Review slams chiros for treating kids – but what happens next?
COMMENT: If there was shocking evidence of harm, the answer would be simpler
This story has been updated, see footnote.
Chiropractors should not be using spinal manipulations to treat colic, bedwetting, digestive problems or headaches in children under 12, a review has concluded.
The review, by Safer Care Victoria, was launched earlier this year following a media and political frenzy over a Facebook video of a Melbourne chiropractor dangling a newborn by its ankles before manipulating its spine with an Activator — the ‘stick that goes click’.
It led to an interim ban on chiropractors using spinal manipulation to treat children under two, issued by the Chiropractic Board of Australia.
