Neurologic Development In Children
Birth trauma, antibiotic abuse, vaccine reaction:
a single case report. Phillips, CJ ICA Review Sept/Oct 1996.
This
is the case of a 14 month-old female with delayed development,
hypotonia, dysarthria, excessive cranial molding, photophobia,
loss of visual motor control, history of excessive antibiotic
therapy and adverse reaction to vaccinations.
After one week
of chiropractic and cranio-sacral therapy the symptoms of photophobia
decreased, there was increased muscle tone and ability to sit
on mother’s lap with
minimal support. In addition she had no pain when held erect
and exhibited increased muscle strength allowing her to be
held against her parent’s shoulder with normal head
control (previously flopped backwards if not supported).
She also showed increased visual acuity, decrease in athetoid
movements of arms, hands and fingers and an immediate change
in mood with a calmer, happier disposition.
Effect of osteopathic
medical management on neurologic development in children.
Frymann VM, Carney RD, Springall P. Journal Of The American
Osteopathic Association, 92;729-744, 1992.
From the paper:
Neurologic performance (sensory performance,
manual competence, mobility, and spoken language) significantly
improved after treatment in children with defined neurologic
problems...improvement continued to occur over several months
of observation....children with neurologic problems have exhibited
significantly improved sensory and motor functions.
M.D. and
D.C. cooperation improves child’s life. Microcephalic
(having abnormally small head/small brain). Today’s
Chiropractic p. 40 Sept/Oct 1995.
Story of Fara Hoffman born
microcephalic.
With the help of chiropractic adjustments and
therapy, she can now, at age 5, feed herself, walk and make
sounds. Her mother attributes Fara’s miraculous progress
to chiropractic care. Fara, who could not move, received her
first cranial adjustment. “They
adjusted her, and her feet moved (said her mother), I couldn’t
believe it.”
Chiropractic sacro-occipital technique treatment
of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. Getzoff H. Gregory T.M.
Chiropractic Technique Vol.8, No. 2, May 1996.
This is the case
report of a 6 year old boy who suffers from arthrogryposis
multiplex congenita (AMC), also known as amyoplasia congenital.
This condition is a congenital lack of muscular development
resulting in multiple joint contractures and deformities.
In
AMC the extremities are commonly fixed in flexion, the muscle
mass is usually hypoplastic and muscle biopsy may reveal denervation,
persistence of small fetal muscle fibers or muscular dystrophy.
From
the abstract:
[Child had] severe generalized locomotor disability,
including the inability to bend over to tie his shoes, as well
as recurring kidney infections. The patient received 26 chiropractic
treatments using SOT protocols over a period of 9 months, after
which he could bend over to tie his shoes. In addition, he
learned to ride a bicycle without training wheels, could swim
part of the way across a pool unaided, and presented a greatly
improved physical demeanor.
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