Newborns and Infants
Adjusting a newborn infant may be one of
the most significant and rewarding events that we get to
perform in our offices. Armand Rossi, DC, FICPA
Evidence links
vertebral subluxation complex to immunosupression. Chiropractic
adjustments linked to improved resistance to disease.
Current
research suggests that spinal health is particularly important
for children. This applies from infancy, and extends far beyond
back pain to prevention and general health. The fact that chiropractic
management is conservative and safe, making no use of drug
therapy or surgery, will be attractive to many parents. In
short, it is often sensible to have children under both chiropractic
and medical care. Parents should seek professionals who are
able to admit their limitations, cooperate with one another,
and place the interests of their mutual patients first.
Chapman-Smith,
D the Chiropractic Report, July 1992 Vol. 6 No. 5.
Blocked atlantal
nerve syndrome in babies and infants (alternative translations
of title: The atlas fixation syndrome in the baby and infant;
The atlas subluxation syndrome of the baby and infant.) Gutmann
G. Manuelle Medizin 1987 25:5-10, Trans. Peters RE
From the
author’s abstract:
Three case reports (10-month-old male,
18-month-old male, and a 7-month-old male) are reviewed to
illustrate a syndrome that has so far received far too little
attention. The syndrome is caused and perpetuated in babies
and infants by blocked nerve impulses at the atlas. The clinical
picture ranges from central motor impairment and development
through epencephalic impairments of vegetative regulatory systems
to lowered resistance to infections, especially to ear-, nose-,
and throat infections...Chiropractic can often bring about
amazingly successful results, because the therapy is a causal
one”.
Gutman is a medical doctor who has been using chiropractic
techniques for the past 35 years. From his and other German
medical studies, Gutman concludes that only 14-20% of all
children are in autonomic balance. Of the 80% not balanced,
many of them have atlas subluxations. He has been “constantly
amazed how, even with the lightest adjustment with the index
finger, the clinical picture normalizes, sometimes gradually,
but often immediately”.
Die Kopfgelenksblockierung des
Neugeborenen. Seifert J. in Lewit K. Gutmann G (eds) Rehabilitacia,
Vol. 8 Prague: Bratislawa, 1975:53.
Among 1093 newborns, 298
babies had upper cervical subluxations and early signs of infantile
scoliosis.Treatment of infants in the first year of life by
chiropractors. Incidents and reasons for seeking treatment.
Munck LK, Hoffman H, Nielsen AA. Ugeskr Laeger 1988; 150:1841-1844.
The
authors performed a retrospective survey of 162 children cared
for by doctors of chiropractic in their first year of life.
The
conditions seen by DCs were:
- Infantile colic 73%
- Curvature 8%
- Bronchitis 3%
- Allergy 2.5%
- Sleep disorder 1.8%
- Middle ear inflammation 1.8%
- Eczema 0.6%
Case #1: Newborn respiratory difficulty associated with
nasal subluxation.
Case reports in chiropractic pediatrics.
Esch, S. American Chiropractic Assn. J of Chiropractic December
1988.
This is the case of a 13-day-old with respiratory difficulty
since birth (uncomplicated and at home). Family history of
asthma and hay fever. Analysis revealed there was a jamming
of the proximal end of the nasal bones. A traction adjustment
with a caudal-ventral direction gave an audible release.
The child took a deep sighing inhalation and began breathing
without difficulty.
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