The Chiropractic Board of Australia has reinstated its interim ban on practitioners manipulating the spines of children after public outcry and political pressure.
Chiropractors have once again been banned from manipulating babies’ spines after a health board reversed its controversial decision to allow the practice.The Chiropractic Board of Australia has reintroduced a ban on practitioners manipulating the spines of babies.
“We look forward to working with ministers to develop an evidence-based final policy on paediatric care that balances the paramount need to protect patients, with the right for parents and other patients to have a say in the care they choose,” he said. Spinal manipulation involves moving the joints of a child’s spine beyond their normal range of motion using a high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust.The initial ban was introduced in 2019 after footage emerged of a Melbourne chiropractor holding a two-week-old baby upside down. The chiropractor then used a spring-loaded device on the newborn’s spine and tapped him on the head, prompting then-Victorian health minister Jenny Mikakos to describe the vision as “deeply disturbing”.
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