Omaha World Herald, June 7, 2010

More babies get adjusted

Jennifer Brewer's baby boy could hardly keep a bottle of formula or breast milk down. Up it would come, a half-dozen times in an hour, and it wasn't just spit-up.

Brewer said medical doctors couldn't completely solve the problem, so she took her son, Trent Schultz, to Omaha chiropractor Dr. Bill Bruening. He used his fingers to gently adjust the vertebrae in Trent's spine, which Bruening said restored proper nerve function in the digestive system.

Brewer's son, now 7 months old, throws up occasionally but keeps most of his food down and has gained weight.

“I think,” Brewer said, there “has been a huge improvement.''

When people think of chiropractors, they often think of adults getting care for back pain. But they aren't the only patients receiving help these days. Some parents are taking children — even babies and infants a few days old — to chiropractors, and there's evidence that the number is growing.

The care isn't limited to muscle and joint problems. Chiropractors provide care for kids' stomach problems, earaches and even asthma. Some parents say chiropractors can solve problems that medical doctors can't.

Pediatricians say there is little of what they consider to be convincing research showing that chiropractic care is effective for kids.

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