Chiropractic for babies

CHIROPRACTIC FOR BABIES...

After a traumatic birth, GENTLE spinal manipulation has been reported (by
both medical and chiropractic doctors) to have a beneficial effect.

The German physician Beidermann [1992] used spinal adjusting to treat 135
babies referred to him by a pediatric orthopedist.
Beidermann [1992] wrote that traumatization of suboccipital structures
occurs during birth, giving rise to manipulable lesions and various
conditions which he has observed to subside soon after manipulation of
those lesions. [Beidermann H. Kinematic imbalances due to suboccipital
strain in newborns. J Manual Medicine 1992;6:151-156. H. Beidermann,
M.D., Surgical Department, University of Witten-Herdecke, Schützenstrasse
9, W-5840 Schwerte, Federal Republic of Germany.]


According to Beidermann [1992], conditions which have yielded to a single
upper cervical manipulation include neonatal torticollis, opisthotonus,
asymmetric motor patterns, sleeping disorders, asymmetric development and
range of motion of the hips, fever of unknown origin, and loss of
appetite.


Beidermann reports that manipulation and physiotherapy
complement each other, with about 50% of cases requiring physiotherapy
following spinal manipulation. ("[P]hysiotherapists report consistently that
the[ir] treatment is simplified after
manipulation.")


Beidermann [1992] also stated,


"Prolonged labor and the use of extraction
aids are especially overrepresented" in cases of the syndrome he calls
kinematic imbalance due to suboccipital strain, or KISS. The birth
canal, he says, is "one of the most dangerous obstacles we ever have to
traverse."


ODDLY, Blue Cross/Blue Shield does not pay for gentle spinal manipulation of
babies - but Blue Cross/Blue Shield DOES pay MD-obstetricians who engage in
GRUESOME spinal manipulation of most babies at birth. See the Four OB Lies
below.

Matthew McCoy, DC, Editor - Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research/JVSR
writes of Blue Cross/Blue Shield's new Medical Policy: NO coverage of spinal
manipulation for children under 12 years of age, as in,

"Blue Cross/Blue Shield's...new Medical Policy on spinal manipulation for
children under 12 years of age. The Policy? *You can't do it*. Well, you
can - but they won't pay for it....And let's understand something: This is
not a Policy on *chiropractic care* - it is a Policy on *spinal
manipulation*...that common domain procedure that can be done by anyone from
osteopaths to physical therapists to MD's."

OPEN LETTER (archived for global access at http://groups.google.com)

Matthew McCoy, DC
Editor
Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research/JVSR


Matthew,

By using semisitting and dorsal delivery positions, MD-obstetricians are
routinely closing birth canals up to 30% and routinely KEEPING birth canals
closed the "extra" up to 30% when babies get stuck.

That is, semisitting and dorsal delivery both close the birth canal up to
30%...

And when babies get stuck OBs KEEP the birth canal closed the "extra" up to
30% (they keep women semisitting/dorsal) as they pull with hands, forceps
and vacuums.

This is NOT gentle spinal manipulation!

Sometimes OBs pull so hard they rip spinal nerves out of tiny spinal cords.

Some babies die - some babies are paralyzed - most "only" have their spines
gruesomely wrenched.

ALL spinal manipulation is gruesome with the birth canal senselessly closed
up to 30%.

IN ADDITION, MD-obstetricians are slicing vaginas/abdomens en masse
(episiotomy/c-section) - surgically/fraudulently inferring they are
doing/have done everything possible to open the birth canal - even as they
close the birth canal up to 30%.

Sometimes spinal manipulation is very necessary at birth - life-saving - but
OBs should never pull on tiny spines with birth canals closed up to 30%.

Let us hope that Blue Cross/Blue Shield takes this opportunity to end
gruesome spinal manipulation by MD-obstetricians, the most prolific spinal
manipulators.

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo


PS THE FOUR OB LIES


OB LIE #1. After MASSIVE change in the AP pelvic outlet diameter was
clinically demonstrated in 1911 and radiographically demonstrated in 1957,
the authors of Williams Obstetrics began erroneously claiming that pelvic
diamaters DON'T CHANGE at delivery.


