Do you accept insurance?

Yes, we accept most major insurance plans. Our front desk staff will happily verify your benefits before your appointment. We also accept workers' compensation cases and auto accident claims.

Do I need a referral from my doctor to see a chiropractor?

No, you don't. You can come directly to us; we can help treat and manage everything in-house.

Is chiropractic care safe for kids?

Absolutely! Dr. Zach has treated children as young as six hours old all the way up to teenagers. When joints are misaligned, it disrupts the nervous system, which can directly impact development, growth, and even organ function. Early chiropractic care ensures your child's body develops properly and functions at its best. Why wouldn't you get your kids checked? It's a no-brainer! Giving your child the best start in life is one of the greatest gifts you can offer—chiropractic care is a key part of that.

Do chiropractic adjustments hurt?

No, adjustments should not be painful. If you feel pain during an adjustment, it's not being done correctly. That said, some patients may experience mild soreness after their first few adjustments, similar to the soreness you might feel after starting a new workout routine. This is completely normal and typically only happens after the first or second visit. Think of it as your body adapting and healing—it's a sign that positive changes are happening!

How many visits will I need to feel better?

The number of visits varies depending on your individual condition and its severity. Most people start noticing positive changes within about two weeks of starting care. During your initial intensive care phase, adjustments may be recommended 1-3 times per week to achieve the best results. From there, we'll create a personalized care plan tailored to your needs, ensuring you reach your health goals as efficiently as possible.

What conditions can chiropractic care help besides back and neck pain?

We successfully address many conditions, including digestive issues like constipation and acid reflux, bladder problems, heart arrhythmias, immune system issues, thyroid conditions, jaw pain, headaches, and sleep and breathing problems.

What should I expect during my first visit?

Your first visit includes a detailed consultation to discuss your health history and current concerns, followed by a thorough examination of your spine. We perform muscle testing to check which muscles are firing properly and conduct weight distribution analysis using two scales to identify any imbalances. We'll take full-spine X-rays to determine the exact joint misalignment. We typically don't perform adjustments on the first visit. During your initial appointment, we focus on gathering all the necessary information, including taking X-rays. Then, on your second visit, we spend 20-30 minutes reviewing your X-rays with you in detail and creating a personalized treatment plan based on our comprehensive findings. This ensures your care is tailored specifically to your needs and goals.

Pediatric Chiropractic in Nampa

Name: True North Chiropractic and Wellness
Address: 1221 N Jacob Allcott Way, Nampa, ID, 83687, US
Telephone: (208) 900-9449
Price range: $$

We believe that everyone with a spine can benefit from chiropractic care, including the smallest members of your family. In addition to general chiropractic care, Dr. Zach at True North Chiropractic and Wellness offers care for children of all ages to encourage generational health and wellness.

Our approach to pediatric chiropractic care is gentle and specific, tailored to each child’s individual needs. Learn more about how we might help your little one heal and thrive.

Why Chiropractic Care?

Your spine is the protection and armor for your nervous system, and the same is true for children. Slips and falls are common as kids grow and explore the world around them, and these minor incidents can create interference in their nervous system that can affect their posture, structure, and development.

Kids are growing and developing more rapidly than adults, which means their bodies are under constant stress. By the time a child reaches age 2, they’ve experienced roughly 2,000 falls, with about 200 considered more significant. When a subluxation goes uncorrected, the nerve interference it creates doesn’t stay isolated. It can affect digestion, immunity, sleep, and the body’s ability to fight off toxins in today’s increasingly challenging environment.

Today’s children also face more environmental and lifestyle stressors than ever before. Between processed foods, increasing screen time, overstimulation, and less time spent outdoors, growing bodies have a lot to adapt to. A healthy nervous system helps children better adapt to the demands of modern life while encouraging healthy growth and development.

Our goal is to help kids grow up as healthy as they possibly can, and help parents understand how to set kids up for optimal health from the very beginning. Whether a patient is 6 hours old or 90 years old, if their spine is subluxated, it needs to be adjusted.

Common Conditions

Chiropractic care has been shown to benefit children of all ages suffering with a variety of complaints, including:

Allergies
Asthma
Bedwetting
Colic
Constipation
Digestive issues
Ear infections
Frequent illness
Headaches
Torticollis

Gentle Adjustments

A Gonstead practitioner, Dr. Zach takes his time to analyze each child’s spine for subluxations and utilizes extremely low force adjustments, typically using the same pressure you might use to check the ripeness of a tomato.

For infants, this means the adjustment is so gentle that most parents don’t even realize it has happened. For school-aged children, whose joints are more developed, the adjustment looks a little more like what an adult would experience, and you may hear some noise. Either way, the approach is always specific to the child’s age, size, and needs.

Adjusting tiny infant

Putting Your Family at Ease

Dr. Zach is a dad himself, a father of four young kids, and he puts children and their parents at ease with his friendly, open demeanor. We explain each step of the process, and we have “adjustable” stuffed animals so kiddos can see what an adjustment looks like. We’ll often adjust infants while lying on Mom’s or Dad’s chest.

Beyond the adjustment, Dr. Zach takes time to educate families on the everyday habits that encourage better health, from how to change a diaper in a way that protects the lower spine, to nutrition, screen time, and getting kids outside and moving. He encourages parents to focus on real, nutrient-dense foods, limit heavily processed snacks, and build healthy habits that can help their child grow, focus, regulate mood, and feel their best.

Chiropractic is one piece of the picture. Raising healthy kids is the whole goal.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is chiropractic care safe for infants?

Yes. The pressure used to adjust an infant is comparable to gently pressing into a ripe tomato, nothing like the force used for an adult. Most parents don’t even realize the adjustment has taken place. What they notice is what follows: better sleep, improved digestion, reduced colic, or improved range of motion in the neck.

At what age can a child start chiropractic care?

There is no minimum age. Dr. Zach sees newborns through teenagers. The birth process itself can place stress on an infant’s spine, so having a baby checked early is one of the best things a parent can do for their child’s developing nervous system.

Will my child feel pain during an adjustment?

For infants and young children, the answer is almost always no. The adjustments are very gentle and use minimal force. Older kids may hear a popping sound, which is simply gas releasing from the joint, similar to cracking your knuckles, and is not a sign of pain.

My child seems healthy. Why would they need chiropractic care?

Kids often can’t articulate discomfort the way adults can, and many subluxations produce no obvious symptoms early on. The nervous system controls everything, including digestion, immunity, sleep, and development, so keeping it clear of interference supports your child’s overall health, not just the absence of pain.

Do you offer any parenting guidance along with care?

Absolutely. Dr. Zach regularly teaches parents small but important habits, like how to roll a baby to their side during diaper changes to protect the lower thoracic spine, how to lift a child in and out of a crib safely, and how to position car seat straps correctly. These things matter more than most parents realize.

Does Dr. Zach have special training in pediatric chiropractic?

Yes, he is Webster Certified (a technique focused on pregnancy and the pelvis) and brings years of hands-on experience working with infants and children, in addition to raising four kids of his own. Every adjustment is specific, gentle, and age-appropriate.

Get Started Today

Dr. Zach and his chiropractic team are here to promote holistic family wellness.

Why wait? Reach out to True North Chiropractic and Wellness for more information or to book your first visit today!

“I have no greater joy than to know that my children are walking in the truth.” 3 John 1:4

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