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Infantile Colic

Chiropractic management of newborns with infantile colic is safe and effective.

Such management, involving palpation of the entire spine then adjustment of vertebral joints found to have restricted range of motion, is significantly more effective than standard medical treatment with dimethicone.

Wiberg JMM, Nordsteen J and Nilsson N. The Short-Term Effect of Spinal Manipulation in the Treatment of Infantile Colic: A Randomised Controlled Trial with Blinder Observer. JMPT 1999:22(8):517522.