Parents are often anxious about the idea of adjusting a baby, and that instinct is healthy. The reality is that infant chiropractic uses only a tiny fraction of the force involved in adult care. For a newborn, an adjustment from a pediatric chiropractor may be no more than sustained, gentle fingertip pressure at a single spot, applied while the baby is held and calm. Many babies sleep through it entirely.
The gentleness is not incidental to how this works. A newborn's spine is soft and developing, and it has to be handled with a correspondingly light touch to be handled safely. When a San Luis Obispo family brings a reflux-prone baby to Beacon Clinic, the delicacy of the contact is the whole point, and Dr. Bronstein's pediatric training is what makes that level of care second nature.
