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In all the excitement around a new pregnancy, people often focus on the new baby coming.
That’s all great, but the one part of pregnancy that often seems to get glossed over is the toll it takes on a woman's body.
Morning sickness is just the beginning.
Pregnant women also have to deal with back pain, pelvic pain, high blood pressure, being short of breath, nausea, vomiting and swollen ankles.
It doesn't exactly sound like fun.
To add insult to injury, the conventional wisdom says that women just need to suck it up and soldier through the discomfort.
After all, it's a part of pregnancy.
However, as any chiropractic practitioner will tell you, chiropractic has been shown to help pregnant women by lessening the symptoms, if not eliminating them outright.
Ch-ch-changes
While growing a new life inside you is an amazing process, it means that the developing baby is going to make changes to your body.
These changes will benefit the baby, but your body might suffer in the process.
The most common result is a vertebral subluxation, better known as vertebra shifting out of alignment.
Subluxations can cause your body to become unbalanced and misaligned.
This can result in headaches and pains in every muscle group from your neck to your foot.
A subluxation can also stress your nervous system, particularly along the spine.
This can lead to your body's systems degenerating, and in extreme cases put tension on the brain stem.
Fortunately, chiropractic was developed to rid your body of these subluxations.
By keeping your spine aligned, chiropractic care can rebalance your body naturally.
When your body is back in balance, pressure is relieved on several muscle groups.
This can ease back pain in pregnant women, and can also help alleviate headaches and neck pain.
In addition, vomiting and nausea can also be caused by misaligned vertebrae pinching nerves.
This means a good chiropractic adjustment can give relief from morning sickness.
Finally, chiropractic may also boost the immune system by removing subluxations that can interfere with communication between the brain and body.
Since your immune system is intimately connected with her unborn child's, a healthier mother means a healthier baby, too.
Labor and Childbirth
The benefits of chiropractic treatment don't stop at alleviating aches and pains; it can also improve labor and childbirth.
A chiropractic adjustment can help align the hips and lower spine.
This lowers the chances of the baby shifting sideways, breech or posterior by making it easier for the baby to remain in its proper place in the womb.
Even more helpful, chiropractic adjustments can make labor and birth easier.
If a chiropractor can ensure that your hips and spine are properly aligned and the nerves are unimpeded, the birth process can progress more easily and smoothly than in a body that has not been properly aligned.
This can be a big help for moms who want a natural birth.
Post-partum Care
Even after birth, chiropractic care can be beneficial.
After all, childbirth is stressful on the body.
New subluxations can result, and a chiropractic adjustment can make sure a new mother's body is fully aligned so she can heal more effectively.
Chiropractic can also alleviate the back pain that is the inevitable result of spending a lot of time carrying a newborn baby around.
As you can see, chiropractic can aid a mother in every stage of pregnancy.
They can also aid with the stress of raising a child, but that's another topic altogether.
Contact The London Wellness Group
If you’re pregnant, you may be wondering how you can best care for your baby and yourself during pregnancy and after birth.
The London Wellness Group can help.
With modalities including chiropractic, naturopathy, and massage therapy, we can help ease the burden of pregnancy and guide you through the process.
To find out more about how we can help, contact The London Wellness Group today to book your FREE introductory session.
Until next time,
London Wellness Group
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London, ON N6K 2Y1
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The London Wellness Group is a multidisciplinary team of healthcare providers in London Ontario. We’ve come together with one goal – to provide you with the highest level of chiropractic, wellness, and aesthetic care possible, so you can begin living a happier, healthier, more confident life.
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