There are some things that each woman would consider when
pregnant, like eating right and having the correct prenatal vitamins. Getting the right amount of sleep. Keep moving and even exercising during
pregnancy. Mentally preparing during the
pregnancy for what is to come. (Note: I
wrote about this in Part 2).
What about physically preparing the body for the changes that
will occur during pregnancy? And the
changes that are expected to happen during delivery? And even the demands on the mother’s body
after childbirth as she takes care of her new baby.
Chiropractic care is very beneficial before pregnancy and throughout
the entire pregnancy as well as after delivery.
Below I will discuss the benefits during each of these phases.
During pregnancy the spine, pelvis and body will shift to
accommodate the baby as he/she grows.
However if there have been injuries or damage to the spine before this
time in life, then it restricts the body’s ability to accommodate the babies
growth. The mother will possibly begin
to experience discomfort. The baby’s
position will be compromised.
Let me expand on what I mean when I mention injuries and/or
damage to the spine before pregnancy.
Physical injuries can happen throughout a person life beginning at
childbirth, then when learning to walk, or ride a bike, playing sports,
automobile accidents, falls, and much more.
These events can jam and jar the spine.
If they are not corrected when they occur, they will heal in wrong and
add layers of damage to the spine. Let’s
use an onion, for example. If you take
an onion and cut it in half, you will see the layers. Imagine that each layer represents and injury
that you have had throughout your life.
The more injuries you have had in your lifetime, the more layers of the
onion you will have over your spine and therefore the more layers of
weakness. So the best time to correct
these injuries is before pregnancy.
However these injuries and misalignments can also be
corrected during the pregnancy.
Chiropractic care is safe for the pregnant mother and the baby in
utero. Mothers that I have had the
opportunity to adjust over the past fourteen years comment about how much
easier their pregnancies were while regularly undergoing chiropractic
care.
Chiropractic can be helpful after delivery to continue to
correct the misalignments that can occur due to living life, the care of the
newborn baby, the care of the home, and more.
The lifting, bending, twisting while caring for the baby can cause
misalignments. When nursing the baby,
sometimes the posture of the mother is not always ideal which can cause
misalignments in the spine.
As a chiropractor, these misalignments are more specifically
called subluxations. A subluxation is when
the bones of the spine misalign and choke the nerve. The spine was designed to protect the nerve
system. When the injuries and
misalignment occur, the spine does the exact opposite and begins to interfere
with the nerve system. The nerve system
controls how your body functions. The
brain is the master controller and the wires or nerves link the brain with all
the other parts of the body. Every cell,
tissue, organ and system of the body is controlled through the nerve
system. So by getting chiropractic care,
it allows the nerve system to function better every time and therefore the body
to function better.
This leads me to the thought about getting your newborn baby
checked right from birth. The first
spinal injury can happen during the delivery process. If the baby is born in the hospital the
doctors usually hold the baby’s head in order to pull to get the baby’s left
and right shoulder out. This force
usually causes the baby’s first subluxation.
There can also be subluxations caused during cesarean delivery as
well. Correct the subluxations as they
occur, throughout the child’s life, and the child will live a healthier and
happier life. When the child is
healthier and happier, the parents are also happier.
Dr. Pam Tomaszycki, D.C.
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