OB LIE #2. After Ohlsen pointed out in 1973 that pelvic diameters DO
change - the authors of Williams Obstetrics began erroneously claiming that
their most frequent delivery position - dorsal - widens the outlet.


OB LIE #3. After I pointed out in 1992 that dorsal CLOSES - and so does
semisitting - the authors of Williams Obstetrics - put the correct
biomechanics in their 1993 edition - but kept in their text (in the same
paragraph!) - the dorsal widens bald lie that first called my attention to
their text...


OB LIE #4. OBs are actually KEEPING birth canals closed when babies get
stuck - and claiming they are doing everything to allow the birth canal open
maximally. (ACOG Shoulder Dystocia video - also forceps and vacuum births
are performed with the mother in lithotomy.)


See Make birth better: Dan Rather, before you leave CBS...
http://health.groups.yahoo.com*/grou...t/message/2983


I noted some of the OB lies in an Open Letter to the FTC years ago...
http://home1.gte.net/gastaldo/*part2ftc.html


RELEVANT AMA PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL ETHICS....


"[AMA physician[s] shall...strive to expose those physicians...who engage in
fraud or deception."


"[AMA p]hysician[s] shall...seek changes in those requirements which are
contrary to the best interests of the patient."


"[AMA p]hysician[s] shall...make relevant information available to patients,
colleagues, and the public..."
http://www.psych.org/psych_pra*ct/et...ions53101*.cfm


OTHER PHYSICIAN FRAUD AND DECEPTION


Physicians are CONCEALING a vaccine adverse event (failure-to-immunize) as
they fraudulently promote their vaccinations as being 100% effective as they
(in effect) deny massive numbers of babies massive numbers of free daily
immunizations.

See Breasts as doctors (also: Medical Veritas)
http://groups-beta.google.com/*group...msg/*df325ac66...


(My thanks to MEDICAL VERITAS Editor-in-Chief Gary S. Goldman, PhD for
stimulating me to write "Breasts as doctors," just cited.)


Physicians are also temporarily asphyxiating babies and robbing massive
amounts of blood volume from them (up to 50%). The medical euphemism for
this obvious medical crime is "immediate cord clamping."


See Homebirth (also: AMA: Is it illegal for OBs to lie?)
http://groups-beta.google.com/*group...msg/*0af4b794f...


(My thanks to Donna Young - www.lotusbirth.com - for calling my attention to
the immediate cord clamping child abuse.)

Matthew, physicians are committing mass IMMUNOLOGIC child abuse (in effect
denying massive immunizations and massive numbers of immune/stem cells) as
they commit mass PHYSICAL child abuse (denying massive amounts of blood
volume and closing birth canals, etc.)

How come chiropractors are remaining silent about these obviously illegal
physician behaviors?

Gary S. Goldman, PhD, mentioned above, says semisitting birth is child
abuse - an "atrocity."

See PhD: Semisitting birth is child abuse (Also Dr. Dean and baby
penises)...
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...55f0777073f3ed

BTW, Matthew, this just cited post - the "Dr. Dean and baby penises" part -
goes into the bizarre things that happened when I caught American MDs using
phony "babies can't feel pain" neurology to promote their most frequent
surgical behavior toward males.

As I've often noted, I am in favor of pardons in advance for MDs. As
medical students, MDs are TRAINED to perform the obvious felonies discussed
above.

This Open Letter to JVSR Editor Matthew McCoy, DC will be archived for
global access in the Google usenet archive. Search http://groups.google.com
for "Chiropractic for babies"

Attn Blue Cross/Blue Shield FRAUD via...
http://www.carefirst.com/email/html/report.htm

Blue Cross/Blue Shield is paying OBs to close birth canals up to 30% and
keep birth canals closed the "extra" up to 30% when babies get stuck.

Please stop paying for this fraud.

Dr. Gastaldo



"Todd Gastaldo" wrote in message
ink.net...
CHIROPRACTIC FOR BABIES...

