A CHIROPRACTOR has been cleared over claims a babys neck was broken during a treatment. An expert report undertaken by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, a federal body set up to replace state-based health regulators, quoted a radiologist who examined the four-month-old baby and found that there was no evidence of fracture. Fairfax newspapers reported claims by a Melbourne doctor who had cared for the baby last year that one of her vertebrae had been fractured during a chiropractic treatment for torticollis, which involves an abnormal head position because of a weakness in the spine. The AHPRA report found that the child had congenital spondylolysis, a malformation of the spine, and the childs father had a similar condition. It concluded that the treatment reported as provided would not be expected to produce sufficient force to cause a fracture to C1 or C2 vertabra in an infant. The loss of head control apparent after treatment could have been the result of unrelated factors, it said. - See more at: theaustralian.au/news/nation/chiropractor-cleared-over-break/story-e6frg6nf-1226740575036?utm_source=CAA+National+Full+List+11+July+2013&utm_campaign=89d8bad387-Allegation_of_neck_break_wrong16-10-2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_92392b8023-89d8bad387-85344065#sthash.8K7fmIce.dpuf
Posted on: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 03:06:18 +0000
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