Australia’s peak physiotherapy body has advised parents against having their infant’s spine manipulated “for any reason,” saying that the potential risks are high.
This comes after the country’s peak chiropractic body updated its guidelines to permit chiropractors to resume manipulating the spines of children under the age of two. An interim ban had been in place for four years.
But following a health ministers meeting on June 14, the Chiropractic Board of Australia reinstated the ban on June 17 to “allow time for further consultation” with health ministers.
Spinal manipulation is defined as “any technique delivered by any health professional that involves a high velocity, low amplitude thrust beyond the physiological range of motion, impacting the spine, within the limits of anatomical integrity.”...
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