Thursday, October 21, 2010

Chiropractic and Bed-Wetting

Bedwetting (nocturnal enuresis) and chiropractic. Thirty-three patients (3 to 18 years old) who had nocturnal enuresis were placed under chiropractic care in this study.

An analysis of their records showed that 22 had resolution of symptoms for 12 months after beginning chiropractic care. Most of the children received two adjustments. Ten of those with bedwetting also found their constipation resolved. (2)

References:
2. Poecke AJ, Cunkiuffe C. Chiropractic treatment for primary nocturnal enuresis: a case series of 33 consecutive patients. JMPT. 2009;32(8):675-681.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Does my child have to be vaccinated to go to school?

Know your rights. In most of the United States you CAN get your non-vaccinated children into public school. Michigan is a one of the states that you DO NOT have to get vaccinated! Some excellent medico-legal information is located at the Vaccine Rights website: www.vaccinerights.com.

The Pandemic Response Project (PReP) also has excellent vaccination information: www.pandemicresponseproject.com.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Chiropractic and infants with colic

Possible long-term chiropractic benefits for infants suffering from colic. This study investigated toddlers who were helped for colic with chiropractic care compared to children who had not had chiropractic care. Since behavior and sleep disturbances (tantrums and frequent nocturnal waking) are often found in children who were colicky as babies this study looked at those conditions to see if chiropractic care had any long-term benefits.

In the study 117 formerly colicky toddlers who received chiropractic care were compared to 111 formerly colicky toddlers who did not receive chiropractic care.

Researchers found that the colicky toddlers who received chiropractic care were half as likely to experience temper tantrums and frequent nocturnal waking than those who did not receive chiropractic care as colicky infants. (8)

Chiropractic and breastfeeding. Chiropractic care was administered to 114 infants diagnosed with breastfeeding problems. The most common age was one week.

The most common physical findings were neck subluxations (89%), and TMJ or temporomandibular (jaw) joint subluxations (36%). Under chiropractic care all the children showed improvement, with 78% able to exclusively breastfeed after 2-5 visits. (9)

References:
8. Miller JE, Phillips HL. Long-term effects of infant colic: a survey comparison of chiropractic treatment and nontreatment groups. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2009;32(8):635-638.
9. Miller JE, Miller L, Sulesund AK, Yevtushenko A. Contribution of chiropractic therapy to resolving suboptimal breastfeeding: a case series of 114 infants. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2009;32(8):670-674.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Chiropractic, the common cold and the flu

“But chiropractic is just for backs!”, you may think. Not so. In fact, many people seeing chiropractors for back and neck problems find a general improvement in their health that includes fewer and less severe colds, flu and other respiratory problems.

What Causes the Common Cold?


Breathing cold viruses does not in itself cause a cold. “Experimenters have incubated cold viruses, placed them directly on the mucous lining of the nose, and found that their subjects came down with colds only 12 percent of the time.” (1) For germs to grow in you, you must first be fertile soil.

The Chiropractic Approach


Chiropractic doesn’t treat the common cold. It does, however, help awaken your inner healer – the only “cure.” Natural resistance is the only reason why your cold “goes away” rather than lasting for weeks, months or your entire lifetime!

Chiropractic care can help raise your natural resistance to disease by removing a serious interference to your proper body function: subluxations.

What are subluxations?


Subluxations are distortions in your body that interfere with your proper body function. Chiropractors perform special examinations to detect and locate subluxations in your body, and correct them by giving chiropractic adjustments. This helps restore optimal body functioning for higher resistance to disease, which, we cannot overstate, is the best defense against the common cold.

Case studies

There are numerous case histories of chronic cold and flu sufferers having fewer or no colds after chiropractic care. (2-4) In another study 92% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had improvement of their respiratory symptoms after spinal care. (5)

Benefits of colds and flu?

Hippocrates, the “father” of medicine wrote: "Diseases are crises of purification, of toxic elimination. Symptoms are the natural defenses of the body. We call them diseases, but in fact they are the cure of diseases." For example, an elevated temperature is one of our body’s defense mechanisms, helping us destroy infection. Lowering a fever with analgesics reduces this defense against disease.

The flu vaccine and Alzheimer’s

According to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, if an individual has had five consecutive flu shots his/her chances of getting Alzheimer's disease is ten times higher than if they had one, two or no shots. (6) Dr. Fudenberg explained that the aluminum and mercury in the flu shot (also in many childhood shots) build up in the brain causing damage. Is this why Alzheimer's is expected to quadruple? (7) Note: Ethylene glycol, phenol, formaldehyde and other chemicals are also in the flu shot.

In conclusion

It is essential, if you are suffering from the flu, colds or respiratory problems, that your body structure be healthy; it could make the difference between a quick recovery and a lingering illness-even between life and death.

References:
1. Chopra D. Quantum Healing. New York: Bantam Books. 1989;142.
2. Not vocalizing well. Absence of T-cells, immune dysfunction, has colds all the time. International Chiropractic Pediatric Association newsletter. November 1996.
3. Aguilar AL, Grostic JD, Pfleger B. Chiropractic care and behavior in autistic children. Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. 2000;5(1):293-304.
4. Bofshever H. Case history. International Chiropractic Pediatric Association newsletter. November/December 1999.
5. Goldstein M (Ed.). The Research Status of Spinal Manipulative Therapy. Bethesda: National Institutes of Health. 1975.
6. Address by Hugh Fudenberg MD at the NVIC International Vaccine Conference, Arlington, VA September, 1997. (Dr. Fudenberg's web site is: http://www.nitrf.org)
7. John's Hopkins Newsletter. November 1998.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

A chiropractic case study: scoliosis, migraines and ADD

Scoliosis, attention deficit disorder, migraines.

This is the case of a 7-year-old girl born with right side facial paralysis (from a difficult birth), scoliosis, attention deficit disorder, difficulty concentrating, vomiting and light sensitivity from intense migraine headaches since the age of 2. Her parents brought her in for chiropractic care and subluxation correction was initiated. Along with improvement of her subjective complaints such as migraines, difficulty concentrating and light sensitivity, after just one month of care X-rays revealed a 62% improvement in scoliosis.

References:
Jaszewski E and Sorbara A. Improvement in a child with scoliosis, migraines, attention deficit disorder and vertebral subluxations utilizing the Pierce Chiropractic Technique. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health – Chiropractic. 2010;1:30-34.