• Ledford JC
• Wink MF

• Case Reports
• Child
• Full Spine Techniques
• Male
• Manipulation, Chiropractic
• Subluxation, Cervical / therapy
• Tic Disorders
• Tics

Objective: To describe and discuss the reduction of motor tics in a 7-year-old male and a 27-year-old male following full spine chiropractic care.

Clinical Features: A 7-year-old patient presented to the chiropractic office with motor tics, a congenital defect, asthma, and chronic colds. The motor tics are the focus of this study which had been occurring all day every day for two weeks. A second patient presented to the chiropractic office with daily motor tics of 10 years duration

Intervention and Outcomes: In the first case, over the course of eight visits to the chiropractic office the patient was analyzed using the full spine chiropractic technique. The patient’s motor tics were progressively reduced over the first two visits and after the third visit the tics did not return for one month. In the second case, the patient was treated 20 times over the course of six months. From the initial visit the frequency of the motor tics was reduced and after two months of care the patient could go one month without having
symptoms. 

Conclusion: Both patients reported reduction in symptoms following chiropractic care. When compliant with the doctor’s recommended care, the patients could remain symptom free except when falls would occur or excessive emotional stress. The common adjustments administered were at the levels of C1 and C3, but further research is needed to investigate if there is a correlation between these segments and motor tics. 

Author keywords: chiropractic, motor tics, Motor Tic Disorder, Full Spine Technique,  vertebral subluxation, adjustment, spinal manipulation

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