Chiropractic Treatments for infants...any Experience with This???

Make sure your Chiropractor has worked with children first. I know many moms who have taken their babies for reflux and it has helped a great deal( my two did not have this problem as babies) but they go now monthly and its helped with other issues Bed wetting & pre asthma symptoms. It's a nice alternative to meds that have not even been studied in use on babies.

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My son had reflux issues also, and I took him to the chiropractor, with great results. However, he was 4 months old. I switched his formula from Similac to a soy-based brand when he was around 8 weeks old, and that helped too. The chiropractor suggested to grind up Papaya Extract (it's natural and not a medication) and put it in his cereal when he started eating that around 5 months and that helped even more. Remember that all babies spit up...make sure that it's really a reflux issue before someone tries medications. That's why I chose more holistic methods and they worked wonderfully.

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I have four kids and two of them went to a Chiropractor for reflux and I feel that it did work. You do go on a regular basis but, it was not that bad.

Good luck and I hope that it works for you and your child.
Missy

Are you breastfeeding? Breastfeeding significantly helps reflux and gastointestinal issues.

Also...we started taking our DD to the chiro when she was 6 months old....but our next babies will be taken to the chiro right at birth. We go weekly now....and my DD has wonderful health...and has never had a single ear infection even though both her father and I had multiple EI's when we were infants.

I STRONGLY recommend finding an ICPA chiro for your babies!!

GL!

My daycare provider took my daughter to the chiropractor when she was a couple months old (b4 she was liscenced and was able to) to help with a stuffed up nose and it made a world of difference. :)

I hope I am not too late in responding. I have taken my daugher to the Chiropractor since the day she came home from the hospital. I spent a great deal of time in the field and would recommend it to any mom and dad with kids. My daughter has been very healthy so far in her life (she's 2.5yrs) She has never had an ear infection and until this year had not even been on an antibiotic. Not to mention that if you look online, chiropractic can help to reduce the instance of SIDS as well as colic and other issues like colds and ear infections. It is a very natural approach that I would recommend a million times over. Also, just so you know she visits the chiropractor about once every 2 months for maintenence (with all of the climbing/jumping/falling etc it is good)

For you: I would recommend that you plan a visit as well. Pregnancy/delivery is very traumatic to your body and carrying twins...WOW! I hope this helps.

We LOVE our chiropractor. I can't imagine our kids growing up without one. Both kids have been seen regularly since they were infants (my son was about 2 days old when our chiropractor first did cranial-sacrial (sp?) work on him).
Kids get so many bumps and have so many tumbles...I've seen them sleep better, move out of defiant/cranky moods, have fevers resolve, etc...after appointments.
I currently have a 6 1/2 yr old daughter, and an almost 4 yr old son. We see a soft-touch chiropractor, which means she doesn't do the major crunch things some chiropractors do, but man, is she powerful.
Both my husband and I have seen several chiropractors, but this one in i.c. is by far the best.

If you have questions or want to know how to contact our chiro, you can reach me at ____@____.com.
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I personally have not had to take my kids to a chiropractor. But, I have had plenty of friends that have taken there kids to one and they have all worked out. Some had to go a few times before seeing progress, but my friends say it was worth it. Good luck to you and your little one. Hopefully the outcome will be as good as I have heard from others.

I have heard that they can help, but I went to one here recently and found that they were only in it for the money. They really didn't care about you. I didn't feel that it helped me with my back and neck so I quit going.

K.

hi yes chiropratic works my 4 yr old has reflux and it does wonders i also see the chiropractor for the same thing my daughter had her first adjustment at 6 weeks old

Hi
I have a 13 month old girl. When she was 3 months old she had a similar problem. My mom told me to take her to a chiropractor. ( I had the same thing when I was a baby.) It worked for me and my little girl. It only took 2 adjustments. She hasn't had a problem since. So I say go for it. I hope this helps. : )

We didn't use chiropractic care for our daughter, but she also had a bad case of reflux. You may be averse to using medication, but it really made a difference for my daughter. Good luck!

Lots of experience! My baby was born with the cord around her neck and I had her adjusted the day she was born. As the twig is bent, so grows the tree and I wanted all her little vertebrae aligned from the beginning to prevent big problems in the future.

