Regular chiropractic care is an integral part of prenatal and postpartum care during pregnancy. It helps keep mom feeling good and assists her in coping with the physical stresses of an ever changing body.

During pregnancy, most women experience a number of neuromuscular and biochemical problems that respond favorably to gentle, safe, non-invasive chiropractic care.

Causes:

•    muscle and ligament relaxation and allows joints to more easily misalign

•     increased weight gain

•    increased demand and fatigue on spinal and pelvic muscles

•    increased stress on spinal and pelvic ligaments

•     increase in lumbar and thoracic spinal curves which further increase the above

•     increased joint stress and thus occurrence of vertebral and sacroiliac joint misalignments

Change in weight distribution:

•     increased demand and fatigue on spinal and pelvic muscles

•      increased stress on spinal and pelvic ligaments

•    increase in lumbar and thoracic spinal curves which further increase the above

•    increased joint stress and thus occurrence of vertebral and sacroiliac joint misalignments

The above changes primarily affect the pelvic and spinal ligaments, muscles, joints and other supportive soft tissues. These changes cause sprain/strains of pelvic and spinal structures, as well as alteration of the normal spinal curvatures and spinal biomechanics. The result is an increased stress on the body leading to pain and discomfort.

Chiropractors can alleviate the uncomfortable symptoms arising from the muscular, ligamentous, and biomechanical stresses encountered during pregnancy. We accomplish this through the use of a number of highly specialized procedures and techniques:

Gentle Spinal Adjustment Procedures – specifically designed for use in the pregnant female:

•    assist in maintaining a spine free from vertebral misalignments and fixations

•    keep pelvis and spine in correct position/posture

•    assist in pain relief by reflexively reducing pain levels, and reducing spinal and pelvic stresses which produce soft tissue pain

•    keep tissues and biomechanics functioning optimally to minimize complications during birth

Therapeutic Exercises and Stretches - safe for use during pregnancy:

•    keep spinal musculature strong, balanced, and pain-free

•    enable spinal muscles to maintain the spine and body in a neutral, correct posture

•    keep mom active and mobile

Soft Tissue Work - massage,

trigger point work, and soft

tissue mobilization

•    keep muscles relaxed and flexible

•    reduces bouts of muscle aches and pains

•    reduces spinal stress

Dietary and Nutritional  Counseling – unique to the pregnant mother

•    prevent neural tube and other birth defects

•    assist the mother in maintaining optimal energy levels