Pregnancy & Children

For the mum to be

Regular chiropractic care during pregnancy helps maintain balance, alignment and flexibility. Many report less morning sickness. When the baby is comfortable, it can assume the optimal birthing position. As well as balancing your body to prepare for labour, chiropractic is extremely effective at relieving low back pain, groin pain, hip pain, rib pain and pubic symphysis dysfunction caused by your growing baby. Treatment is gentle, using modified techniques to result in an optimally working nervous system and structural support.

For your baby or child

Even today’s birthing procedures can put tremendous pressure on a child’s spine. And while the injury from forceps delivery may be less common today, vacuum extraction and eager hands can do even more damage by pulling, forcing and twisting the baby’s young spine. Without language to explain, many newborns experience colic, unexplained crying, lack of appetite, frequent ear infections or other signs of poor health. A chiropractic examination is essential to determine if birth trauma to the spine is involved. Rather than using adult adjustments, special low force techniques are tailored to the specific needs of each child. Often many parents see instant improvements in the well-being of their child. Later, as the child learns to support their head, sit up, crawl then walk, regular chiropractic checkups are helpful to monitor spinal development. Many childhood aches and pains are passed off as “growing pains” or “just a phase”. Aches and pains at any age are a sign that something isn’t right and a chiropractic check up can give relief.