As expecting mothers navigate the exciting and sometimes challenging journey of pregnancy, chiropractic care can be an essential ally in supporting your well-being and preparing you for childbirth. This holistic, non-invasive method can unlock numerous benefits for prenatal patients.
1. Relieving Pregnancy Related Pain/Discomfort
Pregnancy often brings about discomfort and pain due to the changing body structure, hypermobility, and shifting centers of gravity. By pairing chiropractic manipulation, with rehabilitative exercise, and various soft tissue techniques we can alleviate common pregnancy ailments like low back pain, pubic pain, round ligament discomfort, diastasis recti, headaches and more!
2. Prepare Mom's Body For Labor and Delivery
Chiropractic care also plays a pivotal role in preparing mothers for childbirth through effectively reducing joint and muscle tension. Where there is less tension in the body, it can facilitate more room for the baby to get into optimal positioning and provides more comfort for mom, setting the stage for a smoother pregnancy, labor and delivery process.
3. Postpartum Preparation and Smoother Recovery
Beyond pregnancy, chiropractic care paired with rehabilitation can aid in a healthier postpartum recovery. It assists the body in adapting to the physical challenges of nursing and caring for a newborn. Regular adjustments can help restore the body's function and promote healing of the joints and muscles affected before, during, and after childbirth. When paired with rehabilitation we can also work on strengthening the muscles surrounding the pelvis and begin working on pelvic floor recovery.
4. Diastasis Recti and Pelvic Floor Recovery
Seeing a provider who specializes in prenatal and postpartum rehabilitation can provide you with tools to improve your core and pelvic strength, mobility and stability. By building a solid foundation for the core and pelvic floor we can hopefully decrease the intensity to which diastasis recti and pelvic floor dysfunction may occur. Building this foundation before, during and after pregnancy will allow for a smoother recovery process postpartum.
Undeniably, chiropractic care offers invaluable benefits for expecting mothers. It is a safe, natural way to enhance pregnancy health & comfort, prepare the body for childbirth, and promote postnatal healing. By focusing on holistic wellness, chiropractic care paired with rehabilitative exercise paves the path to a healthier pregnancy, a smoother childbirth, and a healthier postpartum recovery.
Dr. Sam O'Brien
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