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    Dear Dr. Corenman, thank you for this forum qnd all the information provided.

    Hope you can help me.

    I took my son of 10 weeks old to a Osteopathy treatment as requested by a dentist on the process of solving his lip tie. He had some problem feading and I was lead to believe this could be a solution.

    After a couple of treatment, on one ocasion the osteopath did a movment where she forced his head against his chest and I could hear 2 snaps.

    Later that day I had to take my son to the hospital by being ill. When we arived they tested some movements and one of them was placing him on his tummy… he reaised his head beautifully but on the next couple of days he couldn’t. He was also find to have hypoglycaemia.

    Today my son presents with intermittent left wrist drop and constantly forgets his arms behind (riht and left). We started physio but I keep wondering if the osteopathy treatment could have something to do.

    We had and MRI done witch the report shows normal with delayed miellination but nothing on the spinal cord.

    My questions are:

    1- Could this slow movement of forcing “gently” his head down (chin against chess) cause a spinal cord damage?

    2- Is it possoble to have a spinal cord injury and have a clear MRI (it was done 2 months later)?

    3- Could a spinal cord Injury, “of this degree”, cause intermittent abnormal posturing of only one hand?

    I have 2 possibilities in my mind: this treatment or some sequel from hypoglicemia.

    I know it is a lot to ask and I understand if it takes too much of your time so I am ok if you can’t help but if you have any paper or text that could drive me to one direction I would be very happy as well.

    Thank you so much and again, thank you for you website! Impressive!

    ps: how would it work for you to give me your opinion on his MRI?

    Donald Corenman, MD, DC
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    It is possible but unlikely that the osteopathic manipulation could have caused some problems. Some children have a deficient transverse ligament that holds C2 to the ring of C1. A forced flexion could cause cord compression from this defect and the flexion maneuver. The other possible (but very rare) entity is a fracture of the C2 Dens which can happen when very young as the Dens is not ossified (turned to bone) at this stage. Flexion X-rays can reveal either of these two disorders.

    There should be some signal change in the cord with the symptoms you note so again, less likely that the manipulation could have caused these symptoms.

    Typically, cord injury would be bilateral (both arms and legs symptomatic) but there is a variant called Brown-Sequard syndrome which affects each side differently. This syndrome typically occurs from a direct trauma (gunshot or knife wound) so this would be highly unlikely in your child’s case.

    Dr. Corenman

    PLEASE REMEMBER, THIS FORUM IS MEANT TO PROVIDE GENERAL INFORMATION ON SPINE ANATOMY, CONDITIONS AND TREATMENTS. TO GET AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, YOU MUST VISIT A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL IN PERSON.
     
    Donald Corenman, MD, DC is a highly-regarded spine surgeon, considered an expert in the area of neck and back pain. Trained as both a Medical Doctor and Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Corenman earned academic appointments as Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and his research on spine surgery and rehabilitation has resulted in the publication of multiple peer-reviewed articles and two books.
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