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“ All of this stress gets in the way of the body ’ s ability to heal ,” Dr . Saletsky said .
During her appointments with newborns , one of the techniques she uses is feeling the tone of the nervous system and seeing how the body reacts to stress . She ’ ll focus on the top of the neck and sacrum to stimulate the parasympathetic system , which helps activate that body ’ s rest and digest function .
“ Activating the parasympathetics helps with a lot of common complaints that continue through childhood ,” she said .
These complaints include constipation , acid reflux , sleep problems , ear infections and tongue ties , all of which Dr . Saletsky sees at her office .
Before graduation , Dr . Saletsky built her expertise on these conditions by seeing young patients at the NUHS Whole Health Center . She also shadowed 25 different chiropractic offices , sought out extracurricular reading and attended various chiropractic talks .
“ DCs all do something different ,” she said . “ Shadowing so many DCs really helped build my perspective in what chiropractic really is .”
Now that she ’ s settled into her career , one of her goals is fueling the way for chiropractic medicine to become a routine part of children ’ s care .
“ Children get their ears checked and their teeth checked , why not their nervous systems too ? My vision is for chiropractic pediatrics to become a more routine part of our world ,” she said .
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