Pregnancy & Chiropractic Care
Up to 90 percent of pregnant women will experience back and/or pelvic pain.
Manual therapy can decrease pain in pregnancy and labour by up to 75 percent.
Eighty-two percent of chiropractors using the Webster Technique reported a reduction of pelvic imbalance and dysfunction.
Chiropractic care can be a key to a comfortable pregnancy.
Webster Certified Doctors
Webster Certified Doctors are taught gentle adjusting techniques to provide the best care for pregnant women. This will allow them to evaluate and make specific adjustments to balance your pelvis, allowing optimal uterine function, in turn, allowing the baby to move without interference into the optimal birth position.
The Webster Technique is a specific sacral adjustment that helps facilitate pelvic alignment and nervous system function. One recent journal article reported an 82 percent success rate turning babies into a head-down position when a breech protocol is followed and the Webster Technique is used for adjustments.
Chiropractic treatment during pregnancy is a gentle and effective treatment for women in any stage of pregnancy. Gentle adjustment and soft tissue release will be performed in the area of the gluteal muscles, the uterine ligaments, and the hips as needed to reduce the effects of pelvic imbalance.
Reduce back and pelvic pain through spinal manipulation and mobilization of joints and soft tissue therapy, which can help reduce pain and improve function.
Relieve fatigued and aching muscles using soft tissue release.
As well as a comprehensive stretching and exercise protocol to help rehabilitate postural changes and to help prepare the body for childbirth.
Preparation of childbirth.
