Regular chiropractic visits for women who are pregnant are something a woman should consider as part of their child's post-birth care.
Not only can chiropractors help women with the strains of pregnancy, chiropractic care can also positively affect the health of their children after they are born.
Why is chiropractic care so important for women while they are pregnant? Chiropractors work to make sure a pregnant mother's body is operating at full capacity by avoiding the trials placed on their bodies while carrying a child.
Chiropractic care assures the proper operation of all body systems and especially those that are important during pregnancy such as the uterus, ovaries and related structures.
Even minimal nerve interference to a woman's reproductive systems can negatively impact a mother and her developing fetus.
These emerging threats can be eliminated by an examination of a woman's spinal column for spinal distortions known as vertebral subluxations.
If subluxations are found, chiropractors can correct them with a spinal adjustment.
Chiropractic adjustments can also help in other areas needed for women who are pregnant: -A flexible and balanced spine, hips and pelvis -Internal organs that are absent of postural stress and freedom from nerve stress Chiropractic care is beneficial because it also accomplishes its goals without the use of medications.
Not only does not using medications alleviate the potential for side-effects, more importantly, it means there is no risk to the baby.
It's a given that expecting mothers should avoid things such as alcohol, illegal drugs and tobacco, but prescription medications - and even the use of aspirin or cough syrup by pregnant mothers - can result in fetal damage or miscarriages.
Mothers can also provide their children with an advantage by seeing a chiropractor while they are pregnant.
The prenatal chiropractic checkups a mother has during pregnancy are but one of the ways she can help guarantee her baby will be healthy.
Along with a healthy diet, proper exercise and working to achieve a stress-free environment, prenatal chiropractic care can benefit the developing baby and reduce the complications of labor.
Checkups can help as head support and natural spinal curves develop in a baby prior to birth.
Irritation to a child's developing spinal system that is not addressed beforehand may eventually lead to problems after the child is born which may include: -Colic -Unexplained crying -Poor appetite -Breathing problems -Allergic reactions There have also been studies which revealed even more surprising problems caused by spinal problems.
Two common childhood situations and their relationship to chiropractic problems include: 1.
Bedwetting, which can be caused by nerve interference due to spinal misalignment that cause communications between a child's brain and bladder to break down.
Chiropractic care can remove nerve interference that results in loss of bladder control.
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Ear infections.
A 1996 study found that 93 percent of children with ear infections saw improvement following chiropractic care.