Chiropractic for a newborn

[Deep Forks]

Hey guys, the wife and I are first time parents as of 7 weeks ago. Our daughter seems to have a touch of colic, nothing crazy bad but enough to notice. Wondering if any of you have taken your infant to a chiropractor and what the results were. The wife is kinda freaked out about having our daughter adjusted but I think it's worth a shot. Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[Ericb]

I'll leave the details and most advice to the couple resident Chiropractors on here. As a father of three and a wife that deals with newborns on a regular basis, it can help. Just find someone who has worked on infants before(possibly there own).

 

[Obi-Wan]

It helped with or third child

 

[eyexer]

friend of mine takes their little guy to chiro and swears it's been great for him and them.

 

[remm]

Chiro can do amazing things when in the right hands.

 

[DirtyMike]

Worked on mine since he popped out. Also see a bunch in my office. Pm me if your in Bismarck.

 

[Deep Forks]

Thanks a bunch for the input guys... I'm not around Bismarck otherwise I'd look you up DM... we'll definitely give this a try.

 

[NPO_Aaron]

Deep, Where are you? I'll put some feelers out and make sure you find a good one.

 

[Glass]

If in Bismarck, New Balance Chiropractic does good work on newborns and infants, as well as adults! She is one of the best chiropractors I have been to.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Let these guys know where you are from and most know other chiropractors in a couple of States radius that could help you out.

 

[Deep Forks]

Fergus Falls area. Lived in ND my whole life and moved over here 2 years ago. Women will make a guy do crazy things, like move east. Much appreciated Aaron

 

[KJND]

My oldest was pretty colicy. started seeing Bossart Chiro in Fargo to have him reset and it made a huge difference. My youngest however it didn't seem to help much but there was other factors at play there as well.

 

[Auggie]

Spent $2,000 on the chiro for my twins last year. We went a few times a week for their first year. I'm out $2,000 and was still sleepless. A baby doesn't have the core muscle development anyways to hold their back straight so, it's going to be out of alignment every time you see the chiro. When there's a poster in the chiro office that says "ear infections are caused by your whatever vertebrae out of alignment", it was somewhere on the lower back, it makes a guy very skeptical.

Colic sucks, they'll grow out of it. We used the wedges to elevate their head while the sleep, nutramigen ($600/month for formula), and saw the specialist Dr. Blaufuss in Fargo. Basically we had the weather the storm. It sucks that they're uncomfortable, but that was the way it was for us. We did see some improvements once they were on zantax.

 

[Phill Latio]

search scholarly articles for randomized controlled trials looking at the benefits of "adjusting" a newborns neck and the affect on colic.
When you can't find any that should answer your question

 

[johnr]

I had a wife, so colic and fussy babies, shitty diapers, midnight feeding, etc was not my thing.

Glad to see the man bun crowd stepping up and doing the womans work..haha

 

[cooter00]

With that attitude I'm surprised you still have a wife lol jk
My little guy had a little colic we tried the chiro it maybe helped but really expensive 2 - 3 times a week visits we it did it for a few weeks it sure isn't a miracle cure but after a few weeks of the wife not sleeping and I was working allot you'll try anything you might Evan go a little crazy like I did and agree for the mominlaw to stay with us (last option trust me)

 

[eseamands]

search scholarly articles for randomized controlled trials looking at the benefits of "adjusting" a newborns neck and the affect on colic.
When you can't find any that should answer your question

The short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic: A randomized controlled clinical trial with a blinded observer☆☆☆★


. Author links open the author workspace.Jesper M.M.WibergDCa. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspace. Author links open the author workspace.JanNordsteenDCb. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspace. Author links open the author workspace.NielsNilssonDC, MD, Phdc. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspace




Show more
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-4754(99)70003-5Get rights and content

