning in Harmony
The way the nervous system, and in a larger sense the entire mind and body, prefers to function ...
Read More The Power of Love
We often hear anxiety in a parent’s voice as they explain what symptoms their kids are expressing.Parents often ...
Read More “What Concerns Me”
Dr. David was interviewed by Joshua Langlais from A Community Thread in 2018 for a publication. Check out ...
Read More Your Beliefs Rule Your Life
At the moment of conception, more than 400 million sperm seek to find one egg. Out of the ...
Read More Prenatal & Postpartum Chiropractic FAQ
1. What is the most common question you get from pregnant women? New moms? The most common question ...
Read More 5 Tips for More Focus, Immunity & Happiness this School Year
The school year is in full swing…how are you feeling? Stressed? Anxious? Or EXCITED? The different feelings that ...
Read More Parenting is Hard
Written by Dr. David Why do we always fluff our lives on social media? We make everything look ...
Read More The Immune System 101
Reality check: our mainstream education does not teach us how to build a strong immune system. How our ...
Read More Are Ear Infections Normal?
Ear infections are the #1 reason that families visit the pediatrician's office. Ear infections are very common, but ...
Read More Conscious Fatherhood
What we know is that now more than ever, our world is in desperate need of the conscious ...
Read More The Core of a Healthy Immune System
Imbalances in our expressions of health are caused by patterns of interference that exist in the body. A ...
Read More Do Experiences in Utero Have a Lasting Impact?
Let's consider the astounding fact that two cells meet inside a woman's womb to begin the development of ...
Read More Tummy Time
Tummy time has become a popular phrase and well-known exercise in the parenting world. It simply involves laying ...
Read More Are Baby Jumpers Safe?
Creating your shopping list and gift registry when you are expecting a new baby can be fun, exciting, ...
Read More Your Best Is Good Enough
Reflections on the article from The Chicago Tribune: New Parents, Take a Deep Breath. Welcoming a new baby ...
Read More Developmental Milestones
A father recently disclosed to us that another healthcare professional told him that crawling is not a developmental ...
Read More The Healing Power of the Sun
Sunlight is the source of all life on Earth. With the warm, sunny season of Central Oregon upon ...
Read More Wholesome Nourishment from Mom
The most beneficial and vitally important thing you can provide your new baby - second to love and ...
Read More The Biggest Lie
We had so many conversations last week about symptoms and conditions. We love these conversations because... It creates ...
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