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Chiropractic Case Study: Pediatric Patient with Myoclonic Seizures and Delayed Development

ByTaylor

Patient Information:  DOB: 03/30/23  Initial Visit: 12/7/23  Birth History: Induced delivery one day after due date, suffered hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy during birth, initial APGAR scores 2 and 1 respectively, required resuscitation, intubation, epinephrine administration, and penicillin treatment due to birth complications.  Clinical Examination Findings:  1. Myoclonic Seizure Activity: The patient exhibited multiple myoclonic seizures during…

Dysregulation – A Growing Concern

Dysregulation – A Growing Concern

ByTaylor

The nervous system is a highly adaptive, fault tolerant system.  Its primary purpose is to maintain homeostasis – balance within the all the body’s systems.  When its threshold is lowered, its ability to adapt decreases, creating compensated responses.  These can be heightened, deferred, or regressive in nature.  The response varies but the underlying cause is…

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Resolution of a left sided 5th phalangeal 2nd inter-phalangeal joint stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger) in a 2 1/2 year-old female: A case report.

ByTaylor

Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether chiropractic care and the application of Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT) protocols utilized for evaluation and adjusting of subluxation patterns may have a global effect on health. While a condition such as stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger) is not usually considered neurological or musculoskeletal in nature it…

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Case Management of a 2 1/2 Year Old Female with a Thirty-five Degree Scoliosis and Two Hemivertebra: Outcome of Adjusting Protocols Showing a Positive Response to Chiropractic Care

ByTaylor

Introduction: Searching for care that is safe and offers low levels of intervention for our children is essential in our evolving healthcare arena. One important aspect of pediatric skeletal healthcare involves the awareness and treatment of scoliosis. Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) remains the most common deforming orthopedic condition in children [1,2]. “Increasingly, both adults and…

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Chiropractic Care of Pediatric Nonmusculoskeletal Conditions: A Case Series.

ByTaylor

Introduction: A call has been made for more rigorous scientific inquiry to examine the value of manipulative therapy in the treatment of pediatric conditions [1]. Simultaneously there have also been inquiries by our scientific community attempting to isolate what subset of patients with nonmusculoskeletal conditions might respond to chiropractic care [2-5]. While there is a…