A Melbourne chiropractor who cracked the back of a newborn baby in a video that went viral has been temporarily banned from treating children.
The Chiropractic Board of Australia has received an undertaking that Dr Ian John Rossborough will not treat anyone aged under 18 years before June 2.
Dr Rossborough recently appeared in a video where he was seen manipulating the spine of a four-day-old baby to treat colic.
His agreement not to treat children followed a number of concerns raised by Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy with the board and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
Earlier this month she said the State Government would crack down on rogue chiropractors, following claims the health practitioners could cure autism and other behavioural issues.
Ms Hennessy said she still had concerns about claims made by a number of chiropractors.
“I do want the Chiropractic Board of Australia to satisfy me that they are policing the code of conduct,” she told 774 ABC Melbourne.
“And that those that are acting outside their scope of practice, those that are claiming that chiropractic interventions can cure things for which there is no scientific evidence – are actually being actively policed.”