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Why don't people try chiropractic care?

Wed, 06/20/2007 - 16:05
I have a nine month old son diagnosed with severe intractable seizures. He has had no syndrome diagnosis yet and has been tested for many. The neurologist, Doctors, Epileptologists left me with little hope and a grim future. I started taking him to a Chiropractor at six months age. He is now on his 27th day seizure free and already stepping him down from his meds ( Phenobarb, zonegran, keppra and diastat) which he was on the max of all as well he is also on the Ketogenic diet. Stage would have as many as 24 seizures (Grand mal) per day since birth. He has not had more than two seizures in one day since seeing the chiropractor. Even the neurologist and Ketogenic dietician are impressed with how well my son is doing. There also is a little girl at my chiro's office who was having seizures onsetting at six years of age. After a month and regular visits to the chiro. she is seizure free. I get really frustrated when I think about how hospitals don't even reccommend Chiro's. I went against my neurologists advice and I am glad that i did. Those damn seizures fried enough of my babies brain. He is nine months old and has several health issues associated with the seiz's which we are hoping will improve with time. When my son was origionally hospitalized at two weeks a twist of fate happened and the baby in the next rooms dad had a brother who had seizures and he said they took him to a chiro and they went away. That same day I asked the neuro.s and they said "No it would compromise the seizure control we had". What control? He was having nonstop seizures over medicated and sedated choking on his own secretions and would stop breathing. I'm glad with the choice I made. I say give it a chance the side effects of seeing a chiro is never going to be as bad as what those drugs and seizures took from my baby and our family. I am happy to say that my son is not only on his 27th day seizure free (longest since birth), but he is starting to smile. Waking up. Making sounds. Moving his hands, toes and feet. Our future has so much hope. He still has a lot of therapy ahead of him. Physical, speech, eating you name it, but you know what he at least has a future at this point. Thanks to Doctor Hansen the chiropractor. (Whom by the way was so moved by my son and his downward spiral of health he has never accepted a payment and has done all of my sons care out of pocket) My one word of advice? You know your kid better than anyone and trust your instincts they are usually right. The hardest thing for me to accept was that I was never going to find anyone person who has gone through the exact thing as me and I've been to the real low's. I wish everyone hope. This has been a traumatizing ride one which has forever changed who I am. I am often resentful to those who take their children's health for granted because these days when my infant sons fingers brush against mine I realize how prescious having a healthy child can be.

Comments

For all looking for a

Submitted by GhostWriter33 on Wed, 2017-10-11 - 22:27
For all looking for a chiropractor that can help look into  NUCCA chiropractors they focus in the right areas such as the cervical area. I have been going to one and I already feel better.

going to a different doctor

Submitted by rsess32 on Sat, 2018-09-15 - 15:01
going to a different doctor to ask about chiropractic is like going to a catholic person and asking about the Protestants. or asking a football player to teach you about being a musician. If you have a question about chiropractic go to a chiropractor. There are even board certified Chiropractic Neurologist that can help you and answer all your questions you have. Nothing against neurologists, its just common sense if you have questions about something go to the actual source, not in a roundabout way.

We also have had much success

Submitted by yahwehsmymaster on Fri, 2019-12-06 - 23:57
We also have had much success with chiropractic care for my 2 year old.  He went from daily or more seizures to 7 weeks free.. now he literally has seizures after a fall or bumping of the head or something knocking his spine.  We get him adjusted and straightened out and it goes away.  He has lyme and that inflammation knocks him out so we take him to the chiropractor 3 times aweek but that gets 7 weeks no seizures is so worth it. We are doing other things too like omegas And vitamin d and treating lyme but the chiropractor is essential.  The atlas will pinch the brainstem and cause seizures... we found that out because 98%  Of his seizures was while he was eating and we took him off foods that trigger seizures and that didn't help and so we wondered about the jaw and got to the Chiropractic care. The  Jaw will aggravate the Atlas when Atlas is out of place

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