Pregnancy And Chiropractic Care

Proper nervous system and spinal function is crucial to the development of your baby

Proper nervous system and spinal function is crucial to the development of your baby and essential to the well-being and comfort of mom.  Pregnancy and chiropractic care allows far-reaching effects that extend beyond just treating pain.  Doctors of chiropractic have been trained to work with pregnant women to establish normal pelvic tone.  The Gonstead chiropractor avoids unneeded pressure on the body and more specifically the abdomen.

Benefits of Pregnancy And Chiropractic Care

Establishing proper pelvic balance and alignment is crucial for an optimal healthy pregnancy.  Benefits of pregnancy and chiropractic care aid in proper posture and balance which tend to change during this time of your life.  Establishing proper nerve system function ensures more energy and less stress.

By maintaining proper alignment and motion throughout pregnancy, chiropractic care can improve the ability of the expecting mother to have a safe and natural birth process.  Having a safe and stress free pregnancy is extremely vital to the health of both mom and baby.

Having a properly functioning and stable pelvis limits the chances of intrauterine constraint from occurring.  When the pelvis is dysfunctional and improperly aligned it may reduce the amount of room available for the developing baby.

Pregnancy and chiropractic care can help with immunity and digestive issues which are brought about with stressed nerve systems.  Pressure upon your nerves can be relieved from chiropractic care which directly affects your immune and digestive systems which often can become compromised during pregnancy.

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The Webster Technique

The Webster technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment.  The goal is to eliminate the effects of a subluxation in the sacrum and SI joints.  In doing so will reestablish proper communication to the brain.  This will allow proper neuro-biomechanical function in the body once again.

Dr. Larry Webster, founder of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association discovered this adjustment as a safe means to restore proper pelvic balance and function. This specific sacral analysis can be used on all weight bearing individuals to determine S/I joint dysfunction/ sacral subluxation and is therefore applicable for the entire population. The assessment includes heel flexion to buttocks, with restricted flexion indicating the affected SI joint. Correction is made with a diversified, sacral adjustment. It is used on all weight bearing individuals presenting with this biomechanical restriction. Common symptoms include (but are not limited to) low back pain, sciatic neuralgia, and symptoms associated with sacral subluxation and/ or S/I joint dysfunction.

The obstetric literature has determined that correct positioning of the baby in-utero affect birth outcome and decrease the potential for undue stress to the baby’s developing spine and nerve system. Obstetric literature has determined the importance of normal pelvic neuro-biomechanics including uterine function and pelvic alignment for the prevention of dystocia (difficult birth). It has also determined that correct positioning of the baby in-utero affects birth outcome and decreases the potential for undue stress to the baby’s developing spine and nerve system. Chiropractic literature has determined the significance of sacral adjustments in normalizing pelvic neuro-biomechanics.

It is therefore considered prudent that this specific sacral analysis and adjustment be used throughout pregnancy to detect and alleviate sacral imbalance and optimize pelvic neuro-biomechanics in the mother. Because of the particular female adaptations from the increase of hormones, weight gain and postural adaptations, pregnant mothers have a greater chance of sacral subluxation and neuro-biomechanical imbalance than the general population. Additionally, because of the effect the chiropractic adjustment has on all body functions by reducing nerve system stress, pregnant mothers may have significant benefit by having their spines checked regularly throughout pregnancy, optimizing health benefits for both the mother and baby.

Ohm, J.  (2017).  About The Webster Technique.  Retrieved from http://icpa4kids.com/about/webster_technique.htm
Goals Of Pregnancy And Chiropractic Care
Pregnancy and chiropractic care can allow shorter labor times with decreased amounts of unnecessary intervention.  Having regular chiropractic care before and during a pregnancy will improve your recovery time.  The possibilities and benefits that one can experience during pregnancy is never ending.
Responsibility of the chiropractor is to prepare the body for normal changes during pregnancy and prepare for delivery.  Allow your body to properly handle the stresses associated with pregnancy by regular check-ups.
Relief form physical changes are very common with specific care.  Our ultimate goal is allow the body to adapt and weather the amazing storm that pregnancy brings with it.  This is achieved by bringing balance to the central nerve system and making sure the body is a functional unit.