Chiropractors

What: A practitioner of the system of integrative medicine based on the diagnosis and manipulative treatment of misalignments of the joints.

Why: 

• Chiropractic care is usually a safe, effective practice during pregnancy. Not only can routine chiropractic care help manage pain in your back, hips, and joints, it can also establish pelvic balance. That can provide your baby with as much space as possible over the course of your pregnancy.

• Chiropractic care can make for a baby in the following ways:

  • In the mother:

    • Prepares the pelvis for an easier pregnancy and birth by creating a state of balance in pelvic bones, muscles, and ligaments

    • Removes tension on the ligaments that support the uterus, thus reducing torsion (intrauterine constraint) to the women’s uterus

    • Removes interference to the mother’s vital nerve system, which controls and coordinates all of her systems and body functions

    • Allows for a safer, easier birth for the mother by decreasing the potential for interventions

  • In the baby:

    • Removes nerve interference, allowing for better fetal development

    • Allows the baby room to grow without restrictions to his/her forming cranium, spine, and other skeletal structures

    • Offers the baby room to move into the best position for birth

    • With proper fetal positioning, there is a significant decrease in dystocia and the resulting birth trauma caused by intervention

When:

• During pregnancy

• Postpartum

• Newborn adjustments