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Pregnancy & Chiropractic Care
One of the most important times to be concerned with your body’s health is when you are expecting a child.
During this time of planning, growing, and nurturing we can help ensure your body is operating at it’s best, so you can focus on your new bundle of joy.
Pre-conception Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care can help enable all parts of the body to work at their best, including the reproductive organs. This is because our chiropractors work on the nervous system and the musculoskeletal system. These systems run throughout your entire body and interact with all of your organs. A chiropractor’s goal is to make sure that these systems are communicating and functioning throughout your body. We make sure that your body is best equipped to conceive and grow a healthy baby.
Early Pregnancy Care
During pregnancy your body undergoes a lot of changes, some visible to the naked eye, and some changes that you don’t see from the outside. However, by understanding these changes, and making sure they get the attention they deserve we can help make you pregnancy more enjoyable.
Exterior Changes
Weight Gain: this will change your posture, the way you walk, and even your center of gravity. It also can put pressure on your spine, nerves, pelvis and arteries.
Interior Changes
Hormones: as your pregnancy progresses your body will release two hormones. One is called Prolactin, which prepares the body for lactation. The other is called Relaxin, which loosens the mother’s ligaments so the baby will safely pass through the pelvis.
The changes in weight, combined with the loosening of the ligaments, creates a situation where the vertebrae in your spine can become misaligned (subluxations) causing pain and decreasing your body’s functions. Maintaining the spine and nervous system (through chiropractic care) can reduce and even erase this pain.
As your body changes even more with your growing child, the chiropractic techniques used on you will change as well. Your comfort will always be respected.
Advanced Pregnancy Care
We use the following techniques to help ensure expectant mothers have the correct pelvic alignment and balance. These techniques decrease intrauterine constraints, and helps the baby get into the correct position for growth and an easier birth. This can result in a shorter, easier, less traumatic period of labor for the mother and child, with fewer complications.
Webster Technique (corrects sacral misalignment, balances pelvic muscles & ligaments)
Bagnell Technique (corrects pubic bone misalignment, removes corresponding round ligament spasms)
Benefits of Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy:
Reduce labor and delivery times
“Women in their 1st pregnancy had a 24% reduction in labor time"
“Women in 2nd or 3rd pregnancies had a 39% reduction in labor time”
Relieves back, neck, and joint pain
“84% of women reported relief of back pain during pregnancy”
“82% success rate of babies turning…when using Webster Technique”
“Need for analgesics (painkillers) reduced by 50%”
Prenatal Massages
Quantum Chiropractic’s massage therapists also offer prenatal massages. There are many benefits to incorporating this into your healthcare plan, such as:
Reduction in stress and anxiety
Decreased symptoms of depression
Relief of muscle aches & muscle tension
Improved labor outcomes and newborn health
Hormone regulation
Reduction in swelling of joints & joint pain
Improved circulation
Reduced back pain & sciatic nerve pain
Reduced headaches
Improved oxygenation of soft tissues & muscles
Better sleep
Once your baby is born, remember to have them seen by a chiropractor. The birthing process is stressful on their bodies. Chiropractic care is safe for infants and children, learn more in our Pediatric Care page.
