Chiropractic for infant colic
Pathways Magazine shared evidence positioning chiropractic care as a safe alternative for infantile colic where pharmaceuticals fall short — framing manual care as a non-drug option for worried parents shared. The piece reinforces family-centered care messaging that clinics can use when discussing infant wellness.
Pathways to Family Wellness is produced by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association, which reports distributing more than 10,000 copies) of the magazine to conferences and parents each quarter. A randomized trial by Wiberg et al. in 1999 measured) cry-time changes and found spinal manipulation reduced crying by 2.4 vs 1.0 hours at days 4–7 and 2.7 vs 1.0 hours at days 8–11 when compared with dimethicone. A 2001 Archives of Disease in Childhood randomized, blinded trial by Olafsdottir et al. enrolled) 100 infants (86 completed) and reported 32/46 (69.9%) improved in the treatment arm versus 24/40 (60.0%) in controls, concluding no significant effect of manipulation over placebo. A multicenter single‑blind randomized trial in Denmark (2015–2019) recruited) 200 infants (185 completed) and found an unadjusted 0.5‑hour advantage for chiropractic care that lost significance after adjustment; the study also reported a 63% vs 47% rate of ≥1‑hour improvement and an NNT of 6.5. A Cochrane review (2012) pooled) six randomized trials totaling 325 infants and reported a pooled mean reduction of 1.20 hours of crying per day for manipulative therapies versus control.