After a traumatic birth, GENTLE spinal manipulation has been reported (by
both medical and chiropractic doctors) to have a beneficial effect.

The German physician Beidermann [1992] used spinal adjusting to treat 135
babies referred to him by a pediatric orthopedist.
Beidermann [1992] wrote that traumatization of suboccipital structures
occurs during birth, giving rise to manipulable lesions and various
conditions which he has observed to subside soon after manipulation of
those lesions. [Beidermann H. Kinematic imbalances due to suboccipital
strain in newborns. J Manual Medicine 1992;6:151-156. H. Beidermann,
M.D., Surgical Department, University of Witten-Herdecke, Schützenstrasse
9, W-5840 Schwerte, Federal Republic of Germany.]


According to Beidermann [1992], conditions which have yielded to a single
upper cervical manipulation include neonatal torticollis, opisthotonus,
asymmetric motor patterns, sleeping disorders, asymmetric development and
range of motion of the hips, fever of unknown origin, and loss of
appetite.


Beidermann reports that manipulation and physiotherapy
complement each other, with about 50% of cases requiring physiotherapy
following spinal manipulation. ("[P]hysiotherapists report consistently
that
the[ir] treatment is simplified after
manipulation.")


Beidermann [1992] also stated,


"Prolonged labor and the use of extraction
aids are especially overrepresented" in cases of the syndrome he calls
kinematic imbalance due to suboccipital strain, or KISS. The birth
canal, he says, is "one of the most dangerous obstacles we ever have to
traverse."


ODDLY, Blue Cross/Blue Shield does not pay for gentle spinal manipulation
of babies - but Blue Cross/Blue Shield DOES pay MD-obstetricians who
engage in GRUESOME spinal manipulation of most babies at birth. See the
Four OB Lies below.

Matthew McCoy, DC, Editor - Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research/JVSR
writes of Blue Cross/Blue Shield's new Medical Policy: NO coverage of
spinal manipulation for children under 12 years of age, as in,

"Blue Cross/Blue Shield's...new Medical Policy on spinal manipulation for
children under 12 years of age. The Policy? *You can't do it*. Well, you
can - but they won't pay for it....And let's understand something: This is
not a Policy on *chiropractic care* - it is a Policy on *spinal
manipulation*...that common domain procedure that can be done by anyone
from osteopaths to physical therapists to MD's."

OPEN LETTER (archived for global access at http://groups.google.com)

Matthew McCoy, DC
Editor
Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research/JVSR


Matthew,

By using semisitting and dorsal delivery positions, MD-obstetricians are
routinely closing birth canals up to 30% and routinely KEEPING birth
canals closed the "extra" up to 30% when babies get stuck.

That is, semisitting and dorsal delivery both close the birth canal up to
30%...

And when babies get stuck OBs KEEP the birth canal closed the "extra" up
to 30% (they keep women semisitting/dorsal) as they pull with hands,
forceps and vacuums.

This is NOT gentle spinal manipulation!

Sometimes OBs pull so hard they rip spinal nerves out of tiny spinal
cords.

Some babies die - some babies are paralyzed - most "only" have their
spines gruesomely wrenched.

ALL spinal manipulation is gruesome with the birth canal senselessly
closed up to 30%.

IN ADDITION, MD-obstetricians are slicing vaginas/abdomens en masse
(episiotomy/c-section) - surgically/fraudulently inferring they are
doing/have done everything possible to open the birth canal - even as they
close the birth canal up to 30%.

Sometimes spinal manipulation is very necessary at birth - life-saving -
but OBs should never pull on tiny spines with birth canals closed up to
30%.

Let us hope that Blue Cross/Blue Shield takes this opportunity to end
gruesome spinal manipulation by MD-obstetricians, the most prolific spinal
manipulators.

Sincerely,

Todd

Dr. Gastaldo


PS THE FOUR OB LIES


OB LIE #1. After MASSIVE change in the AP pelvic outlet diameter was
clinically demonstrated in 1911 and radiographically demonstrated in 1957,
the authors of Williams Obstetrics began erroneously claiming that pelvic
diamaters DON'T CHANGE at delivery.


