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Your baby stops arching their back during feedings. They sleep longer than 45-minute stretches. You’re not changing outfits three times before noon because of spit-up.
The crying that cut straight through you—the one that sounded different from hunger or tiredness—stops happening every time you lay them down. Feedings don’t end in screaming. Your baby actually seems comfortable in their own body.
You get sleep. Real sleep. Not the kind where you’re listening for gagging or checking if they’re breathing every twenty minutes. Your anxiety drops because you’re not watching your baby suffer through something you can’t fix. The whole house feels different when your infant isn’t in constant distress.
Nine out of ten babies show significant improvement with chiropractic care for reflux. Many parents see changes after the first visit. That’s not because we’re masking symptoms—it’s because we’re removing the nerve interference that’s preventing your baby’s digestive system from working the way it should.
Dr. Roses has been practicing since 1981. He originally wanted to be a pediatrician, but discovered chiropractic could help children in ways traditional medicine couldn’t. He’s worked with infants at St. Clare’s Home for Children and has seen hundreds of reflux cases resolve without a single prescription.
South Greenville families come to us because they want an alternative to waiting it out or medicating a two-month-old. The community here is young—over 21% of residents are children under 15, and nearly 29% of adults are between 25 and 44. That means a lot of new parents dealing with the same sleepless nights you are.
Dr. Roses doesn’t dismiss your concerns or tell you it’s normal. He examines your baby’s head, skull, spine, and abdomen to find exactly where the nervous system interference is happening. Then he fixes it using pressure no firmer than what you’d use to check if a tomato is ripe.
First visit starts with questions. When did the reflux start? How often is your baby spitting up after every feeding? Are they showing signs of painful gas in newborns—pulling legs up, going rigid, screaming during bowel movements? Dr. Roses needs the full picture.
Then comes the examination. He checks the upper cervical spine where birth trauma most often causes misalignment. He feels for tension in the abdomen and restricted movement in the skull bones. He’s looking for the specific spots where nerve interference is disrupting your baby’s ability to digest properly.
The adjustment itself takes minutes. There’s no popping, no twisting, no force. Just gentle, precise pressure applied to the areas that need it. Most babies stay calm or even fall asleep during treatment. Some parents see their baby’s breathing change immediately—deeper, more relaxed.
You’ll likely start with a few visits in the first couple weeks, then space them out as symptoms improve. How many sessions for infant reflux varies by case, but most families see dramatic improvement within the first month. Dr. Roses tracks progress and adjusts the care plan based on what your baby’s body is telling him.
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You’re getting a complete assessment of why your baby’s lower esophageal sphincter isn’t closing properly. That’s the valve that keeps stomach acid down. When the nerves controlling it are compressed from birth trauma or positioning in the womb, the valve doesn’t work. Medication can’t fix a structural nerve problem.
You’re also getting answers about whether your baby has a nervous system imbalance. Signs include one-sided head turning preference, difficulty latching on one side, constant fussiness even when fed and changed, and that distinctive pain cry that sounds different from everything else. These aren’t things your pediatrician has time to assess in a 15-minute appointment.
South Greenville families are increasingly looking for drug-free options. With the median household income here at $77,126, parents can afford care but they’re also informed enough to question whether a two-month-old really needs acid-blocking medication designed for adults. Research shows those medications often don’t work for infant reflux anyway—because the problem isn’t too much acid, it’s a valve that won’t close.
We also address the feeding difficulties that come with reflux. Poor weight gain, failure to thrive, refusal to nurse—these often resolve when the underlying nerve interference is corrected. Your baby’s body knows how to digest. It just needs the obstruction removed.
Most babies show noticeable changes within one to three visits. You might see less spitting up, longer sleep stretches, or reduced crying after the first adjustment. Complete resolution typically happens within three months of consistent care.
That said, every baby is different. Severity matters—a baby who’s spitting up twice a day will respond faster than one who’s vomiting after every feeding. How long the problem’s been going on matters too. A three-week-old with new symptoms often improves quicker than a four-month-old who’s been refluxing since birth.
Dr. Roses usually recommends starting with two visits per week for the first two weeks, then dropping to once weekly as symptoms improve. He’s tracking specific markers: frequency of spit-up, quality of sleep, feeding duration, and your stress level. When those consistently improve, you space out visits. Some families transition to monthly maintenance; others stop care entirely once the issue resolves.
