Your pregnancy may be one of the most joyous times in your life! It also may be accompanied with new aches and pains that you weren’t expecting.

Chiropractic Care Can Help:
Fewer Aches and Pains - you may experience pain as your spine starts to shift and puts localized pressure on your vertebrae.  This can put pressure on your muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves, which can result in pain.  We use a gentle approach to help realign the spine and take pressure off of your body to decrease the amount of pain experienced.  
Better Balance - your centre of gravity shifts throughout your pregnancy.  This can result in feeling unstable and a change in your gait (how you walk). Being balanced can help you feel more balanced.
Room For Growth - a properly aligned pelvis ensures that your baby has plenty of room to grow.  Removing any added tension/torsion on the pelvis as the uterus size increases, ensures that baby has enough room.
Improved Ligament Pain - hormonal fluctuations during your pregnancy allow for relaxation to occur.  This happens at the joints the connect your pelvis to your spine which can lead to an increased stress on the muscles and ligaments in the pelvis. Round ligament pain is a common complaint we see with our pregnant patents, and chiropractic care has been shown to decrease associated pain.

Regular chiropractic care during pregnancy offers important benefits for your health and comfort. Dr. Anita Chopra is a Webster Certified chiropractor.  Contact our office to schedule your appointment.

References:

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine: Pregnancy and Chiropractic: A Narrative Review of the Literature, 12/7/06

American Pregnancy Association: Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics: Outcome of Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain Treated According to a Diagnosis-Based Decision Rule: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study, 10/1/09

American Chiropractic Association: 5 Conditions Chiropractic Care Can Improve During Pregnancy, 10/19/18