Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy In Surprise, AZ

Many pregnant women are under the impression that you cannot receive bodywork care during this time period. This could not be further from the truth!

During pregnancy women will physically go through many changes physically within the body. One of the changes that is left unspoken of is what happens to the spine as pregnancy progresses. As your kiddo grows within the womb your spine becomes forced out of place.

The first place is the lumbar or lower back. As your child continues to grow, they will push the bones of your lower back progressively more forward. This causes what we call a swayback posture. This is the biggest reason expecting mothers begin to experience low back pain. Soon after, constant neck pain and headaches will many times follow the low back pain. These headaches are caused by the body being pulled forward as the tummy and breasts become heavier. Your body is intelligent and thus will spasm the muscles of your back and neck in order to attempt to lean your body backwards.

Sadly, this is a losing battle. The muscles will become chronically tight and headaches and back pain will continue to become more frequent.

Luckily, the solution is within reach utilizing this new type of bodywork technique. ABC corrects the bones of the spine by moving them backwards. This is the best way to eliminate the swayback posture created by pregnancy, by addressing it at the source! The real beauty of this technique is being able to see the results in your posture and symptoms very quickly in most cases. This also includes elimination of the headaches and forward head carriage that many times accompanies pregnancy.

The moment a bone in your upper back/lower neck misaligns forward the muscle at the top of the neck will have to spasm in order to lean your body backwards. This leaves many pregnant moms in constant pain and suffering. Once we re-align the bone in the upper back/lower neck backwards into its proper place, the headaches will begin to subside.

Lastly, there are some other common side effects of pregnancy that can be corrected with this new technique.

• Acid Reflux
• Breathing trouble/rib pain

To many people’s surprise, acid reflux and breathing problems will many times have a structural cause. Remember, forward posture is the problem. When you go forward (especially with pregnancy), your ribcage will begin to collapse in and down. Your stomach is situated underneath the ribcage on the left side. When this collapse occurs the ribs will push into the stomach, forcing its contents up the esophagus; causing reflux. Once we begin to correct the forward posture, the pressure on the stomach will decrease leading to a decrease/elimination of the reflux.

Secondly, this forward posture also creates pressure on the lungs as well. The further forward you go, the more pressure the ribcage will have on your lungs. This will not allow for the proper expansion and contraction which will lead to shortness of breath.

If you would like to learn more about Chiropractic Care & Treatment and how we can help you, give us a call today at (623) 226-7527 or fill out this form for a free consultation. We are dedicated to help everyone in the community live their best life!