Pediatric and Maternal Wellness: Growing Healthy Children in all Ages and Stages
About this Episode
Pediatric and Maternal Wellness: Growing Healthy Children in all Ages and Stages
Host Dr. Sarah Clarke, ND, IFMCP, leads this informative episode, interviewing Dr. Brenda Holland, Chiropractic Physician emphasizing in pediatric care and maternal wellness. They take a deep dive into how to support mothers and children in all ages and stages from pre-conception through adolescence through nutrition, chiropractic care, and healthy movement.
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Highlights of the episode include:
- Nutrition recommendations for healthy growing children
- Establishing healthy habits with older children
- Nutrition for infants, babies and toddlers
- Pre-conception, Fertility and Prenatal care and nutrition recommendations
- Fourth Trimester Care for women and breastfeeding support
Podcast Summary
- 1:00 Growing up on farm – health of cows and how to increase healthy milk by providing cows with alfalfa and fermented corn, and how soil health impacts crops and animals
- 3:15 Whole Body Health – connection between the Earth and what we put into our bodies
- 5:30 beginning Chiropractic Practice and earned Diplomate in Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics through ICA
- 7:00 Chiropractic Companies and Organizations for support network
- 10:10 Changes in the field of Chiropractic over past 20 years – more female chiropractors, and how it’s changing the workplace to support working Chiropractic mothers; more emphasis on specialties – pediatrics, functional medicine, etc.
- 17:45 Common conditions children come into the chiropractic office – sports injuries, back pain, obesity, skin conditions; when to refer out
- 20:00 Nutrition recommendations for healthy growing children
- 23:20 Risks of children becoming a one sport athlete at a young age, and the importance of a good nutritional foundation for young athletes
- 28:20 Nutrition for infants, babies and toddlers – breastfeeding if possible, good quality formulas, vitamin D3, healthy fats, solid food introduction at the right time
- 34:20 Making healthy foods look appealing for babies and toddlers – focus on eating colorful foods
- 36:38 Establishing healthy habits with older children – take them shopping, parents lead activities on growing foods and nutritional value; the 80/20 rule
- 38:48 Pre-conception, Fertility and Prenatal care and nutrition recommendations – fertility is not just about female health, 30-50% of fertility issues are due to male health, including inadequate folate intake, CoQ10, and selenium; common pregnancy concern is back pain, 45-50% of females experience low back pain in pregnancy and 65+% experience low pain within 12 months of delivery
- 42:30 Fourth Trimester Care for women – healthcare and society need to establish a foundational understanding of pelvic care prior to and after pregnancy; safe comfortable places to breastfeed
- 47:00 Chiropractic as patient-centered care –
- 49:44 – Simple changes to start with if patients are feeling overwhelmed on starting their wellness journey – adding good things in before taking away, healthy eating habits, and basic movement
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