How Can a Spinal Misalignment Cause Bedwetting?
Spinal misalignments often occur as a result of a fall or an accident. They can even occur as the result of the birth process itself, when a great deal of pressure is exerted on an infants neck and spine. And, any type of delivery assistance, such as a vacuum extraction or the use of forceps, only increases this pressure. When the spine is misaligned, the nerves associated with the misaligned vertebrae are compromised. This causes a short in the communication link between the brain and whatever body part is controlled by the affected nerves. Many health care professionals believe that a bedwetting child or teen may actually have a delay in their central nervous system development that interferes with their ability to hold urine through the night until morning. A chiropractor believes that this delayed development may actually have occurred because of a spinal misalignment, which in the case of bedwetting children is the cause of the bedwetting. Once this misalignment is corrected, many