73% of respondents reported having their child had chiropractic care under the age of 2.

50% of respondents reported their child being cared for from infancy through to teenage years.

Note: Regarding the 0.3% of parents who had a negative experience; it was relating to the cost of the visit, not the care received.

Main Reasons for Seeking Chiropractic Care Were:

• Posture
• Colic
• Neck pain
• Breastfeeding difficulties
• Back pain
• Headache wellbeing/preventative care
• Sleep issues
• Behavioural issues
• Bed wetting and constipation
• Improve child’s development

It is important to remember that chiropractic care is not a cure for the above listed conditions. The sole purpose of chiropractic care is to assess for and remove spinal tension. The result of this is a body with less stress on it’s nervous system. Then the body can function as it was intended to, and some have improvements in conditions listed above as a secondary result.

Evidence of Effectiveness:

Scientific research in pediatric chiropractic is limited compared to that of adults. This is an area that the Australian Chiropractic Association is working hard at improving.

A lack of evidence is not evidence of absence. The fact that there were over 20, 000 respondents from the public with 98% of them indicating improvement in their child is the lowest quality evidence in the scientific world, but it still provides confidence of benefit.

Below are Excerpts from the Safer Care Victoria Report on Some Parents’ Experiences With Chiropractic: