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How Chiropractic Treatments Can Reduce The Pain Associated With Pregnancy And Childbirth

26 October 2014 by For Content

Every child you bring into this world affects your body differently. Your first baby may cause you tremendous abdominal discomfort, while a second baby will make your back feel as though it is on fire and someone keeps stabbing you repeatedly. Several moms would agree that back labor is far more intense and unpleasant because there are no birthing techniques that can reduce this extreme discomfort. However, there is one treatment plan leading up to childbirth that can help. Let's take a look.

Pregnancy's Effects on Your Back

Pregnancy has a way of completely throwing a woman's posture out of whack. You are arching as far back as you can to carry the heavy load in front, which puts a lot of muscle and nerve strain on your lower back. As your breasts swell and prepare to feed a newborn, you work even harder to stand upright and not fall all the way forward.

Your shoulders, upper back and neck feel like someone twisted you into a pretzel while you slept. You are desperate for any pain relief you can get, but the only pill allowed (acetominophen) does not seem to do much, and you would rather have a non-medicinal pain reliever. Chiropractic care starts here.

Chiropractic Treatments for Pregnant Women

Chiropractic care is safe and effective for pregnant women, all the way up to their due date. Many of the specialized positions the chiropractor places you in protect your baby and your abdomen, while still effectively treating your spine and the nerve pain you feel. Some patients even report less pain in their abdomens and breasts because the spinal column and nerves realign, allowing a natural flow of pain-reducing endorphins to extend outward through the trunk and limbs.

Pre-Childbirth Spinal Corrections

Just a few weeks before childbirth, a chiropractor switches gears and begins to focus on adjustments that will make childbirth a lot easier. He or she focuses on the lower back, sacrum, and coccyx (tail bone), which is where women tend to feel a lot of pain when the baby begins to move into the birth canal.

Releasing and relieving any pinched nerves and treating any herniated discs in these areas also helps decrease the possibility of back labor, or at the very least, decrease the amount of pain felt with back labor. All of this is done without any medications and with plenty of relaxing massage work (which most pregnant women appreciate anyway!). Contact a professional like one from North Star Chiropractic Center today.

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