OB LIE #2. After Ohlsen pointed out in 1973 that pelvic diameters DO
change - the authors of Williams Obstetrics began erroneously claiming
that
their most frequent delivery position - dorsal - widens the outlet.


OB LIE #3. After I pointed out in 1992 that dorsal CLOSES - and so does
semisitting - the authors of Williams Obstetrics - put the correct
biomechanics in their 1993 edition - but kept in their text (in the same
paragraph!) - the dorsal widens bald lie that first called my attention to
their text...


OB LIE #4. OBs are actually KEEPING birth canals closed when babies get
stuck - and claiming they are doing everything to allow the birth canal
open
maximally. (ACOG Shoulder Dystocia video - also forceps and vacuum births
are performed with the mother in lithotomy.)


See Make birth better: Dan Rather, before you leave CBS...
http://health.groups.yahoo.com*/grou...t/message/2983


I noted some of the OB lies in an Open Letter to the FTC years ago...
http://home1.gte.net/gastaldo/*part2ftc.html


RELEVANT AMA PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL ETHICS....


"[AMA physician[s] shall...strive to expose those physicians...who engage
in
fraud or deception."


"[AMA p]hysician[s] shall...seek changes in those requirements which are
contrary to the best interests of the patient."


"[AMA p]hysician[s] shall...make relevant information available to
patients,
colleagues, and the public..."
http://www.psych.org/psych_pra*ct/et...ions53101*.cfm


OTHER PHYSICIAN FRAUD AND DECEPTION


Physicians are CONCEALING a vaccine adverse event (failure-to-immunize) as
they fraudulently promote their vaccinations as being 100% effective as
they
(in effect) deny massive numbers of babies massive numbers of free daily
immunizations.

See Breasts as doctors (also: Medical Veritas)
http://groups-beta.google.com/*group...msg/*df325ac66...


(My thanks to MEDICAL VERITAS Editor-in-Chief Gary S. Goldman, PhD for
stimulating me to write "Breasts as doctors," just cited.)


Physicians are also temporarily asphyxiating babies and robbing massive
amounts of blood volume from them (up to 50%). The medical euphemism for
this obvious medical crime is "immediate cord clamping."


See Homebirth (also: AMA: Is it illegal for OBs to lie?)
http://groups-beta.google.com/*group...msg/*0af4b794f...


(My thanks to Donna Young - www.lotusbirth.com - for calling my attention
to
the immediate cord clamping child abuse.)

Matthew, physicians are committing mass IMMUNOLOGIC child abuse (in effect
denying massive immunizations and massive numbers of immune/stem cells) as
they commit mass PHYSICAL child abuse (denying massive amounts of blood
volume and closing birth canals, etc.)

How come chiropractors are remaining silent about these obviously illegal
physician behaviors?

Gary S. Goldman, PhD, mentioned above, says semisitting birth is child
abuse - an "atrocity."

See PhD: Semisitting birth is child abuse (Also Dr. Dean and baby
penises)...
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...55f0777073f3ed

BTW, Matthew, this just cited post - the "Dr. Dean and baby penises"
part - goes into the bizarre things that happened when I caught American
MDs using phony "babies can't feel pain" neurology to promote their most
frequent surgical behavior toward males.

As I've often noted, I am in favor of pardons in advance for MDs. As
medical students, MDs are TRAINED to perform the obvious felonies
discussed
above.

This Open Letter to JVSR Editor Matthew McCoy, DC will be archived for
global access in the Google usenet archive. Search
http://groups.google.com for "Chiropractic for babies"

"Todd Gastaldo" wrote in message
ink.net...
CHIROPRACTIC FOR BABIES...

After a traumatic birth, GENTLE spinal manipulation has been reported (by
both medical and chiropractic doctors) to have a beneficial effect.

