About Vital Child
Vital Child Chiropractic Education
Vital Child Chiropractic Education was born from a desire to to help educate and inspire Chiropractors to enhance their skills and knowledge, so that they can provide the best possible care for their youngest clients.
Beginning in 2016, Vital Child seminars were held across Australia from 2016 to 2019.
Vital child went into hiatus from 2000-2025 to focus on family and other projects , but is back in 2026, with a strong desire to serve you to become better Chiropractors for your youngest clients!
Your Vital Child Presenters:
Dr Chamberlain and Dr Stewart (Chiropractors) are passionate and experienced presenters.
Their mission is to increase your ability, certainty, congruence, and knowledge in the care of the infant.
They will immerse you in an informative, entertaining, and completely unique style, which combines wisdom, love and a commitment to excellence.
If your mission is a world full of children experiencing optimal health and function, then this seminar is for you!
Dr Paul Chamberlain (Paediatric Chiropractor)
(MAICE, 2023), BChiroSc, BAppSc(Clin), BSc(Hons), MACA
A wealth of Child Chiropractic experience
Dr Chamberlain has been a chiropractor since 1999.
He has practised in a child-focused setting since 2003, after studying a Fellowship of Chiropractic Paediatrics in Melbourne.
A father of four, he is passionate about supporting parents on their journey of raising happy, healthy kids. He is married to an osteopath, and brings an integrated, holistic view of well-being.
Paul is delighted to return to Vital Child with Dr Adam to help chiropractors get the best outcomes for the their smallest clients.
Further, Dr Chamberlain has:
- Lectured at undergraduate and post-graduate level in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand in the field of chiropractic paediatrics for over 20 years.
- Been a long-term member of the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia, with past positions on the Victorian branch’s Professional Standards Committee.
- Established Paul’s Paediatrics, a world-first Online Paediatric Mentoring programme in 2021 for Chiropractors
- Opened Family Tree Health centre in Greensborough in July 2013.
Dr Adam Stewart (Chiropractor)
Dr Adam Stewart is a 2002 RMIT graduate. With goals to consult with children and have his own family, Dr Adam completed a one year certificate in Paediatrics in 2005. In 2006, he began his Fellowship in Chiropractic through ChiroPaeds. The fellowship program is a full-time program which reports to provide the most comprehensive paediatric education available to Chiropractors anywhere in the world – the fellowship program involved 20 study hours and 20 clinical hours each week over a minimum period of 3 years and a minimum of 2400 hours of clinical experience and 2400 hours of academic involvement.
In 2011/12 Dr Adam Stewart assisted with authoring some modules of what is now the DACCP chiropaeds program, and teaching some modules of the Paediatrics for the family Chiropractor program (now the Chiropaeds DACCP) around Australia from 2013-2015. From 2016-2019 Dr Adam was involved in education of Chiropractors through the Vital Child Mastery of Infant Wellness (Unsettled Baby) seminar.
Dr Adam (Chiropractor) has published studies in plagiocephaly, syncope, and breastfeeding difficulties. The breastfeeding study looked at 19 breastfeeding mothers with suboptimal feeding, and their results after Chiropractic care.
Dr Adam worked as a children’s’ only Chiropractor for over ten years, with 50% of new patients as babies, and 50% of new patients aged 1-16.
Dr Adam has completed the post graduate Philosophy certificate through the Academy of Chiropractic Philpsophers Program (Sherman College of Chiropractic)
He enjoys all aspects clinical practice, and aims for excellence in the application of the philosophy, art, and science of Chiropractic.
Dr Adam’s (Chiropractor) research publications:
- 2012: Syncope (fainting)
Chiropractic Management of a 22 Month Old Child with Syncope: A Case Report and Suggested Management within the Chiropractic Clinic
- 2012: Breastfeeding difficulties
Paediatric Chiropractic and Infant Breastfeeding Difficulties: A Pilot Case Series Study involving 19 Cases.
- 2013: Head shape issues
The Recognition of Craniosynostosis when Managing Patients with Plagiocephaly: Two Case Reports of Lambdoid Craniosynostosis
