Infantile Colic Part 2 - the science shows that Chiropractic often does reduce the symptoms of colic!
Let's look at what the current research says about Chiropractic and colic, as the far majority shows that Chiropractic can greatly decrease crying times in babies suffering from colic. There's also a study we will mention that is often misinterpreted and used to say Chiropractic doesn't help colic, when that's not what the study showed at all! A 2011 article in the Journal Explore by Dr. Joel Alcantara reviewed the literature relating to Chiropractic and colic. They reviewed the 26 different pieces of literature that they could find, which included: 3 clinical trials 2 survey studies 6 case reports 2 case series 4 cohort studies 5 commentaries 4 literature reviews From these 26 articles they were able to conclude that Chiropractic is both safe and effective for treating infantile colic . They did acknowledge that there were some design flaws in some of the studies, as is often the case in research. A Cochrane review in 201