Georgiamom,
For what it's worth, it sounds like another case of ongoing chiropractic treatment that will carry no long term or significant effect. The fact is, you'll have to keep going to him in order to 'maintain' what he claims to be addressing (compression). From a clinical and professional standpoint, vertabrae will not "open up" (very misleading statement to begin with) and STAY open for any significant period of time through the use of adjustments given her curvature. Is the "spinal compression at the top" refering to her cervical spine (neck)? If so, I would very strongly caution you about REPEATED adjustments to the neck! Any good chiro would agree that nobody, especially children, should have a need for more than a handful of cervical adjustments within one years time (if at all). If they do "need" them excessively, the chiro adjustments are NOT the answer and should be abandoned.
With scoliosis there is a constant (more than usual) compressional force acting on the spine. Adjusting individual segments is futile at best (maybe for moments of acute pain) as these segments will continue to remain vulnerable to 'fixation'.
As far as the growth spurts... it could be that her body is growing "around" some other primary restriction that is quite possibly not in the spine itself. Adjustments would therefore have little or no effect during periods of growth.
I don't know if you've read any of the previous posts in this thread regarding the mechanics of adjustments, ...that might be helpful to create a better idea about what he is actually accomplishing.
Pediatric chiropractics is becoming the next vogue thing... I personally have serious concerns about infants and children receiving "adjustments" during a crucial time in vertebral, neurologic and soft tissue development. It is a relatively new field with no long term analysis to support its appropriateness/effects on development.
Just my opinion...
Best Regards,
Structural
His only concern is she seems to have spinal compression at the top and wants to do chiropractic adjustments to "open up" the vertabrae. I'm concerned about this, but haven't found anything in my research that shows there is harm to manipulating children's spines. He's also concerned about future growth spurts.
With scoliosis there is a constant (more than usual) compressional force acting on the spine. Adjusting individual segments is futile at best (maybe for moments of acute pain) as these segments will continue to remain vulnerable to 'fixation'.
As far as the growth spurts... it could be that her body is growing "around" some other primary restriction that is quite possibly not in the spine itself. Adjustments would therefore have little or no effect during periods of growth.
I don't know if you've read any of the previous posts in this thread regarding the mechanics of adjustments, ...that might be helpful to create a better idea about what he is actually accomplishing.
Pediatric chiropractics is becoming the next vogue thing... I personally have serious concerns about infants and children receiving "adjustments" during a crucial time in vertebral, neurologic and soft tissue development. It is a relatively new field with no long term analysis to support its appropriateness/effects on development.
Just my opinion...
Best Regards,
Structural
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