CF 116: Chiropractic Safety In Kids & What Is Chiropractic? 

 

Today we’re going to talk about chiropractic safety for kids and then we’ll spend some time talking about a paper attempting to define what chiropractic is. 

 

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Now if you missed last week’s episode , we talked about epiduran steroid injections and why to give them the heave ho, asap, mi amigo. Make sure you don’t miss that info. Keep up with the class. 

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On the personal end of things…..

I’ve had some wah wah news to share with you guys since my Dad’s stroke in November and issues with my office getting broken into, and my bonus dad having his hospitalizaions and all that. I’ll just get to it. 

I lost two friends this week. One on Monday and one on Tuesday. While I can’t consider them my inner circle friends, they were friends over a course of many years and it’s never fun. More importantly, when they’re your age, it makes you consider your own mortality and honestly, who the hell wants to consider their own mortality?

Certainly not me so we’re going to keep trucking. 

The week of recording this episode, my interview with Dr. Jerry Kennedy on RocketChiro’s podcast went live. Other than there being video where you can see my ugly face, I thought it was a lot of fun and we covered all kinds of topics most of you would probably find interesting. You can find that at rocketchiro.com and click on podcasts.

This week, I also spent an hour and a half on the witness stand testifying in court in regard to a car wreck patient of mine. I haven’t seen him in a couple of years. I haven’t had to testify in a few years. 

The idea of testify once mortified me. Absolutely petrifying. Lol. Some of you can relate because it probably scares the crap out of you too. 

The thought of having your notes up on the big screen….ugh. You better be a good note taker!! When you’re teaching staff to take good SOAP notes, tell them that their notes can be up on a big huge screen with you name underneath them!

Anyway, it was weird, the friendly attorney, the one that asked me to come testify, he asked me questions for roughly an hour and half. When it was the bad guy’s turn, he asked me like 3 little simple, insignficant questions. Like, he had nothing. Nothing to ask me. Lol. 

I don’t know if it’s because I was doing a good job throwing out research findings and whiplash injury factoids that he wanted me to shut up and get off of the stand……or…..if I was as insignficant as a fly and he had no use for me. Lol. 

For my own sanity and mentality….I’m going with option #1. I’m sure you understand. 

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Item #1

This first one is called “The safety of spinal manipulative therapy in children under 10 years: a rapid review” by Corso, et. al(Corso M 2020). and published in Chiropractic & Manual Therapies in February - dammit that’s some hot fresh smart biscuits, people…

 

Why They Did It

“The safety of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) in children is controversial. We were mandated by the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia to review the evidence on this issue.”

 

How They Did It

• They conducted a rapid review of the safety of SMT in children (