Also, if there is a misalignment in and area where the nerves from her spine go to organs like her stomach, getting that straightened out may help it go away. I've seen it help friends. I've also seen reflux happen from food intolerances.
Your chiropractor may be able to help you with that as well, many chiropractors are well informed about nutritional issues. If he/she is not, they may well know of a resource for you.

Because when a vertebrae is misaligned it may return to it's yucky position, it's important to train it to stay in the right place,which may take multiple visits. Follow the DC's recommendations. Go to websites like idealspine.com in the patient section, or chiroweb if you want.

You should probably all be checked out. If someone has a spine, it needs maintenance, just like teeth. Especially with all the falls kids take all the time. Symptoms are the last thing to show up, usually.

All 3 of my children go see a chiropractor regularly. I do not have specific appointments for them, but when they start to act up we go in to get them 'straightened out'. Them they actually behave better.

It all started with my oldest, who did have reflux- severe reflux, so we were doing anything we could to help him out. It does help, also with ear infections, and just when they are sick. It is amazing how out of whack these kids get, and also how they actually LIKE to be adjusted. My littlest one is 2 1/2, and he was adjusted when he was 3 days old. We go in about every other month, and he has been the healthiest child I have had.

I hope this helps.

Angela H

I have not had any experience with reflux but have had a tone of Chiropractor experience's. My mom works for a great Chiro. so I have been going for a long time due to headaches. When my son was born (6 weeks premature)I had him in a week after I brought him home from the hospital for colic(SP) still being on a heart monitor. Not ALL chiroprators adjust the same and it is not a "scary" thing to watch. The way my Chiro. (Kyle) adjusts little ones is with is thumbs. He feels the spine, neck, etc, and then gently pushes them back into place. All done while sitting either on my lap or the bed. The kids really actually enjoy it. It relaxes them. If you would like his name and # let me know.

My sister was just telling me the other day how her sister in law has been taking her daughter on a regular basis to the chiropractor and it has really made the reflux manegable. It has come over her pretty strongly at times and they've had to take her in that same day. Now that they've figured out what works, the little girl is a lot happier. So go for it! I hope your insurance will cover the visits.

I took my daughter at 8 wks, now 4yrs old, for colic. We went once a week for about a month and every two weeks for a month after that and that was it. My sister could tell the difference after one treatment and she didn't know I had taken my daughter to the chiropractor yet. I finally had a happy little girl and would recomend it to everyone.

We did not have problems with reflux but at about 12 weeks we took our daughter to the chiropractor because she was not turning her head all the way to the left side. Our regular didn't encourage us to do it but he said we could try. Within about 2 weeks of regular treatment she was turning and she has been fine ever since. I will warn you that it is very hard to watch them adjust an infant like that, I cried but I know it didn't hurt her, it was just startling. Good luck, it's certainly worth the try and I do put value in Chiropractic care although we are not regular users.

My youngest visited a Chiro on her eighth day of life and to good effect. Infants respond so quickly to bodywork - it helped her immensely. You are a wise mom to start there. I know many babies with reflux who have gotten 100% well with chiropractic. Good luck ~

I took my daughter who was 6 weeks old to the chiro. She had colic issues and i was very nervous at first but after just the first visit her fussy time cut in half. It didn't cure it but it made it a lot less. Just be careful for the chiro's who want you to come back 50 times just to get your money. Try it a few times and if you don't see improvements stop. Good lucky.

I brought my daughter to a chiropractor when she was 3 weeks because her reflux was so bad. Within 1-2 weeks it was completely gone. My Chiro showed me this spot just under her rib cage to rub before feeding that helps with reflux as well. We maybe went 2 or 3 times total.

I am SOOO glad I brought her in. (I wished I had brought my first child in to see a chiroprator, instead he had reflux for 9 months...)

Good luck, you'll have to let us know if it helps your daughter.

I can tell you chiropractors work WONDERS!! None of my daughters had reflux, but I have taken my daughters to chiropractors since they were born and have always had success. My daughter had a big tummy and the doctors told me she had a lot of built up gas..I took her to the Chiro. and whithin a week her tummy had gone down a ton! I highly suggest them! I hope it helps!