Both my kids saw our chiropractor within a week of birth ... both times he
seemed to just massage their heads and touch their tummies.
They also go if they look like getting a cold and also after any
immunisations.
Chiropractic treatment helps me so much and it also seems to really help
them.
Amanda

--
DD 15th August 2002
1 tiny angel Nov 2003
DS 20th August 2004

"A&G&K&H" wrote in message
...

"Todd Gastaldo" wrote in message
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CHIROPRACTIC FOR BABIES...

After a traumatic birth, GENTLE spinal manipulation has been reported (by
both medical and chiropractic doctors) to have a beneficial effect.

Both my kids saw our chiropractor within a week of birth ... both times he
seemed to just massage their heads and touch their tummies.
They also go if they look like getting a cold and also after any
immunisations.
Chiropractic treatment helps me so much and it also seems to really help
them.

Amanda,

I am so pleased that you took your babies to the chiropractor within a week
of birth.

Even if a birth doesn't seem traumatic, I think it is worth it for babies to
see a chiropractor soon after birth.

Chiropractic is - first and foremost - education - hence my PREVENTION
efforts (online and elsewhere) to stop OBs from closing birth canals and
gruesomely manipulating most babies' spines.

Licensed, degreed - or not - ANYONE can practice chiropractic
education/chiropractic prevention.

Whether one calls it chiropractic prevention - or just common sense - OBs
should not be closing birth canals the "extra" up to 30%.

And when babies get stuck, OBs should not be KEEPING birth canals closed the
"extra" up to 30%.

It is truly bizarre to watch MDs warn of the dangers of gentle chiropractic
manipulation for children as they do nothing as MD-obstetricians close birth
canals up to 30% and gruesomely manipulate most babies' spines.

Were I to go back into spinal adjusting practice, I would specialize in
gentle adjusting of the spines of pregnant women and their babies.

Todd

PS PREGNANT WOMEN: You should not have to ASK for the "extra" up to 30% -
that's just the way it is - please talk to your OB today.

Chiropractic treatment helps me so much and it also seems to really
help
them

I have to second this--I was a little nervous about taking such a
little baby to the chiropractor but was willing to try anything to help
Lorelei, but what he does with babies is so gentle and she absolutely
loves it! Plus her latch has improved and she just looks more
comfortable nursing.

Leslie

You and Gastaldo are two ****ing crazy loonies.
You in particular should be reported for child abuse. Chiropractic for
babies is insane. Did you even THINK about the horrors of manipulation of
bones that are just forming? And chiro for colds? This is proof positive
that you need your children taken away by Children's Aid for their own
protection!!!!!

I won't even dignify this by talking about how ludicrous it is to think that
any "laying of hands" can do anything for a viral or bacterial infection.

****ing moron! You must have been infected with the Palmerist voodoo. This
imbecile "Father of Chiripractic" proposed this bull**** as a cure for
everything. Try getting yourself treated for "subluxation of the brain". If
you still think it works then it DOESN'T, because you brain is totally
misaligned.






"A&G&K&H" wrote in message
...

"Todd Gastaldo" wrote in message
ink.net...
CHIROPRACTIC FOR BABIES...

After a traumatic birth, GENTLE spinal manipulation has been reported (by
both medical and chiropractic doctors) to have a beneficial effect.

Both my kids saw our chiropractor within a week of birth ... both times he
seemed to just massage their heads and touch their tummies.
They also go if they look like getting a cold and also after any
immunisations.
Chiropractic treatment helps me so much and it also seems to really help
them.
Amanda

--
DD 15th August 2002
1 tiny angel Nov 2003
DS 20th August 2004

Another candidate for child abuse investigation. All your observations are
anecdotal, and are just as likely influenced by 911 or a bat ****ting in
Mexico.

As for chiro for adults-yes, it can help and usually feels good. But adults
can make choices, babies cannot. Never mind the problem with finding a DC
that actually gives a **** (very small percentage) as opposed to the
majority that just see it as a business.



"Leslie" wrote in message
ups.com...
Chiropractic treatment helps me so much and it also seems to really
help
them

I have to second this--I was a little nervous about taking such a
little baby to the chiropractor but was willing to try anything to help
Lorelei, but what he does with babies is so gentle and she absolutely
loves it! Plus her latch has improved and she just looks more
comfortable nursing.

