MANUAL THERAPY CARE IN PREGNANY
MANUAL THERAPY CARE IN PREGNANY IS COMPLETELY NATURAL...
The most common reason women seek Manual Therapist care during pregnancy is for relief of pains associated with pregnancy from the feet all the way up to the neck and head, with special attention to pregnancy back pain, especially pregnancy-related low back and pelvic pain, neck pain and joint pain. During pregnancy, a woman’s posture changes to adapt to the growing fetus. There can also be pelvic changes and potential joint and spinal misalignment from a protruding belly and an increased curvature to the back — all of which can cause back pain, neck pain, and joint pain and stiffness.
While all Manual Therapist are trained to adjust pregnant women……..
BACK PAIN RELIEF
Designed to keep your spine in alignment, Manual Therapist care can help prevent and relieve back pain associated with pregnancy. Pregnancy is tough on the body’s skeletal structure, especially as baby grows and gets heavier! The weight of your expanding belly changes your posture and spinal curvature, and chiropractic can help correct posture problems and help your spine keep its intended curve.
EASE PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS
Manual Therapist can help ease pregnancy symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting. It doesn’t work for all women, but chiropractic is one way to try to get some relief from morning sickness. If the nausea and vomiting is due in part to nerves pinched by out-of-place vertebrae, an adjustment will help remedy the problem.
RESTORING POOR POSTURE
Many women have issues with back pain during pregnancy due to the extra weight they must carry in the front of their body. The protruding abdomen can increase the curve in the back and cause pain and posture issues. Manual Therapist can restore proper posture, and prevent the stress of pregnancy on the body from causing long-term pain and posture issues
Better Positioning for Baby
Manual Therapist can help position baby correctly for birth. If the hips and lower spine are out of place, baby could end up sideways, posterior or breech–none of which are ideal positions for labor and birth. Chiropractic adjustments can thus help get baby in the proper position, by ensuring that there are no vertebrae out of place.
Better Labor and Birth
Manual Therapist adjustments can help shorten labor and make the birth process easier. If the mother’s spine and hips are in proper alignment, and if all the nerves to the muscles and organs in her body are free and healthy, labor and birth can progress more easily and possibly take less time than if there was an alignment issue. For moms desiring a drug-free natural birth, chiropractic care can help them accomplish that goal.
POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE DURING PREGNANCY
- Manual Therapy adjustments help get baby in the proper position.
- Maintaining a healthier pregnancy
- Controlling symptoms of nausea
- Reducing the time of labor and delivery
- Relieving back, neck or joint pain
- Preventing a potential cesarean delivery
- During pregnancy it is important to keep the pelvis bones aligned correctly nerve system function
- Manual Therapist care during pregnancy can help relieve morning sickness symptoms.
Manual Therapist care is the health maintenance of the spinal column and the adjustment it’s a kind of physical therapy to reduce spinal nerve stress and promote health throughout the body. Other evidence points to improved outcomes in labor and delivery for women who’ve received chiropractic care during their pregnancy. In fact, it may help reduce the length of time you’re in labor.
PREGNANCY AND THE SPINE
As your body becomes more and more pregnant, more and more problems will arise. Not only does pregnancy pack on a lot of extra weight (generally between 25 and 55 pounds) in the span of nine months, but there are also internal adjustments that can further complicate your body’s ability to cope with the extra weight. Essentially, all the extra weight must be carried by your spine, which can cause general back pain and also bring your spine out of alignment. Once your spine is no longer properly aligned, even more serious pain can occur.
As your uterus grows, it displaces several internal organs, muscles, and tissues. In the worst case scenario, your pelvis can become vulnerable, which not only causes pain, but may cause problems during childbirth. In order to help your body cope both with the extra demands of added weight on your spine, as well as the adjustments coming from within your abdomen, chiropractic adjustments throughout pregnancy can help keep your spine aligned and properly supporting your body. A healthy spine means reduced pain and better posture, further reducing back pain. In addition, a properly aligned spine and pelvis can help reduce the chances of your baby being delivered by cesarean section.
THIRD TRIMESTER
While pregnant women may also visit a Manual Therapist for spinal adjustments in the third trimester, it may be recommended that you visit a chiropractor during the third trimester if your baby is presenting in a breech position.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH.
Recent studies on pregnancy and chiropractic adjustments have revealed that adjustments result in easier pregnancy, In one study, women receiving Chiropractic care through their first pregnancy had 24% shorter labor times than the group not receiving Chiropractic, and multifarious subjects reported 39% shorter labor times. Thirty-nine percent-that’s a massive difference. In addition, 84% of women report relief of back pain during pregnancy with Chiropractic care. Because the sacroiliac joints of the pelvis function better, there is significant less likelihood of back labor when receiving Chiropractic care through pregnancy.