Where I work (Germany, Belgium, Switzerland) I do not deem it necessary to let the parents sign a written [consent] form. All parents receive a folder explaining the procedure and the eventual reactions of the children. To our knowledge there are no serious side effects to manual therapy in children (MTC) if the guidelines laid down here are followed. Our archives comprise more that 25 000 children treated in our practice (as of July 2003) and another group at least as big as this one treated by colleagues who follow the same procedure (Page 238).


Biedermann, H. (Ed.) Manual Therapy in Children. 2004. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0 443 10018 7


What matters is the balance of the effectiveness versus risk, and that is strongly in favour of manipulation


Waddell G. Evidence for manipulation is stronger than that for most orthodox medical treatments. BMJ, 318:262, 1999

Does Chiropractic really help more than your back?




Current News and Events:
ICPA Members Define the Practice of Pediatric Chiropractic
The ICPA’s groundbreaking new study, The Safety and Effectiveness of Pediatric Chiropractic: A Survey of Chiropractors and Parents in a Practice-Based Research Network, was published this month in the prestigious biomedical journal, Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. The objective of the study was to describe the practice of pediatric chiropractic, including its safety and effectiveness. View the current ICPA Children's Safety: Phase One Press Release here: ICPA Press Release for the Children's Safety: Phase One Project


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Why see a chiropractor if you don't have back pain?

1. to prevent it

a. most symptoms are the last thing to appear
b. your back houses your nervous system and is connected all the way from your organs to your brain and most medical doctors have little musculoskeletal training

2. to bring your child

a. children can be born with a spinal problem that is undetected by medical means
b. some drugs save lives, but children respond to chiropractic care often quicker than dangerous drugs in cases of spinal pain and chronic illness
c. many children get relief from common childhood complaints with medical co-management and many times without

see a debate about this here where i appear on national TV and make up your own mind

3. chiropractic is about health from within
a. its only a seemingly recent phenomenon, but nobody can heal you but yourself. Even Hippocrates knew this.
b. drugs do not heal, they may help
c. chiropractic does not heal anyone, you do it yourself, chiropractors help

4. health comes from within and all healers are just facilitators

a. the body has its own intelligence, so why does medical care scare us?
b. How can we instigate health without fear?
c. If you dont want to be like your mother or father, what are you doing about it?
d. If health comes from within, why are there so many vendors promising you salvation?
e. It helps to have a radiology licence, diagnosis and pathology training; also epidemiology, microbiology and all the -ologies that make up 5 to 6 years of undergrad and post-grad study.

5. There are more questions than answers, but one thing is for sure: The spine houses the nervous system and the nervous system can set up bad circuits to the brain and body that cause illness. All through joint and muscle abnormalities.



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