Benefits of Chiropractic Care during pregnancy

Benefits of Chiropractic Care during pregnancy

Hello, in today’s blog article, I want to discuss chiropractic care and pregnancy and the benefits associated with it, I am sure that not everybody is aware of them.  Pregnant women usually come to alleviate back pain, but there is a lot more to Chiropractic when it comes to pregnancy. 

During pregnancy there are a lot of physical and hormonal changes that take place in preparation for the baby.  In this article I want to discuss both the physiological and endocrinological/hormonal changes and how it affects you and the baby, and how the Chiropractic profession can assist in dealing with them.

The various changes in the pregnant body result in changes to the Pelvis, a protruding abdomen and increased lumbar curve and a number of postural adaptations. 
This often leads to pelvic misalignment and imbalance. When the pelvis is misaligned it reduces the amount of room available for the developing baby, this external force obstructing the babies normal movements is known as intrauterine constraint and can lead to problems. 

A misaligned pelvis also makes it difficult for the baby to get into the best possible position for delivery, reducing the chances of having a natural, non-invasive birth. Posterior positions can lead to C-sections

Chiropractors believe that the nervous system is the master communicator to overall functioning of the body, including the reproductive system. Keeping the spine aligned helps the entire body work more effectively.

There are physical changes and hormonal changes that take place, when falling pregnant, the body starts producing more estrogen and progesterone to sustain the pregnancy, this causes muscles tone to decrease and your ligaments to become more lax, resulting in vertebral misalignments which that can worsen morning sickness, nausea, gastric reflux and all other symptoms associated with pregnancy. 

When the spine and pelvis are in alignment, the body can work to its full capacity, thereby curbing the dreaded symptoms of pregnancy.

Chiropractic treatment can assist during pregnancy and can also assist with the healing process after pregnancy, by correcting misalignments that may have occurred during pregnancy and any postural problems and back pain resulting from breast feeding and bottle feeding and picking up baby .

Chiropractic care is a safe (drug-free), effective practice during pregnancy and can be administered as early as the first tri-mester. In the next blog, I would like to discuss Chiropractic and its benefits for babies.