Infantile Colic

from: The Chiropractic Report, November 1999, Vol. 13, No. 6

Abstract:

An important new trial from the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, published in October in the 'Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT)' provides compelling evidence that the disorder labeled 'infantile colic' has been misunderstood. The pain and other symtoms of colic seem to have a musculoskeletal rather than a gastrointestinal origin.

This new randomized, controlled trial confirms and expands the findings of a large multicenter study from Denmark 10 years ago in reporting that:

1. Chiropractic management of newborns with infantile colic is safe and effective.
2. Such management, involving palpation of the entire spine then adjustment of vertebral joints found to have restricted range of motion, is significantly more effective than standard medical treatment with dimethicone.

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