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WHY WE MAY NEED CHIROPRACTIC CARE AFTER THE BABY IS BORN
The
most common reason that women seek out chiropractic care after their pregnancies is due to persisting lower back pain. Many
women wait out their pregnancies without seeking treatment for their pain hoping that it will all go away once the baby is
born. This is true for some, but not for all women.
The second most common reason that women see a chiropractor
after their pregnancy is for pain that is due to labor, usually due to the pushing process. Oftentimes, as the baby descends
through the birth canal, the bones of the pelvis can shift and misalign. This is common, especially if the baby is posterior
(baby's spine is against the mother's spine) and the mother experiences back labor. Regardless of the length of you labor
or the size of your baby, subluxations or misalignments of the spine and pelvis are common during labor, leading to back pain
that is experienced after the baby is born.
The third reason for a woman to seek out chiropractic care after her baby
is born is what I term "new mommy syndrome". Some of the causes of this syndrome are the following:
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- Poor posture during breast or bottle feeding
- Carrying infant car seats
- Extra body weight
from carrying our growing babies
- Utilizing infant carriers, which are great for mother/baby bonding but tough on our
tired muscles and joints
- Lack of sleep
- Lack of exercise, especially strength training
- Lack of time
to prepare healthy meals
- Lifting our older children out of the car seat, bath, stroller, etc.
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COMMON POST-PARTUM CONDITIONS:
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- Lower back pain
- Sciatica (pain, numbness, or tingling in
the buttocks, legs, or feet)
- Coccyx or tailbone pain
- Upper back pain
- Headaches
- Neck pain
- Wrist
and elbow pain (carpal tunnel syndrome)
- Pubic symphysis dysfunction
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