Pregnancy & Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic care has also entered the field of pregnancy. A lot of people may have reservations about chiropractic treatments in such delicate conditions but this is not the case. In fact you may throw away any doubts that you may have and go with a free heart to have such treatments because they are very beneficial and result in a healthy pregnancy and in turn an easy delivery leading to a healthy baby.

Pregnancy brings about a number of physiological and physical changes in the body of the mother. Physical changes like increase in abdomen size are visible from outside as well. The growing fetus exerts increased pressure on the spine and pelvis of the mother, and towards the end of the pregnancy the gait of the pregnant woman changes and looks as if the lady is waddling. Besides the physical changes there are hormonal and chemical changes in the body of the woman. All these changes are controlled and coordinated through the nervous system.

Chiropractic has great results in pregnancies. WE have seen a variety of benefits in using chiropractic treatments during pregnancy. The results range from shorter, labor time, easy pregnancy and of course easing of the back pain. All these are very significant in their reach in giving a mother a healthy pregnancy. The benefits of chiropractic care are also attested by research which shows that 24% of women in their first pregnancy have lesser labor time than those who don~t go in for chiropractic care. While almost 84% women report relief in back pain. Also since the sacroiliac joints of the pelvis function better there are far less chances of the mother going through back labor.

Chiropractors also adjust the newborn babies after birth. Adjustments to newborns contain only ounces of force. But that force is directed into the spine to facilitate health and remove subluxations. This adjustment is done to alleviate subluxations caused by being constrained in the womb and by the journey down through the birth canal. Birth trauma to the spineis fairly common and occurs 10 to 20% of the time.

The children who suffer the most from ear infections, colic, allergies, asthma, frequent colds, or ADD/ADHD, commonly have subluxations as the underlying cause of their bodies not working properly. Even relatively easy deliveries can result in subluxations. That's why every child should be checked, before health problems develop. That is preventive chiropractic care in the truest sense. Preventing subluxations in mothers also prevents subluxations in their babies during childbirth.

Chiropractors are good for pregnant mothers and keep them healthy. They also guide them about their exercise pattern and diet that they should take. Basically pregnancy should not be looked upon as a disease or an illness rather it is a very healthy situation and the mother should be very healthy in its course.