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An Expectant Parent’s Guide to Chiropractic

Birthing in America: Options, Risks, and Outcomes. Palmer Triune. 2007; Jul-Aug.

Tips for a healthy pregnancy, preventing backache, pregnancy exercise tips, and more from the International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association.

Benefits of Spinal Curve Restoration

Strength Gains from Lumbar Lordosis Restoration.
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine 2003; 2(4):137-41.

Benefits of Chiropractic Treatment on Scoliosis

Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Treatment Using Pettibon Corrective Procedures: A Case Report
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine 2004; 3(3):96-103.

Scoliosis Treatment Using a Combination of Manipulative and Rehabilitative Therapy: A Retrospective Case Series
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2004, 5:32

Scoliosis Treatment Using Spinal Manipulation and The Pettibon Weighting System: A Summary of Three Atypical Presentations
Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2006, 14:1

Body Weighting Benefits

Spinal Manipulation and Anterior Headweighting and for the Correction of Forward Head Posture and Cervical Hypolordosis: A Pilot Study. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine. 2003;2:51-54

Nutrition Benefits

Bovine Colostrum and Immunity Support Increase

Modulation of the immune system and the response against pathogens with bovine colostrum concentrates. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2002 (Aug); 56: S24-S28.

Chiropractic Treatment and Pediatric Conditions

Infantile Colic

Multiple Articles on Chiropractic and Infantile Colic from Peer Reviewed Journals on the International Chiropractic Pediatrics Association.

Chiropractic Found Effective for Infantile Colic: Randomized Controlled Trial Shows Manipulation More Effective than Drug. Dynamic Chiropractic.  1999;17(26).

Cerebral Palsy

Improvement in Urinary Incontinence in a Cerebral Palsy Patient Following Chiropractic Care. Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics. 2008 (Mar);9(1): 563-66.

Ear Infection (Otitis Media)

Fallon, JM.  The Role of the Chiropractic Adjustment in the Care and Treatment of 332 Children with Otitis Media. Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics Vol 2, No. 2 1997 p.167-183.

Frohle RM. Ear infection: a retrospecitve study examining improvement from chiropractic care and analyzing for influencing factors. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1996 Mar-Apr;19(3):169-77.

Phillips, NJ.  Vertebral subluxation and otitis media: a case study. Chiropractic: The Journal of Chiropractic Research and Clinical Investigation. Jul 1992, Vol: 8(2), pp.38-9.

Shoulder Pain and Management

Management (and Overcoming) Shoulder Pain. Unified Virginia Chiropractic Association. Celebrate Wellness! April 2010.

Upper Cervical Joint Dysfunction and TMJ Disorder

The Effects of Bite Line Deviation on Lateral Cervical Radiographs When Upper Cervical Joint Dysfunction Exists: A Pilot Study.
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, September 2003.

Whole Body Vibration ~ Enhance Muscle Performance and Increase Bone Density

Dolny DG, Reyes GF. Whole body vibration exercise: training and benefits.Curr Sports Med Rep. 2008 May-Jun;7(3):152-7.

Good Vibrations: A new treatment under study by NASA-funded doctors could reverse bone loss experienced by astronauts in space.  Science at NASA. November 2001.

Hannan MT, Cheng DM, et. al. Establishing the compliance in elderly women for use of a low level mechanical stress device in a clinical osteoporosis study.Osteoporosis Int. 2004 Nov;15(11):918-26. Epub 2004 May 27.

Mitchell D. Vibration may improve bone health in older adults. EMax Health. Published online on 2010 Oct 26.

Ruan XY, Jin FY, et. al. Effects of vibration therapy on bone mineral density in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Chin Med J (Engl). 2008 Jul 5;121(13):1155-8.

Wenger KH, Freeman JD, et. al. Effect of whole body vibration on bone properties in aging mice. Bone. 2010 Oct;47(4):746-55. Epub 2010 Jul 16.