Stephanie Claydon remembers her newborn?s first visit to a chiropractor like one of those tearjerker videos where babies get fitted with glasses for the first time. She?d brought her two-week-old son, Samuel, in for treatment after noticing he could only turn his head to one side.?The chiropractor used her thumbs and index fingers to touch pressure points along his spine and neck,? Claydon recalls. ?As soon as she was done, his eyes opened so big, and he looked around as if to say, ?Wow, there?s a whole other world on this side of my head!??
She hadn?t gone there without trepidation, though. The Toronto mother of two says she?s always been a bit iffy on chiropractic care for herself, so she was cautious when making an appointment for her son after a few friends recommended it. ?I get a lot of massages, but getting my spine adjusted?just the idea of all that cracking?it made me nervous to bring him.? But she was quickly reassured by the chiropractor?s approach. ?She walked me through everything,? says Claydon. ?She put her thumb on me to say, ?This is as hard I?m pushing,? and it was like somebody just touched your arm. There was no cracking his neck or anything like that.? The results after a single visit left her amazed: Her son could turn his head to both sides, and the stiffness never came back. Her feelings of uneasiness returned, however, a few days after the appointment. ?I saw an article about chiropractic care and children,? Claydon says. ?It said something along th...