Why Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy Is So Vital | Prenatal Chiropractor in West Omaha, NE
Hi, I’m Dr. Joel Marley, at Family First Chiropractic, and I’m here to talk about why chiropractic care during pregnancy is so vital. Well, I want you to know that that being in pain, aching, and being uncomfortable during the pregnancy process, doesn’t help Mama doesn’t and it doesn’t help the baby, which doesn’t help the family. So if you have aches and pains the solution could be chiropractic adjustments. As your body is changing during pregnancy, there are a lot of mechanical changes, as the center of gravity changes.
A Changing Center of Gravity
As you start to show, as the uterus starts to swell, you start to arch and your head and shoulders roll forward to help keep you from falling over. Now your center of gravity is changing and so is your physical structure which can cause aches and pains. This might cause you to not sleep as well and you might up to doing the things that you were doing before this wonderful process started. So during the pregnancy and delivery process, the delivery has to have flexibility. If if you’re not flexible and resilient during the during the birthing process, it’s tougher on you, but it’s also tougher on the baby. So here’s how we help by removing interference in your nervous system. So you feel better, you do more, you can stay flexible, you can continue your yoga routine, pilates, or your walking that you were doing previously. Then that sets you up to have the best birth outcome and best delivery outcome.
Body Chemistry & Lower Back Misalignments
So when it comes to chemistry, there are a lot chemicals and neurotransmitters with an entire symphony of of hormones that are produced. You’ll produce stress hormones which send this negative feedback loop to the baby and to your physiology. It just slows down the healing and repair process, and it takes you out of that natural parasympathetic state where you can rest digest and have a wonderful pregnancy outcome. So when it comes to chemistry in the lower back and these five lower vertebrae, these are the nerves that control plumbing. So the baby’s inside the uterus, and the nerves that run to the ovaries run to the uterus producing female hormones are controlled by these five vertebrae. Furthermore, the structural component of this lower part of your spine is what suspends the baby inside. Now, spinal misalignments change the tone of your uterus. It’s called inner uterine constraint and it’s when one side is hung up and higher. Maybe it’s tilted forward and it can also go back which creates a less than ideal angle for the baby to come into this world down the birth canal. So by optimizing the alignment and the nerve supply of the lower back, you can have the best pregnancy and birth outcome.
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