The pressure Dr. Roses uses is about the same as what you’d use to check if a tomato is ripe at the grocery store. There’s no cracking, popping, or twisting. Infant spines are still developing—they need a completely different approach than adult adjustments.
He’ll hold your baby and apply sustained, light pressure to specific points along the spine and base of the skull. Most babies don’t cry. Many fall asleep during the adjustment because their nervous system finally gets to relax. You might see your baby take a deeper breath or their whole body soften.
The actual adjustment takes just a few minutes. The rest of the visit is examination and discussion. Dr. Roses will show you exactly where he’s feeling restriction or misalignment. Some parents notice their baby seems more comfortable immediately—less arching, easier to hold, calmer. Others see changes over the next 24 to 48 hours as the nervous system recalibrates.
The most obvious sign is reflux that doesn’t respond to typical remedies. If you’ve tried smaller feedings, keeping baby upright, eliminating dairy from your diet, and nothing’s working—that points to a structural issue, not a dietary one.
Watch for asymmetry. Does your baby always turn their head to one side? Struggle to latch on one breast but not the other? Have a flattened spot on one side of their head? These indicate restricted movement in the upper neck, which is exactly where nerve compression affects digestion.
The quality of crying matters too. Reflux babies have a distinctive pain cry—high-pitched, inconsolable, different from hunger or tiredness. If your baby goes rigid during or after feeding, pulls their legs up like they’re in pain, or screams when laid flat, their nervous system is in sympathetic overdrive. That’s the fight-or-flight response, and it shuts down proper digestion. Chiropractic care switches the body back to parasympathetic mode, where healing and digestion actually happen.
Extensive research shows serious adverse effects from infant chiropractic care are extraordinarily rare. Studies report minor reactions in less than 0.12% of visits—things like temporary fussiness or sleepiness. No serious complications have been documented in properly performed pediatric adjustments.
Compare that to the risks of reflux medications. Drugs like Zantac were pulled from the market. Proton pump inhibitors designed for adults have unknown long-term effects on developing digestive systems. Multiple studies show these medications don’t even work for most infant reflux cases because they’re treating the wrong problem.
Dr. Roses has four decades of experience with infant adjustments. He’s seen hundreds of babies, including medically fragile infants at St. Clare’s Home for Children. The technique is so gentle that the biggest risk is your baby falling asleep mid-adjustment and being cranky when you wake them to leave. Parents in South Greenville choose this care specifically because it’s non-invasive and addresses the root cause instead of suppressing symptoms with drugs.
Because the medication is trying to reduce stomach acid, but acid isn’t the problem. Your baby’s lower esophageal sphincter—the valve between the stomach and esophagus—isn’t closing properly. No amount of acid reduction will make a malfunctioning valve work.
That valve is controlled by nerves that exit the spine in the upper neck and mid-back. When those nerves are compressed from birth trauma, positioning in the womb, or even just the way your baby’s been lying since birth, the signals don’t get through. The valve stays partially open. Stomach contents come back up. It’s mechanical, not chemical.
This is why research shows 9 out of 10 infants improve with chiropractic care while medications often fail. We remove the nerve interference so the valve can function normally. Once that happens, your baby’s body does what it’s designed to do—keep food down, digest properly, and grow. You’re not managing symptoms anymore. You’re fixing the actual problem.
Gas and colic often stem from the same nervous system dysfunction that causes reflux. When your baby’s digestive system is in sympathetic overdrive—stressed, tense, not functioning properly—food doesn’t move through the intestines the way it should. It sits, ferments, creates gas, and causes pain.
Chiropractic adjustments switch the nervous system back to parasympathetic mode. That’s rest-and-digest mode, where the intestines actually move, valves open and close on cue, and your baby can pass gas without screaming. Parents often report that bowel movements become regular and pain-free within days of starting care.
Beyond adjustments, Dr. Roses can discuss positioning, feeding techniques, and whether what you’re eating (if breastfeeding) might be contributing. But here’s the reality: if your baby’s nervous system isn’t working right, no amount of gripe water or bicycle legs will fix it. You need to address the interference. South Greenville parents come to us because they’re done with remedies that don’t work and ready for care that actually resolves the problem.
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