Leslie

GET FLU, GET SPINE ADJUSTED?

A mother wrote that she took her babies to the chiropractor...

Tech 27 wrote:

And chiro for colds? This is proof positive that you need your children
taken away by Children's Aid for their own protection!!!!!

I won't even dignify this by talking about how ludicrous it is to think
that any "laying of hands" can do anything for a viral or bacterial
infection.


My adjustment of a young child years ago
caused me to start getting MY spine adjusted whenever I feel the flu coming.
I think adjusting helps in infectious disease - no proof - I think it does
though.

See again: Get flu, get spine adjusted?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...513edc657f19b5

Tech 27 began by saying to the mother:

You and Gastaldo are two ****ing crazy loonies.

You in particular should be reported for child abuse.

Tech 27, if you truly suspect child abuse - THEN GET BUSY - REPORT -
IMMEDIATELY - IT'S THE LAW.

Tech 27 has likely never actually seen a child get better immediately
following spinal manipulation.

I have and will never forget it.

Tech 27 writes:

Chiropractic for babies is insane. Did you even THINK about the horrors of
manipulation of bones that are just forming?

It is Tech 27 who should THINK...

The most prolific manipulators of children's spines are *MDs* -
obstetricians.

MD-obstetricians are closing birth canals up to 30% and keeping birth canals
closed the "extra" up to 30% when babies get stuck.

MD-obstetricians are pulling with hands, forceps and vacuums - with birth
canals senselessly closed up to 30%.

MD-obstetricians sometimes pull so hard they spinal nerves out of tiny
spinal cords.

Some babies die - some babies get paralyzed - most "only" have their spines
gruesomely wrenched.

ALL spinal manipulation is gruesome with the birth canal closed the "extra"
up to 30%.

FURTHER CRIME: MD-obstetricians are also slicing vaginas/abdomens en masse
(episiotomies/c-sections) - surgically/fraudulently inferring they are
doing/have done everything possible to open the birth canal - even as they
close the birth canal up to 30%.


And chiro for colds? This is proof positive that you need your children
taken away by Children's Aid for their own protection!!!!!

I won't even dignify this by talking about how ludicrous it is to think
that any "laying of hands" can do anything for a viral or bacterial
infection.


I say again: My adjustment of a young child years ago
caused me to start getting MY spine adjusted whenever I feel the flu coming.
I think adjusting helps in infectious disease - no proof - I think it does
though.

See again: Get flu, get spine adjusted?
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...513edc657f19b5

The German physician Beidermann [1992] used spinal adjusting to treat 135
babies referred to him by a pediatric orthopedist.
[Beidermann H. Kinematic imbalances due to suboccipital
strain in newborns. J Manual Medicine 1992;6:151-156. H. Beidermann,
M.D., Surgical Department, University of Witten-Herdecke, Schützenstrasse
9, W-5840 Schwerte, Federal Republic of Germany.]

According to Beidermann [1992], conditions which have yielded to a single
upper cervical manipulation include neonatal torticollis, opisthotonus,
asymmetric motor patterns, sleeping disorders, asymmetric development and
range of motion of the hips, FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, and loss of
appetite.

Tech 27 concluded with further ad hominem directed to the mother her took
her babies to the chiropractor...

****ing moron! You must have been infected with the Palmerist voodoo. This
imbecile "Father of Chiripractic" proposed this bull**** as a cure for
everything. Try getting yourself treated for "subluxation of the brain".
If you still think it works then it DOESN'T, because you brain is totally
misaligned.


Tech 27 will be pleased to know that Dr. DD Palmer, founder of chiropractic,
was extremely interested in "subluxations of the brain."

Tech 27's logic can be useful here...

If Tech 27 thinks that GENTLE spinal manipulation by chiropractors must be
reported as child abuse...

Then Tech 27 will obviously agree that GRUESOME spinal manipulation by
MD-obstetricians must be reported as child abuse.

