Pregnancy Chiropractic for the Delaware Area

• Optimal Function: Keeping your spine healthy allows us to ensure your entire nervous system is functioning as it should. When you’re able to keep your spine aligned and nervous system balanced during pregnancy, you’re setting your body up to work as effectively as possible.
• Pain Relief: During pregnancy, it’s entirely common for mothers to experience not just back pain, but joint and muscle discomfort. This is largely due to the weight of the growing baby as it puts new stress on shifting internal organs. Headaches may also be a result of hormonal shifts and postural stress. The good news? Chiropractic adjustments are gentle and effective during all stages of pregnancy.
• Proper Alignment: While our focus is typically spinal alignment, we’re also focused on ensuring proper pelvic position in our pregnant patients for a couple of reasons. First, if the pelvis is misaligned, it can limit the amount of space the developing baby has to grow and move. Second, it helps you keep proper posture throughout your pregnancy, which can prevent slouching that leads to unnecessary body aches.
• Delivery Benefits: A smooth, healthy and speedy delivery is every new mother’s dream when it comes to the birthing process. But what you may not know is that a misaligned pelvis can lead to difficult delivery issues. Our doctors are trained in the gentle Webster Technique, which helps the baby get into the optimal head-down birth position. We focus on this technique towards the end of the pregnancy. Many of our patients have reported that with regular prenatal care, their deliveries seemed faster and required less artificial intervention.
• Post-Partum: After giving birth, moms are constantly holding their infant, which presents a whole new chapter of musculoskeletal issues. Breastfeeding and diaper changing can also cause back pain. Chiropractic can address postpartum pain naturally and effectively. Remember, the birthing process can be hard on the baby as well. Chiropractors regularly adjust newborns, toddlers, children and teens to support growing bodies through all stages of life!

Your feet aren’t usually one of the first things you think about when you are newly pregnant, but they should be! As your body begins to carry more weight and your pelvis shifts positions, fallen foot arches may lead to plantar fasciitis, leg and back pain, tired and achy feet. Proper footwear is key to preventing pain and remaining mobile throughout your pregnancy. Custom orthotic arches take it a step further, not only do they provide a comfortable foundation, but they are digitally mapped to provide support exactly where your foot needs it! Call any of our offices for information, no need to be a patient to be measured for custom orthotics.

3 Ways Custom Orthotics Can Support Your Pregnancy

• Help relieve foot and body discomfort
• Help prevent fallen arches
• Help keep you mobile as your pregnancy grows

Acupuncture helps to open circulation to the pelvis and abdomen, relax tension, and improve the internal environment for a successful pregnancy. Women who come for treatment planning for pregnancy should ideally start acupuncture care at least 3 months before trying to conceive.

Care does not end at pregnancy. Both acupuncture and chiropractic can help support the mother throughout her pregnancy and after childbirth.