CHIROPRACTIC CARE MAY ALLEVIATE AVERSION TO SUCKLING IN INFANTS

Last november a study came out demonstrating the link between abnormalities in the spine and a babies aversions to breastfeeding.  Demonstrating the importance of getting your newborn checked for spinal dysfunction.  The following is a review of that study - CA

Good news for breastfeeding moms: Infants who have trouble suckling may benefit from chiropractic care, according to a case study conducted by Dr. DP Holtrop, which appears in the current issue the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

Dr. Holtrop documented the progress of a 6-month-old boy who had experienced an aversion to suckling for 4.5 months. Physical examination revealed cranial and upper cervical vertebral subluxations. The patients, aversion to suckling immediately resolved after receiving his first chiropractic adjustments (to the occiput and atlas), and did not reappear.

"It is possible that in the infant, a relationship between mechanical abnormalities of the cervicocranial junction and suckling dysfunction exists," noted Dr. Holtrop. "Further research in this area could be beneficial."

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