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether there is a short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Setting: A private chiropractic practice and the National Health Service's health visitor nurses in the uburb Ballerup (Copenhagen, Denmark). Subjects: Infants seen by the health visitor nurses, who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for infantile colic. Intervention: One group received spinal manipulation for 2 weeks, the other was treated with the drug dimethicone for 2 weeks. Outcome Measure: Changes in daily hours of crying as registered in a colic diary. Results:By trial days 4 to 7, hours of crying were reduced by 1 hour in the dimethicone group compared with 2.4 hours in the manipulation group (P = .04). On days 8 through 11, crying was reduced by 1 hour for the dimethicone group, whereas crying in the manipulation group was reduced by 2.7 hours (P = .004). From trial day 5 onward the manipulation group did significantly better that the dimethicone group. Conclusion: Spinal manipulation is effective in relieving infantile colic. (J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1999;22:517–22)




Interesting that I found this in about a 2 minute search. I'm not saying that it is the way to go with every child, as I don't agree with your kids getting treated without any symptoms or complaints.

I would say if you find a chiropractor who treats under best practices protocol that a trial period of a few treatments is worth a shot.

I am a chiropractor. I have two boys. My oldest did great with manipulations when he was colicky. With my youngest manipulations did nothing at all.

 

[Phill Latio]

OMG it doesn't take a genius to realize that article is shit on so many levels. But i'm sure you already knew that. Please enlighten me anatomically how spinal manipulation would help, and please don't give me "its nerve interference"

 

[watson]

Sister in law took their little boy to the chiro since he was 4 months, he had her believing adjustments could cure colic, ear infections, colds, diaper rash, cancer, world hunger, bla bla bla. Today the poor guy is on meds, seeing a psychiatrist, cant eat wheat products, and I'm sure other things I don't even know about and he's only six and they still take him in weekly, not saying it was caused by chiro but in his case it was definitely not a cure all like some say it is.. I'm all for the occasional adjustment on an adults back but call total bullshit on the weekly manipulation of an infant to fix common baby problems that have been around since day one.

 

[AaronJ]

The short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic: A randomized controlled clinical trial with a blinded observer☆☆☆★


. Author links open the author workspace.Jesper M.M.WibergDCa. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspace. Author links open the author workspace.JanNordsteenDCb. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspace. Author links open the author workspace.NielsNilssonDC, MD, Phdc. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspace




Show more
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0161-4754(99)70003-5Get rights and content

Abstract

Objective: To determine whether there is a short-term effect of spinal manipulation in the treatment of infantile colic. Design: A randomized controlled trial. Setting: A private chiropractic practice and the National Health Service's health visitor nurses in the uburb Ballerup (Copenhagen, Denmark). Subjects: Infants seen by the health visitor nurses, who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for infantile colic. Intervention: One group received spinal manipulation for 2 weeks, the other was treated with the drug dimethicone for 2 weeks. Outcome Measure: Changes in daily hours of crying as registered in a colic diary. Results:By trial days 4 to 7, hours of crying were reduced by 1 hour in the dimethicone group compared with 2.4 hours in the manipulation group (P = .04). On days 8 through 11, crying was reduced by 1 hour for the dimethicone group, whereas crying in the manipulation group was reduced by 2.7 hours (P = .004). From trial day 5 onward the manipulation group did significantly better that the dimethicone group. Conclusion: Spinal manipulation is effective in relieving infantile colic. (J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1999;22:517–22)




Interesting that I found this in about a 2 minute search. I'm not saying that it is the way to go with every child, as I don't agree with your kids getting treated without any symptoms or complaints.

I would say if you find a chiropractor who treats under best practices protocol that a trial period of a few treatments is worth a shot.

I am a chiropractor. I have two boys. My oldest did great with manipulations when he was colicky. With my youngest manipulations did nothing at all.

Dimethicone is a cream for itchy dry skin. Simethicone is a med commonly used to relieve GI symptoms; primarily in infants (main med in gas relief drops). This single item severly limits the merits of any of the results in my opinion.

I have been exposed to way too many Chiros that feel their practices can cure the common cold, GI problems, anxiety, depression, among other maladies. This is when I lose faith in a group as a whole. I feel it is pretty shaky ground when they feel they can treat especially depression and anxiety; often leaving ther patient to be further victimized by their diagnosis.