Constipation/Bowel Disorders
Upper cervical chiropractic care of an infant
with irregular bowel function: a case study. Hunt JM. Journal
of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. Vol. 5, No 1. 2000.
This
is the case of a three month-old, breast-fed female infant
who had irregular bowel habits since birth. She moved her
bowels from once a week to once every ten days and needed
suppositories or she would not move her bowels at all. At
a children’s hospital it was discovered the child had
had a broken left clavicle from a “significant birth
trauma.”
Chiropractic upper cervical adjustments were
performed and after the third adjustment the child moved her
bowels for the first time in her life without suppositories
before leaving the office. By the fifth visit her bowel movements
had increased to one or more daily.
Effects of upper cervical
correction on chronic constipation. Eriksen K. Chiropractic
Research Journal, 1994; 3:19-22.
A five-year-old female with
severe, chronic constipation was able to have only one bowel
movement a week, despite medication. She was adjusted with
Grostic upper cervical care. One day after her spinal adjustment,
a dramatic change in the child’s bowel function occurred.
Chiropractic
treatment of a 7-month-old with chronic constipation: a case
report. Hewitt EG, Chiropractic Technique, August 1993; 5(3):
101-103.
A 7-month-old girl suffering from chronic constipation
with a history of painful straining and hard, pellet-like stools
(once per day to once every 3 days) was brought in for chiropractic
care. After a full spine and cranial adjustment, the patient’s
bowel function normalized to one or two soft, effortless
stools per day. Maintenance of these improvements was confirmed
at a 1-year follow-up visit.
Case study: the effect of chiropractic
care on an infant with problems of constipation. Marko, S.
Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol. 1 No. 3 Dec. 1994.
This is the
case study of an infant who began having constipation at age
6 months when solid foods were introduced. In order for her
to have a bowel movement she had to be in a warm bath with
her legs up and her abdomen massaged. At one point, the baby
actually became impacted and emergency care was needed. It
was not uncommon for her to go a week to ten days between bowel
movements.
After the second chiropractic adjustment the patient
had a bowel movement all by herself. Within two weeks she began
having regular bowel movements by herself every two or three
days. At 23 months, the patient began to walk and she has
at least one totally normal bowel movement every day.
Expect
a miracle. Kendzior AT, Sarasota, FL. International Chiropractic
Pediatric Association Newsletter Jan/Feb 1998.
A personal story
from a chiropractor is reported:
“My son took a serious
fall as a baby and immediately stopped having bowel movements.
After months, I was told that we might need to do an exploratory
surgery to determine if there was a blockage. I had been trying
to adjust him, but was not sure what I was feeling.
Dr. Larry
Webster examined him, adjusted him and taught me how to locate
subluxations in a baby’s lumbar spine.
It was miraculous, the next day he started having normal
bowel movements. This miracle response to an adjustment I
now know is very common in kids.
This same child started severely
stuttering at the age of two. This was correlated to his fall.
Finally, I attended another course with Dr. Webster who shared
with me the Webster Cranial Technique. He assured me that it
had helped children with stuttered speech, epilepsy, and learning
disabilities. He advised me that before my son got better he
might appear worse, but within two weeks he would stop stuttering
completely. Sure enough, two weeks to the day that I started
adjusting him, he stopped stuttering. This was a child who
previously repeated a word twenty times and then, frustrated,
gave up.”
Irritable bowel syndrome and spinal manipulation:
a case report. Wagner T, Owen J, Malone E, Mann K. Chiropractic
Technique 1996; 7: 139-140.
Irritable bowel syndrome, also known
as mucous colitis and nervous bowel affects 15-25% of adults.
Symptoms include cramping and/or abdominal pain, diarrhea or
constipation, ulcer-type symptoms, heartburn and/or upper abdominal
indigestion.
In this case study of a 25-year-old woman with
chronic irritable bowel syndrome her chief complaint was intestinal
pain and diarrhea which was worse during stressful periods
which occurred one or two times per week for the past five
years.
After her first chiropractic adjustment, she reported
that she had not experienced any diarrhea for two days. Her
other symptoms were quickly alleviated. Two years later she
remained symptom free.
Chiropractic adjustment in the management
of visceral conditions: a critical appraisal. Jamison JR, McEwen
AP, Thomas SJ.J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 1992; 15:171-180.
In
this survey of chiropractors in Australia, more than 50% of
the chiropractors stated that asthma responds to chiropractic
adjustments; more than 25% felt that chiropractic adjustments
could benefit patients with dysmenorrhea, indigestion, constipation,
migraine and sinusitis.
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