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Tier 1 · Infants and children

Can a chiropractor treat infant torticollis?

Conditions that named non-physician doctors, mostly chiropractors, list as things they treat, grouped by who is most at risk if the advertised care is wrong. Every name links to the full dossier, the page it was said on, and the state rule we read it against.

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In Kansas and Minnesota, as in every state, a chiropractic license covers the spine, joints and muscles, not torticollis and infant development. 2 practitioners we analyzed advertise it anyway. Torticollis, tongue tie, plagiocephaly and feeding or developmental delay in newborns are assessed by pediatricians, lactation consultants and paediatric therapists. Classifications reflect our review, not an adjudicated finding.

2Doc bros advertising it
3Advertised claims
2States with rules read
1Vulnerability tier

What the rules say

The rule each row was read against, in the state where that practitioner is licensed.

Kansas · Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (Chiropractic)

K.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Who advertises it

Listed by strength of the public record for this condition, not by any judgment of the person.

Shannon McCarty

Checked against the cited rule text

Chiropractor, Minnesota · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 3 materials

“Birth trauma” From their own pages

Public content appears to address Birth trauma. That is outside a chiropractic license in Minnesota: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.

Named on the same page as Anxiety, Depression and Infant colic and reflux, and 1 more condition this license does not cover.

Where it was publishedArchived copyFull reportMinnesota Chiropractic Practice Act (scope limited to musculoskeletal/spine care) (no section cited)

Full dossierBoard complaint packet

Sarah Drake

Checked against the cited rule text

Chiropractor, Kansas · confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number · 1 material

“Plagiocephaly (flat head)” Rule cited

Public content appears to address Plagiocephaly (flat head). That is outside a chiropractic license in Kansas: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.

Named on the same page as Autism, Ear infections and Infant colic and reflux.

Where it was publishedFull reportK.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

“Torticollis and head tilt” Rule cited

Public content appears to address Torticollis and head tilt. That is outside a chiropractic license in Kansas: the license covers the spine, joints and muscles.

Named on the same page as Autism, Ear infections and Infant colic and reflux.

Where it was publishedFull reportK.S.A. §65-2871 (Kansas Healing Arts Act)

Full dossierBoard complaint packet

Where this care belongs

Must refer to: A pediatrician or a pediatric physical therapist.

Torticollis, tongue tie, plagiocephaly and feeding or developmental delay in newborns are assessed by pediatricians, lactation consultants and paediatric therapists.

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Every row links to the page it came from and to the rule we read it against. People listed here were confirmed in the federal provider registry with a profession license number. Classifications reflect our review, not an adjudicated finding. Records may share a common name with someone else, may be incomplete, or may have since been resolved, dismissed, or overturned. This section is analysis and opinion, not legal advice.

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