Prenatal Chiropractic

What are the benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy?

Chiropractic care during pregnancy can provide the following benefits for women who are pregnant.

• 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

Prenatal Chiropractic Care Treats

If you’re a woman of childbearing age, now is the perfect time to begin prenatal chiropractic care. Even if you’ve never been pregnant, the health choices you make now have a profound impact on your pregnancy and any children you may have one day. Research has also revealed that their grandmother’s dietary choices influence a child’s health during pregnancy. So, no matter what you or your family’s health has been like in the past, you can make better choices toward a healthier future.

At Vital Wellness Center, cultivating healthy lives is at the heart of our mission. Our prenatal chiropractor, Dr. David Foss, is certified in Webster Prenatal Chiropractic. The Webster method is an internationally accepted way to gently optimize a pregnant mother’s lumbar spine and pelvic alignment. This helps promote an atmosphere of wellness inside the womb for baby and a healthier pregnancy experience for mom. Dr. Foss completed extensive postgraduate specialty training in this method and has extensive experience using Webster-based techniques in his prenatal chiropractic practice.

Benefits for Mom

Pregnancy is a revolution. In addition to starting or adding to your family, your body is undergoing massive changes as it grows new life. You probably expect to have morning sickness or an aching back, but what do you do when you experience severe nasal congestion or painful heartburn?

Fortunately, Dr. Foss can anticipate and help you treat a full range of pregnancy-related concerns. Prenatal chiropractic care at Vital Wellness Center has multiple benefits. Whether you’re a new or experienced mom, you can enjoy peace of mind from having such a resourceful and knowledgeable prenatal health team. You can also get scientifically proven help with many of the physical complaints of pregnancy. Pregnant friends and family will tell you all about their aching back or swollen ankles, but how many will tell you about their painful hips even though it is the second most common pain complaint doctors hear.

When you visit Dr. Foss, he doesn’t just target your symptoms. He focuses on their source. When you have aching hips, you get a comprehensive program for addressing the underlying lifestyle issues impacting the feeling and function of your hips and pelvis. Since the round ligament of the hips contains and supports the uterus, it can make everyday movement painful. Our prenatal chiropractor can also help support better bladder and bowel function through addressing round ligament issues because this ligament also supports them.

Benefits for Baby

Seeing a prenatal chiropractor isn’t just good for mom. It’s an excellent way for babies to begin life. While much of what a baby is doing in the womb is not visible, it is still vital. Over 40 weeks, a new human is formed with the basic structures needed for a lifetime.

As your baby develops and stretches your uterus it’s important to keep your pelvis in balance. If your pelvis is out of balance in any way, it can cause the ligaments that support your uterus to become torqued and twisted. This creates an uneven pull on the uterus, which has the potential to restrict your baby’s movement and hamper optimal positioning. Any compromised position for your baby throughout pregnancy will affect his or her development. In addition, it can hinder your baby from moving into the best possible position for birth.

Benefits During Labor

Prenatal chiropractic care can help prevent dystocia. Dystocia is defined as difficult labor. , which is something every woman wants to avoid. Dystocia can lead to multiple medical interventions which can be physically and emotionally traumatic to both you and your baby. Some common interventions used during a difficult labor are the administration of pitocin, the use of epidurals, painful episiotomies, forceful pulling on the baby’s fragile spine via vacuum extraction, forceps and perhaps even c-sections.

Studies reveal that commonly reported reasons for women experiencing dystocia are inhibited nerve function, pelvic imbalance and the baby’s position. Prenatal chiropractic care throughout your pregnancy may restore nerve function to your uterus, balance your pelvic muscles and ligaments, and potentially lead to a safer and easier delivery for you and your baby.

We offer specific spinal and pelvic analysis and adjustments for your special needs in pregnancy. You and your baby’s continued safety and comfort are foremost in our care.

What to Expect During Treatment

Since the earliest a home pregnancy test can detect you’re pregnant is at 10 days, now is the time to get healthier. Our prenatal chiropractor will create a comprehensive path to wellness for improving your overall health as soon as you come to our office. If you’re a new patient, we take a detailed health history and perform a comprehensive assessment before our prenatal chiropractor makes a single adjustment.

While pregnancy can be full of surprises, our approach is not. Once we have your data, our prenatal chiropractor analyzes it using the latest in scientific development. Any prescribed adjustments are performed in our dedicated prenatal and pediatric adjustment bay. This private, comfortable area provides prenatal chiropractic adjustment in a relaxed, compassionate environment with enough space for any young children who may accompany you. Call or email us to schedule a prenatal consultation at Vital Wellness Center today.