Babies and children

A baby being assessed for body stress

If the birth process was difficult, a baby may be born with body stress, especially in the neck and lower spine. A common sign that a baby has body stress in the neck is constant crying for no apparent reason.

A baby with lower back body stress will cry when the hips are lifted during nappy changing. The impact on the nervous system may cause constipation.

Body stress in the area of the diaphragm may result in colic.

Small children are likely to accumulate body stress as a result of frequent falls and jerks while playing, or trying to lift heavy objects.

Children may sit incorrectly. Reading or studying while sitting hunched over on a bed will induce stress in the neck and lower back. Watching television in a half-lying position, which reverses the normal lumbar curve, will cause pressure to build up in the spine.

BSR can safely be carried
out on toddlers and children

As children approach puberty, they become more self-conscious and may develop poor posture. Hunched shoulders, a contracted chest and downward tilted head occur as a defensive mechanism against the new challenges and stresses of life. Muscles tighten and tension becomes locked into the body.

Toddlers who refuse to walk and demand to be carried, or who complain of sore legs, so-called growing pains, very likely have body stress in the lower back. The leg muscles may be affected, causing a tendency of the feet to turn inwards. Bed-wetting may occur if the nerve supply to the bladder is irritated.