digestive disorders

Digestive Disorders, Bowel (including Irritable Bowel Syndrome), Kidney, Incontinence, Interstitial Cystitis

Case study: three year old female with acute stomach problems. Peet JB Chiropractic Pediatrics, 1997;310-11

This is the case study of a 3 year-old with acute stomach complaints including indigestion and pain that started after a fall off her bed onto the floor.  After the fifth visit all of her symptoms resolved.

Enuresis, spasmodic dysmenorrhea and gastric discomfort: a vertebral subluxation complex entity. Regan KJ, Digest of  Chiropractic Economics, March/April 1990;32(5):110

Patients suffering from bed-wetting, menstrual cramps and ulcer pains/indigestion were given chiropractic care.  MDs performed pap tests, pelvic exams and upper GI studies and were negative for active pathology. One subject did have a true peptic ulcer and demonstrated a desire to be in the study.

"A total of eight subjects in each category were selected and two in each category were not treated (to be used as control studies)".It should be noted here that no one had any low back, dorsal or cervical spine pain prior to being a patient in this program.

"In the dysmenorrhea category, all cases of pelvic pain and severe cramping of the uterus had stopped.  All women experienced three menstrual cycles through the duration of their menses. "The bedwetting category demonstrated 50% of the children had stopped bedwetting early in the program, 25% of the children had a 50% reduction in the frequency of occurrences and 25% showed no improvement.

All the patients in the gastric category except one responded to chiropractic care; no one was taken off medication or put on special diet."

Chiropractic adjustment in the management of visceral conditions: a critical appraisal.  Jamison JR, McEwen AP, Thomas SJ. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 1992; 15:171-180.

In this a survey of chiropractors in Australia, more than 50% of the chiropractors stated that asthma responds to chiropractic adjustments; more than 25% felt that chiropractic adjustments could benefit patients with dysmenorrhea, indigestion, constipation, migraine and sinusitis.

The side effects of the chiropractic adjustment.  Burnier, A Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol. 1 No. 4 May 1995. 

This is a case history of J.C. male, 1 year old. The child was diagnosed by a gastroenterologist with post-viral enteritis, c.difficile enteritis, colitis secondary to antibiotic usage, allergic colitis, gastroesophageal reflux with esophagitis, gastric and/or duodenal ulcer disease, duodenitis secondary to congenital or autoimmune phenomenon and club feet requiring surgery. He was on Amoxicillin ª , Zantac ª , Reglan ª , Tylenol ª , and Ambesol ª .

Subluxation at Occiput/C1 with an Atlas ASRP, Sacrum base posterior. 

Original Adjustments: Left occiput ridge meningeal contact for 30 seconds, double notch sacral meningeal contact for 1 minute; structural manual adjustment of Atlas ASRP, left temporoparietal suture adjustment.

Results: Off all medication after first visit.  Immediate improvement within 24 hours.  Complete resolution within 3 weeks of care.  Six months later the child is in radiant health, has had no need for medical care and has been free of medication and over-the-counter drugs.  Club feet straightened out without surgery within 1 1/2 months of care.

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