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Is it normal for a five year old child's neck to pop both when looking down and up? He says it hurts a little, but he has a high tolerance for pain. He fell just last week on the concrete sidewalk at school and busted his front tooth out. Could this be a related injury to his neck?
Jennifer,
Thanks for your question.
If your son has not experienced this "popping" phenomenon prior to the fall you mentioned, I would immediately have him checked out in an ER, or minimally, with his pediatrician.
While it is common for some people to experience "popping" (called 'cavitation') of joints with movement of the neck when there are tight muscles which pull in the joints, this is generally less common in children.
I do recommend your son be evaluated by his physician as soon as possible to rule out a possible neck injury.
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I can answer questions about musculoskeletal-based, evidence-based chiropractic practice.
Experience
13 years of chiropractic practice; currently practicing in an integrative medicine clinic.
Organizations
West Hartford Group, a think-tank that has put forth a model of chiropractic care that is consistent with that of the World Federation of Chiropractic and the Chiropractic Strategic Planning Conference. This model is of the chiropractic physician as the spinal health care expert within the health care system, i.e. society’s non-surgical spine specialist.
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Chiropractic Products magazine
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Bachelor of Arts, Fordham University, 1991. Doctor of Chiropractic, New York Chiropractic College, 1997.
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Fordham University: Scripps Howard Journalism Award. New York Chiropractic College: Clinic Award. University of Sint Eustatius School of Medicine: University Award for participation as student president of the Integrative Medicine Program.
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