Kirkland Life Chiropractic

We started seeing Dr. Deborah Adams in August 2004, after my son, Kai, was diagnosed with torticollis and plagiocephaly. We noticed when he was about three and half months old that it seemed his head was flattening out on one side. His pediatrician, a naturopath, suggested we take him to a cranial facial physician. The doctor tested him and showed us how he could not turn his head to the left, we never noticed this before. He apparently developed this while in the womb, due to his large size his neck got “stuck” in a particular position and so the muscles on his neck grew shorter and tighter on one side than the other. This effected the shape of his head by causing him to always sleep with his head turned to the right and the muscles actually worked at pulling the cranium out of shape. The cranial facial doctor suggested physical therapy to help with neck movement and if we wanted we could’ve had him fit with helmet to wear 24 hours a day for 4-6 months to reshape his had, with no guarantee That his head would reshape.
We did not want our baby to have to wear the helmet so we discussed the options with our naturopath and she suggested we try chiropratic in addition to the physical therapy and referred us to Dr. Deb. We started seeing Dr. Deb three times a week and the difference it has made to our family has been amazing. Kai’s first adjustment was honestly a little scary, it sounded like his neck exploded but his neck has gradually been getting stronger and now his adjustments are very small and holding for longer periods of time. The most noticeable difference is now he has full range of motion in his neck, more than I do! Even his physical therapist, who worked with other babies with his condition, was very impressed with how much and how quickly his neck improved. I think cranial facial physicians should always suggest chiropractic treatment for babies with torticollis.
Also, now that Kai’s neck vertebre and muscles are how they should be, his head shape is also improving, so much that people often can’t even tell there’s any assymetry even if we point it out.
In addition to helping Kai, Dr. Deb has also been adjusting myself and my 3 year old son, Logan, and our health has been improving also. We get fewer and milder colds and no flus. Over the years I have had frequent shoulder, back and wrist pain and I’ve had almost 100% improvement in these areas since seeing Dr. Deb.

We are very grateful for the health Dr. Deb has given us and highly recommend Chiropractic care to all people seeking overall health improvement and especially for children with torticollis.

--Jennifer Giddings