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Little Roots Pediatric Chiropractic

Pediatric Wellness Care

Pediatric Wellness Chiropractic That Grows With Your Kid

From first steps to teenage growth spurts, your kid's nervous system is the foundation for sleep, focus, immunity, and mood. Little Roots keeps that foundation regulated — so your child has a better shot at feeling like themselves.

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Why Wellness Care

Kids Don't Need Less Care Than Adults — They Need Different Care

Most families come to us after trying to solve one specific thing — a kid who won't sleep, keeps getting ear infections, struggles to focus at school, can't seem to settle down. Wellness care isn't about chasing symptoms one at a time. It's about taking care of the system that controls all of them.

A child's nervous system is still under construction. Every year from birth through the teenage growth spurt is a foundation-laying year. When the foundation is well-regulated, everything built on top of it — sleep cycles, immune responses, emotional regulation, digestion, focus — has a better chance of landing where it should.

This isn't alternative medicine replacing your pediatrician. It's a complement. Your pediatrician handles acute illness and developmental milestones. We handle the nervous system piece that traditional medicine doesn't have great tools for. Parents who use both tend to have the calmest, healthiest households.

And we promise: if your kid isn't a good fit for what we do, we'll tell you. We'd rather send a family home with a referral than keep them on a plan that isn't working.

What Parents Notice First

The Shifts That Add Up

Supports Sleep & Behavior

Many kids who struggle with sleep, mood swings, or focus see meaningful improvement after consistent pediatric care.

Strengthens Immune Function

A clear nervous system supports healthy immune response. Parents often notice fewer sick days and faster recovery after starting care.

Helps Common Childhood Issues

Ear infections, growing pains, bedwetting, headaches, posture issues, and minor injuries all respond well to gentle pediatric care.

Family-Friendly Environment

Our office is built for families. Kids feel comfortable, parents feel welcome, and visits are short enough to fit into busy schedules.

From Our Doctors

Hear it from our team

A real clip from one of our doctors on what pediatric care looks like at Little Roots — in their own words.
“Dr. Grayson Fox — Why Pediatric Chiropractic”
— Dr. Grayson Fox

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Go Deeper Where It Matters to You

The Nervous System Approach

Why we focus on the system, not the symptom — and how that shapes everything we do.

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Age by Age

What care looks like for toddlers, preschoolers, school-age kids, and teens.

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What to Expect

Walking through a first visit — for parents who are a little nervous about bringing their kid.

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Common Questions

Parents Ask Us a Lot

Absolutely. Pediatric chiropractic adjustments use incredibly gentle pressure — lighter than what you would use to test the ripeness of a tomato. Our Torque Release Technique is specifically designed to be safe for developing nervous systems.
Children can receive chiropractic care from birth. The birth process itself — whether vaginal or cesarean — can create stress on a newborn's spine and nervous system. Early assessment and gentle correction can support healthy development from day one.
We commonly see children with colic, reflux, latching difficulties, ear infections, sleep challenges, ADHD, sensory processing issues, growing pains, and developmental delays.
Very short — often less than five minutes. The technique uses a small instrument and requires minimal force, so even very young children tolerate it easily. The rest of your visit time goes to assessment and parent questions.
Yes. Many parents bring their newborns in within the first days of life. Birth is often the first traumatic event a nervous system experiences, and early assessment can catch issues before they turn into colic, latching struggles, or sleep problems.
We do not claim to cure autism or sensory disorders, but we consistently see that many kids on the spectrum have nervous system dysregulation that responds well to gentle chiropractic care. For many families, it is a meaningful piece of a larger plan that includes therapy and sometimes medication.
Your child sits or lays comfortably, usually on your lap for babies. We use a small handheld instrument to deliver gentle pressure to specific spots on the spine. There is no twisting, no cracking, no popping. Most kids do not even notice when it happens.
Often dramatically. A huge percentage of what gets called colic has nervous system roots. Babies commonly settle within 2-4 gentle visits. If the fussiness is from something else (reflux, milk intolerance), we will recommend you see your pediatrician.
Yes. We work with active kids every day. Some toddlers we adjust while they are playing, sitting on a parent's lap, or even crawling around the room. We find a way.
Many cases of infant reflux have a biomechanical component in the upper neck and diaphragm area. Gentle adjustments often produce fast, visible improvement — fewer episodes, easier feeds, better sleep. If it does not improve, we will refer out.
Yes. Latching issues often connect to cervical restriction or oral-motor coordination. Dr. Laura Swaim is trained in assessing the full picture, and we work closely with local lactation consultants when cases need added support.
A toddler peeks out from Little Roots' handcrafted treehouse play area.

Pediatric care, reimagined

A clinic kids
actually like.

Pediatric wellness visits don't have to feel clinical. We've built a space — and a pace — that matches how kids actually move through the world: curious, cautious, wanting to be listened to.
Our nervous system approach

Wellness through every age

Newborn to eighth grade.

Every stage of growth is a new ask on the nervous system. Our care plans shift with your child — gentler for the youngest, more specific for the oldest.
Dr. Fox kneels by The Roots arch as a toddler runs past at a family day event.

Family day — a Roots tradition.

Carly Lovato plays blocks with a toddler between visits.

Carly — our favorite kid whisperer.

A toddler peeks out from Little Roots' handcrafted treehouse play area.

The treehouse — built for imagination.

A young girl runs toward Dr. Fox with arms open.

Because kids remember how you made them feel.

Dr. Fox plays on the floor with children in the Little Roots treehouse area.

Patience is part of pediatric care.

Dr. Fox plays on the floor with two children at Little Roots.

Play-based, never pushy.

Children dancing in the warm Little Roots reception lobby.

A lobby kids actually want to visit.

Carly Lovato with two young children by the Little Roots tree shelves.

Carly — keeping the kids busy between visits.

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Age-by-age care

Ready to see what care could look like?

Schedule a first visit and we'll walk through your child's nervous system story together — no pressure.

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