Chiropractic for Pregnancy
Supporting your body through the change
The physical stress of pregnancy can lead to a great deal of discomfort, and it’s common for women to complain of lower back pain while pregnant. The back pain can peak around the third trimester because this is when the baby gains the most weight.
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During pregnancy, a woman’s body must undergo a number of different changes to accommodate the growing baby. Due to the weight that is gained, a mother’s centre of gravity moves from its natural position, shifting to the front of her pelvis.
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This can also increase the lordotic curvature of the lumbar spine and add stress and discomfort to the lower back and various joints in the pelvis.
Specialised gentle techniques
Chiropractic care is just one of the many safe and effective treatments that can help prepare the mother’s body for the experience of pregnancy and childbirth.
At Element Chiropractic, we provide personalised care throughout your pregnancy as well as after. We are specialised in the Webster technique, which is designed to restore balance in the pelvis and reduce tension in surrounding muscles and ligaments.Â
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Those specialised adjustment techniques are designed to accommodate pregnancy and your comfort is assured by being able to lie on our specially designed chiropractic pregnancy pillow, that allows you to lie comfortably face down no matter what stage you are at.
It’s not all about the click
Everyone gets treated as an individual! Whilst we adjust many of our patients using spinal manipulative techniques, we also use a wide variety of techniques meaning we also have patients where we only use more gentle (but extremely effective) chiropractic techniques (without any ‘clicking’).
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This means if you don’t like the ‘clicking’ adjustments/manipulations, or know that you need an extremely gentle approach, then we will support you.
Everyone has a different starting point
Your levels of fitness, stress, past injuries, how long you sit for, will all affect how quickly or slowly your body changes and heals.
