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Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy
Women find the experience of going to a Chiropractor during their pregnancies as one of the best things they do for themselves throughout the entire 9 month period.
Come see why!
Video of Chiropractic Care in Pregnancy
Each chiropractor has his or her own skills and styles. It's important to know there are a multitude of types of chiropractic care - from the snap, crackle, pop kind to very gentle manipulations that resolve misalignment, remove pain and can make for a safer and easier birth experience.
Chirpractic Care in Pregnancy
Used to educate parents about the devastating effects of birth trauma on the newborn's developing nervous system. Using footage of current births, along with supporting research, this 10 minute video makes an impact and demands changes in modern day birthing procedures. The importance of chiropractic care from conception and throughout life is emphasized. Narrated scenes of adjusting demonstrate the gentle, specific care required for pregnant mothers and their infants.
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Chiropractic Care Can Help or Eliminate Pain
Getting adjusted puts everything back in alignment!
- Help with pubic symphasis issues, including its separation.
- Re-align the hips for a more comfortable pregnancy.
- Re-align the hips and pelvis to aid in the baby's proper positioning for labor and birth.
- Uses the Webster Technique to correct mal-positioned babies, including breech, posterior or transverse lies.
- Aligns the spine so you don't have to arch your back carrying the baby.
- Aligns your spine so you don't have to hunch over at the computer or when you are tired.
- Corrects pelvic placement so your legs and feet don't hurt so much.
- Corrects spinal and pelvic placement so you don't have sciatica during your pregnancy.
- Aligns your spine to diminish or eliminate carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Wikipedia's Description of Chiropractic Care
Be sure to read through this as there is also a great list of the different styles of chiropractic care and their frequency in chiropractic practice.
Chiropractic (from Greek chiro- ?????- "hand-" + praktikós ????????? "concerned with action") is a complementary and alternative medicine health care profession that focuses on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the effects of these disorders on the functions of the nervous system and general health. It emphasizes manual therapy including spinal adjustment and other joint and soft-tissue manipulation. Traditionally, it is based on the premise that a vertebral subluxation or spinal joint dysfunction can interfere with the nervous system and result in many different conditions of diminished health. Today, this alternative form of therapy examines the relationship between structure and function and its impact on neurological mechanisms in both health and disease.
Chiropractors usually obtain one of the following equivalent first professional degrees in chiropractic medicine (D.C. or D.C.M. or B.Chiro or M.Chiro). Chiropractors use a combination of treatments that are predicated on the specific needs of the individual patient. A chiropractor can develop and carry out a comprehensive treatment and management plan that can include spinal adjustments, soft tissue therapy, prescription of exercises, and health and lifestyle counseling.
Chiropractic was founded in 1895 by D. D. Palmer in the USA, and is practiced in more than 100 countries. Since its inception, chiropractic has been controversial, both within the profession and in the medical and scientific community, particularly regarding the metaphysical approach espoused by its founders and advocated by "straight" chiropractors. This same criticism may have been the catalyst that allowed some within the profession to emphasize primarily a neuromusculoskeletal approach in their educational curriculum, leading them away from the original metaphysical explanations of their predecessors towards more scientific ones. Article summary.
Chiropractors have historically fallen into two main groups, "straights" and "mixers"; both groups contain recent off-shoots. Significant differences regarding scope of practice, claims made about spinal manipulation, and beliefs regarding professional integration, differentiate the various schools of thought and practice styles held within the profession.
Where You Can Find More Information About Pregnancy & Chiropractic
Including a link to Ama Mama Holistic Healthcare's Chiropractors
- Ama Mama Holistic Healthcare - San Diego, CA
- Ama Mama chiropractors are especially trained in pregnancy and postpartum as well as attending to your newborn. They are available to help you feel great throughout your pregnancy.
- International Chiropractic Pediatric Association
- This great site helps families understand why chiropractic is so vital in newborns, babies and children.
- Pregnancy & Chiropractic Care
- A rather formal, yet informative site about the great benefits of chiropractic care in pregnancy.
Great Books on Pregnancy & Chiropractic Care
Dr. Christine Anderson's Dynamic Prenatal Yoga
Amazon Price: $19.49 (as of 05/17/2008)
Textbook on chiropractic & pregnancy
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Dr. Christine Anderson's Dynamic Prenatal Yoga
Amazon Price: (as of 05/17/2008)
Clinical management of women in the childbearing years: A manual for chiropractors
Amazon Price: (as of 05/17/2008)
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