Anyone Used a Chiropractor to Help Childs Night Time Bed Wetting?

my personal opinion is that Chiropractic medicine oversteps it's bounds. Yes there's a place for it with certain problems or conditions where it can help, but at some point in history one of them realized they could make a lot of money by claiming benefits for ANY ailment. My opinion is that's just not true. The spine and the nerves back there have nothing to do with bladder control. I would say don't waste your money on that. I would actually suggest seeing a urologist if you haven't already. (have your primary physician give you a referral - they usually will if you ask.) Yes some kids just mature later than others, but why not rule out a medical cause first? It could be something simple they can treat or fix and would save you and your son a lot of heatache.

As a Chiropractor myself, I will tell you that the nerves in your back have absolutly everything to do with bladder control!! Some people should really educate themselves before speaking! Your spine controls every function of your body. If you are in the Charleston area, I can recommend a few that work wonderfully for children and I have personally seen this problem get better by getting the spine properly aligned. I'm not sure what area your in but I would be glad to help you find one! Just let me know. Best of luck to you!

At some point in history, an extremely intelligent man discovered that the spinal nerves control every function of the body and that removing that pressure increases the body's ability to heal itself. Opinions are just that, but the fact is that many conditions are treatable through chiropractic care. My kids have been adjusted since day one, and the kids I know under chiropractic care are much healthier than the ones I know who aren't. I've seen at least two kids personally stop bedwetting after seeing a chiropractor, one was two visits, one took two months. I have heard of other kids being helped as well, just knew these two personally. Find one who's used to working with kids, if it's not a problem with the bladder itself it should help!

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I just wanted to say hang in there. My 7 year old (7 in january) was just the same and I would have to put him on the toilet twice in the night until about 4 months ago to prevent "accidents". I did this because he begged me to let him stop wearing pull ups, he was also getting upset that his 4 year old brother was dry all night. He then did really well only being put on the toilet once a night when I went to bed at around 10.30 -11.00. He even started to get up himself sometimes in the night (that's when I knew we were really on our way to dryness).
Towards the end of last week I forgot to put him on the toilet at all and he went all night being dry!!!! This was so awesome that I decided to see if he would do it again. He has been dry the past 4 nights in a row without me having to toilet him.
I did not go the chiropractor route with him although we have used chiropractors in the past to keep us all well adjusted and I have heard from others that this can help. This will sound strange but my husband tells me he can tell when his back is out of line because he needs to use the bathroom more often, and when he visited the chiropractor for an adjustment he would go longer in the night without having to get up and pee lol. So I do believe there is some truth that it can help but not necessarily help everyone.
Sorry this is long winded but I told you my story so you can see light at the end of the tunnel, because up until about 4 months ago I could see no light and now I believe we are there, finally! Hang in there, sometimes it just takes time for their bodies to mature.

The only thing that really works is time. Each child will reach a point in their own development when they can stay dry. For most this is between 2 and 6, but for some it is older. My cousin was 12. There are medications that can help the bladder mature, have you talk to his doctor about this? I have never heard of a chiropractor being able to help with bladder maturity, but I guess seeing one would not hurt him any if you think it might help.

I would see a Pediatric Urologist first. Their may be an actual medical issue that only a Urologist would find. Otherwise he is just going to have to wait until his brain makes that connection and then signals that muscle to clamp down and hold the urine. It's not his fault that his brain hasn't made it yet. My 6 1/2 yr. old girl still wets every night and her little brother who is just 3 is dry nearly every night and it makes her cry. She still wears pull ups because I am not spending my days washing pee pee sheets and mattress pads. He will eventually get there.

My youngest is 8 not and still wets. My Chiropractor said that she will give him a little longer before she starts working on him for it. And yes she adjusts him on a regular basis. Some of it can be genetic. My brother had the same issue when he was younger. My son sleeps so heavy that he just does not wake up. We have tired waking him up and someone times he does not remember then next morning that we even got him up.

Good luck and God bless!!

My 6 yr old daughter is a bed wetter. Our pediatrician suggested giving her more time. It is a typically a genetic issue that your son will outgrow. I was also a bedwetter. It is hard for kids but important not to make a big deal of it. We encourage our six year old to remove her pull-up before she leaves her bedroom in the morning. Then it isn't brought to everyone's attention each day.

I also remind her that while wearing pull-ups isn't the best, it's better than the alternative. I have explained to her that I didn't have that option as a child, and I pretty much had wet clothes at least once a night. We have tried to help her understand that it's just her body and the way she was made. I know it's hard.

My parents tried so many things. They used the alarm. They would wake me up before they went to bed so I could go to the bathroom. They took me to a urologist and put me on prescription meds. Eventually I just had to outgrow it.

Our pediatrician has said that this problem is more common in boys than girls, and that some kids don't outgrow it until puberty. I know that's not very encouraging, but I would say your 7 yo just needs more time and reassurance.

I agree with the person who says TIME is the biggest factor to cure bedwetting. I did go ALL routes - we did try the chiropractic route, we had several weeks of adjustments - and the chiropractor said IF it was going to work - it would have. It did not work for us - which does not dismiss that it may work for some. Ultimately seeing the pediatric urologist was our best bet.

It was helpful to know the cause of our bedwetting - the urologist did a bunch of tests - and we found that my son had a very small bladder capacity and chronic constipation - we treated those things - then used a bed alarm when HE was ready and decided to... age 10. He was DRY within 1 week of using the alarm. The biggest thing I got from the urologist was that bedwetting is NORMAL and 20% of kids outgrow it each year up to age 15.

We saw Dr. Jeffrey Pinto at Harris Fort Worth...