Chiropractic Care for Pregnancy and Babies
Pregnancy and the postpartum period bring incredible changes to a body. Regular chiropractic care during these crucial months, and for your little one's first years, offers vital support by helping to optimize the brain-body connection. Adjustments work to relieve pressure on the nervous system by ensuring proper spinal alignment, which in turn can reduce discomfort and significantly increase mobility. Just as a baby's body undergoes rapid growth and development, gentle chiropractic care can support their healthy spinal alignment, nervous system, and cranium through these transformative early years.
The Effects of Pregnancy on the Body
A woman’s body structurally (and miraculously!) adapts throughout pregnancy to make space and support the growing baby. Whether it’s lower back pain, indigestion, and difficulty breathing or sleeping, these can all occur as a result of the physiological changes that mum is experiencing.
Relieving the pressure on your lower spine and hips may help to ease your discomfort and allow your body to do what it needs to do. Spinal realignment from a chiropractor, in addition to other therapies such as yoga and massage can help support your body’s physical changes in a gentle way to help your pregnancy be as comfortable as possible.
Taking Your Child to a Chiropractor
For babies, chiropractic care looks and feels very different from an adult adjustment. We use gentle, low-force techniques – imagine the soft pressure of a finger on your closed eyelid; that's similar to what your baby would experience. Even though it's a natural process, birth can significantly impact a baby's cranium, creating tension that affects their delicate nervous system and spinal alignment. By supporting your child's body with chiropractic care, we can help to calm an unsettled baby, ease breathing issues, and even assist with developmental milestones such as crawling and walking. Early intervention to support your baby's brain and body connection may allow their nervous system to perform at its best for optimal health and happiness.
Benefits of Chiropractic Adjustments for Mum & Baby
For mums, we prioritize comfort with specialised belly pillows during pre- and post-natal adjustments, ensuring you feel completely supported. Babies, too, are kept safe and snug on the adjustment table, often completing their gentle treatment before they even realise it's happening.
Chiropractic care for infants may offer relief for common challenges like:
Trouble sleeping
Colic and reflux discomfort
Recurrent ear infections
Breastfeeding and latching struggles
By helping your bodies regulate and function at their best, we empower you both to navigate the significant physical changes of pregnancy and early parenthood with greater ease and wellbeing.
