During the childbirth process, infants can experience pressure on their spinal columns, resulting in subluxations. Subluxations are points of irritation around the spinal bones that interfere with the normal functioning of the nervous system.

Medical experts suggest that the pelvic position of the delivering mother coupled with the physician pulling on the baby’s head can cause subluxations. On her back, the delivering mother's position causes the birth canal to be opposite of normal gravitational pull. In addition, the size of her pelvic opening is reduced.

These two factors require the attending physician to use greater force to remove the baby. The increased pulling and twisting from the physician during the birth process can result in injuries and subluxations sometimes referred to as Traumatic Birth Syndrome.

In addition to subluxations, an infant can suffer from injuries such as damage to the spinal cord, neural hemorrhaging, and dysfunction of the central nervous system.

Health consequences related to subluxations caused at birth can either present themselves immediately or take years to surface. Some of the immediate and tragic results caused by subluxations are spinal cord and brain stem injuries, brain bleeding and swelling, neurological deficits, breathing problems, and even sudden infant death syndrome.

The long-term consequences vary from infant to infant. Some of the more commonly documented problems that have been linked to subluxations are learning disabilities, headaches, visual and hearing problems, certain palsies, and a number of immune issues.

Free from subluxations, babies develop normally with improved overall health.