Dear S.,
I have a 16 yr old daughter that I had taken to the chiropractor when she was an infant. I was going because of an accident that I had & was talking to him about my daughter's problem she had with screaming when she had a bowel movement. I had to have a C-Section with her because she was twisted up inside & it had effected her bowels. Her reg. dr. did not do too much for her, and thougth I would try the chiro. She was doing so much better because of it & when my son ended up with asthma I took him to the same dr. & it had helped him with the asthma. I don't know if every chiropractor adjusts babies, but I saw a huge difference in my daughter when I took her. The dr. will explain many things before he does anything & answer any of your questions. Hope this helps.

My son had reflux with horrible gas pain. Out of desperation I tried the chiropractor. And it really helped. While he still spit up a lot, it was better and not painful anymore. He went about 3 or 4 times.

It absolutly helps!! I took both of mine before 3 mo of age. Helped a ton with colic/fussiness issues and a little with reflux. Come to think of it--if we'd gone more, probably would've helped with that more too! They say that birth can be fairly traumatic so a few initial adjustments may be all you need. We had great success!! Good luck!

Hi, my son went through the whole reflux thing until he was about 10 months. We tried different medications and some just made it worse and others helped but not completely. We went to a different formula and that helped a little too. I never thought to bring him to a chiropractor for it and personally I'm glad I didn't because he grew out of it on his own. I hear that with a chiropractor you have to keep going back. I'm not saying that it will or won't work, I just thought I'd give you my opinion on this. If you do bring your baby there I'd like to hear if it actually worked. Good Luck.

I took my infant to a chiropractor for reflux and he responded completely. He did need to see the chiropractor frequently at first, but I felt it was better then giving him frequent medicine. The reflux was gone in a matter of weeks.

Hi S.,
I brought our kids to the chiro. It helped tremendously!
If I kept up with the treatments, it was great, if I slacked on the treatments, it got icky.....
There are different types of chiros. Some are specifically trained to work with children and infants. It's an additional training and certification.
Some chiros are GREAT and others are REALLY BAD!!! Look for referrals and references for good ones. AND Ask the chiros you're interested in for references from their patients. Check them out- it's the well- being of your child :)

Hope this helps :)

We went for reflux and for ear aches!

G. H

As a mother of 4 who's children have had Chiropractic care since day 1 following birth, I HIGHLY recommend this care!! Children respond very well to care - often way faster than adults - because they don't have near as much trauma to their bodies that us adults have. (oh, yeah - I'm also married to a Chiropractor!) The nerve controling the stomach leaves the spine at the 6th thoracic vertebrea so somewhere in this area is where they will probably check. (that's just above the middle of the back) I have no idea what treatment program that doc will recommend for your child. Some Chiropractors treat symptoms only which means they would see and adjust your child if/when there are symptoms presenting. Other Chiropractors treat the root cause of the problem so would set up treatment programs regardless of symptoms. These doctors use many other tests to find the problems. Treating the cause of the problem does require more treatment in the short term but much less treatment overall and is way less expensive overall. So, feel free to email me directly if you have questions or if I can help in any way. All 4 of our children have been under care since birth and have no health issues at all.

S.,

When my friends told me they took their newborn to a chiropractor, it terrified me, but I have had more than one friend who had a baby with severe colic before the visit and after - very happy baby. Just make sure you go to someone who specializes in newborns and get a good referral. Sorry I can't give you one, just moved here.

Good luck,
S.

I have a recommendation for you. I have begun taking my 8 month old to Dr. Carla Breunig in St. Paul: www.rootswellcare.com
She is a chiropractor and also trained in cranio-sacral therapy and homeopathy. She is really good with my son -- gentle, sensitive, nice. Also, she was really great about checking with my insurance to see what my coverage was. I originally took my son for preventing ear infections but she looked and didn't see any swelling. I think I will keep taking him, though, b/c of all the great things everyone else has written about chiropracty and infants.

S.,
I took my son to Ginger Dunivan for reflux. He had a mild case and she ended up pulling his stomach down and his reflux went away instantly. We had to bring him back one other time because he started hiccoughing and spitting up again, but she did the same treatment and he's been fine since.
Let me know if you have any other questions about it.
S.

I started taking my son when he was little (I think it was before he was a year and a half). He really likes it. I don't have any idea what it does for him, but he seems happy to have the adjustments done.

