Dr. Tori Macken, Chiropractor

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Dr. Tori Macken, Chiropractor Prenatal & Pediatric Chiropractor | Webster Certified | PX Doc | PIPS Technique | Helping Families Thrive Naturally

Main Street Chiropractic, Vancouver

06/17/2026

Crawling is so much more than a way for babies to get from point A to point B 👶🏽✨

During cross-crawling, babies coordinate opposite sides of their body—right arm with left leg, then left arm with right leg. This seemingly simple movement helps strengthen communication between the two hemispheres of the brain and supports the development of important neurological pathways 🧠

As babies crawl, they’re building:
✨Balance and coordination
✨Core strength and stability
✨Body awareness
✨Visual tracking skills
✨Motor planning and problem-solving abilities

Every reach, rock, and crawl is helping lay the foundation for future milestones and learning.

While every child develops at their own pace, crawling is an incredible stage of development that deserves to be celebrated—not rushed through 🤲🏼

Movement is one of the primary ways babies learn about their world, and cross-crawling is brain development in action 💛

Have questions about milestones or your baby’s development? Drop them below! 👇🧠

What’s really happening during a baby adjustment? 👶🏻Pediatric chiropractic adjustments are gentle, specific, and designe...
06/12/2026

What’s really happening during a baby adjustment? 👶🏻

Pediatric chiropractic adjustments are gentle, specific, and designed with a baby’s developing nervous system in mind. Using light, age-appropriate touch, we provide gentle input to the nervous system that supports communication between the brain and body—particularly in areas involved in movement, regulation, digestion, muscle tone, and overall function.

From birth through the first years of life, babies experience rapid growth and development, placing significant demands on their nervous systems. Sometimes stress or tension patterns can show up as challenges with feeding, sleep, settling, movement, or body symmetry. 🌱

The goal of care is to support healthy nervous system function and adaptability, helping the body coordinate, regulate, and respond to its environment more effectively. ✨

Gentle pressure. No cracking. Just specific neurological input tailored to support growing, developing bodies 🩵🤲🏼

Getting to spend the evening learning all things neuroscience and chiropractic research from the  the iconic ✨ .haavik ✨...
04/16/2026

Getting to spend the evening learning all things neuroscience and chiropractic research from the the iconic ✨ .haavik ✨ so grateful for her and the work she does for our profession 🙌🏼

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Vancouver, BC

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