See PhD: Semisitting birth is child abuse...
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...55f0777073f3ed

I again thank Amanda for sharing her experience taking her babies to a
chiropractor within a week of birth.

I think chiropractors - using GENTLE spinal manipulation - can help some
children recover from gruesome spinal manipulation by MDs at birth.

I think ALL babies should be seen by a chiropractor after birth - even if
the MD-obstetrician did not close the birth canal the "extra" up to 30% and
wrench the baby's spine.

Todd


"A&G&K&H" wrote in message
...

"Todd Gastaldo" wrote in message
ink.net...
CHIROPRACTIC FOR BABIES...

After a traumatic birth, GENTLE spinal manipulation has been reported
(by
both medical and chiropractic doctors) to have a beneficial effect.

Both my kids saw our chiropractor within a week of birth ... both times
he
seemed to just massage their heads and touch their tummies.
They also go if they look like getting a cold and also after any
immunisations.
Chiropractic treatment helps me so much and it also seems to really help
them.
Amanda

--
DD 15th August 2002
1 tiny angel Nov 2003
DS 20th August 2004

This isn't true although the idea of taking a child to a chiropractor
terrified me for a long time.

My six-year-old had hundreds of x-rays by the time he was 4. Normal
childhood leaps and falls would lay him up on the couch for days unable
to move. They could never find anything wrong. I finally broke down
and took him to a "women's and children's" chiropractor. I didn't trust
her and she knew that. But after a jump off the bottom of a slide at
daycare she discovered WITHOUT RADIATION that one of his hips sat 1/4
higher than the other. I thought her method of using a tuning fork to
check for any broken bones bizarre and "witchcraft" until it pinged
on a healed broken collarbone he had. So trusing he had no broken bones
I allowed her to adjust him. One adjustment and one follow-up visit and
the child has never had another x-ray or injury. He plays soccer,
basketball, baseball and falls off bikes and skateboards.

I don't really fall in the group that promotes chiropractic manipulation
in every child. But it was much safer and effective than continually
exposing my child to xrays but accomplishing NOTHING. Luckily, I had a
great pediatrician at the time whose brother was a chiropractor so he
was open-minded enough to reassure me it wouldn't hurt anything to try.
Otherwise, my child wouldn't have received the help he did.
amy

tech27 wrote:
You and Gastaldo are two ****ing crazy loonies.
You in particular should be reported for child abuse. Chiropractic for
babies is insane. Did you even THINK about the horrors of manipulation of
bones that are just forming? And chiro for colds? This is proof positive
that you need your children taken away by Children's Aid for their own
protection!!!!!

I won't even dignify this by talking about how ludicrous it is to think that
any "laying of hands" can do anything for a viral or bacterial infection.

****ing moron! You must have been infected with the Palmerist voodoo. This
imbecile "Father of Chiripractic" proposed this bull**** as a cure for
everything. Try getting yourself treated for "subluxation of the brain". If
you still think it works then it DOESN'T, because you brain is totally
misaligned.






"A&G&K&H" wrote in message
...

"Todd Gastaldo" wrote in message
hlink.net...

CHIROPRACTIC FOR BABIES...

After a traumatic birth, GENTLE spinal manipulation has been reported (by
both medical and chiropractic doctors) to have a beneficial effect.


Both my kids saw our chiropractor within a week of birth ... both times he
seemed to just massage their heads and touch their tummies.
They also go if they look like getting a cold and also after any
immunisations.
Chiropractic treatment helps me so much and it also seems to really help
them.
Amanda

--
DD 15th August 2002
1 tiny angel Nov 2003
DS 20th August 2004

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:44:33 GMT, "Todd Gastaldo"
wrote:

My adjustment of a young child years ago
caused me to start getting MY spine adjusted whenever I feel the flu coming.
I think adjusting helps in infectious disease - no proof - I think it does
though.

I have to say I agree. Every time I've gotten an adjustment when I
was feeling ill, I *always* start feeling better right away.
Coincidence? Possibly, but I'll take feeling better any day!

Nan