For myself, going on a very regular basis makes my own reflux go away, but for me personally, I have to go at least once every 10 days to keep the reflux away. (I find it easy enough to deal with the reflux on my own, so I go every two weeks for my chronic neck problem.)

My chiropractors are a husband-wife team and they are very kid-friendly, and they have exceptional ethics and values. Their practice is so full, they have thought about hiring another chiro to come in and help, but they are worried they won't have the same "feel" with another outside person as they have now. (my son is treated for free, because they understand our financial position, and she wasn't willing to let my son suffer because of it. So they are not ALL out for just money.)

If you want to get a chiro for your baby, I say go for it, but be prepared for the costs, since it can quickly add up. Give it some time to see if there are results. find out beforehand if your insurance covers it (mine doesn't). And find out how long they expect it to be before you see results and what kind of "maintenance schedule" they would expect your baby to be on for coming back.

The chiropractors have done wonders for me, getting rid of 90% of my chronic pain. My back is "cured" and my neck pain is the only thing that keeps me coming back on a regular basis. (I am looking at alternatives like massage for that). Well, that and the amazing atmosphere of the practice- they are just awesome people. Shop around, chiros are not all the same!

best luck!

My children both spit up a lot. We never took them to the doctor for an exact diagnosis of reflux but I had to change their clothes and mine multiple times a day because of this. Chiropractic care helped a lot. But you do need to keep up on it. I would bring them in about 2 or 3 times a month and then they would also show me where to massage on their stomaches to help at home in between adjustments. Look for a chiropractor that takes special classes and training on infants. (We've been to a few chiropractors and there are some not so good ones out there but now we've found one that has training for our needs.)

I highly recommend Chiropractic care. My whole family goes to Health and Healing Chiropractic in Andover and we love it. My older son had reflux and I wish we had found these guys earlier because I am sure it could have saved us all some headaches! My second son has been adjusted since he was a week old and hasn't had any of the intestinal issues his brother had. Also my older son didn't get an ear infection until he was 2 1/2 years old and until we joined a MOMS Club where we are constantly exposed to illnesses, was rarely sick. It is recommended that you go on a regular basis to maintain optimal health. If you are in the Andover area and would like it, I have a coupon for the initial visit that I would be happy to get to you. Good luck with the reflux. It is no fun!

I wish someone would have told me about infant chiropractic care when my first child was born. Both my son and daughter were collicy babies with acid reflux. I did a lot of research when my second child was born as I was at my wits end as to how to ease her (and my) suffering!! At 2 months old, out of desperation I took her to my chiropractor and after 3 adjustments; the spitting up decreased immensely and she was not as fussy. It was a little undaunting at first visit as I was afraid of the adjustment hurting her, but it didn't and I recommend it to anyone suffering with collic! She hasn't been back since!

Hi S.
I also had a baby with acid reflux. He has been adjusted since he was 5 days old. He would have been adjusted sooner but my chiropractor was out of town. I have my son checked 1 time a week but he does not need to be adjusted every week. For your baby it will depend on how she holds her adjustements. Good luck and I hope that it works for you because it worked for my son.

My children have both been seeing a Chiro since they were born. I had reflux like issues with my oldest child and seeing a Chiropractor really helped him. We went pretty regularly at first, but then we were able to ease off a bit after we figured out some of his issues. It turned out that he couldn't tolerate when I had dairy products. (I was nursing.) My Chiro did muscle testing to see what foods gave my little guys issues. You may want to ask about that. If you don't have any luck with your Chiro, try Davis Chiropractic in St. Louis Park or Shorewood. They are the BEST!!! The sacrifice I made skipping dairy for awhile gave me a whole new, happy baby! Good luck!

Hi S.,
Yes, I have taken my kids to the chiropractor ever since they were babies, They are now 17,15,& g/g twins 10. We did not have acid reflux, but my now 15 had ear infection after ear infection, and no relief until I took her to the chiropractor.
For acid reflux, I know that Aloe Vera juice helps heal the stomach and digestive tract. You can check it out at:
www.marketamerica.com/vanderson
Good luck!

I'm a SAHM with all girls and a husband of 20 years.

I have had several friends that have used this type of treatment for their child's reflux issues and they found it very helpful. They did have to go back a few times, but they noticed the difference with in the first few visits.