The Association does not believe that spinal manipulation can be used to treat, nor alter the course in any way, conditions in infants and children such as infantile colic, skin eczema, learning disorders, ear infections, respiratory tract infections, strabismus of the eyes, asthma, any infectious disease process or any state of decreased immunity. To do so is considered professional misconduct. The Alberta Society of Radiologists also weighed into the debate when their members voted unanimously to refuse to take x-rays for chiropractors of patients in the pediatric age group. The Ontario Association of Radiologists has not taken a similar stand and when contacted refused to comment on the issue. Manipulation cannot be used to correct unequal leg lengths in children.
Manual therapists recognize that total body x-rays are dangerous for children.
Manipulation cannot be used to treat or to alter the course of conditions such as infantile colic, skin eczema, learning disorders, ear infections, respiratory tract infections, strabismus, asthma, any infectious disease process, any state of decreased immunity, any form of learning disorders, or other medical or surgical conditions. The value of manipulation in children is unproven, and it may be dangerous. But chiropractors in examining rooms across Canada are telling parents and their children precisely the opposite. And subluxations can be caused by many things. They can be caused by poor posture, car accidents, sporting injuries.