Episode 15 - If You're Eyeballing Tongue Ties, You're Part of the Problem

The Cranial Doc | A Chiropractic & Cranial Mastery Show for Pediatric, Family, and Neurologically-based Chiropractors · Mar 5, 2026 · 19m

If your tongue tie "exam" is a glance and a gut feeling…

You're guessing.

And if your answer is either

"Laser it"

or

"Adjust it forever"

You're still guessing.

Both kill credibility.

In this episode, I break down the Hazelbaker Assessment Tool — a scored, reproducible way to evaluate tongue ties without vibes or ego.

We cover:

Why function (14 points) matters more than appearance (10)

The 7 functional categories most docs never assess

What faux ties actually are (hint: torticollis + cranial strain)

When to adjust aggressively

When to co-manage

And when it's straight-up revision time

If we're…