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Pregnancy is not a problem the body is having; it is a project the body is undertaking. That reframe changes the questions worth asking during it.
Common and inevitable are not synonyms. Some discomfort in pregnancy is simply the cost of growing a person; a great deal of it is worth examining rather than waiting out.
Pregnancy is closer to an athletic event than a passive condition, and like any athletic event it is easier when the structures involved move well.
Chiropractic care during pregnancy is widely used and generally considered low-risk when it is provided by a chiropractor trained in prenatal care, using techniques and positioning modified for a pregnant body. Care should be coordinated with your obstetric provider or midwife, and certain pregnancy complications require medical clearance first.
The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic assessment and adjustment of the sacrum and surrounding soft tissue, used in pregnancy with the aim of reducing biomechanical constraint in the pelvis. It is a chiropractic technique performed on the mother — it is not a procedure performed on the baby.
Pregnancy
Discomfort in pregnancy is common. That does not make every part of it inevitable, and it does not mean a woman should be told to simply wait it out.
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How the body changes across forty weeks, what prenatal care addresses, and how to talk with your provider about it.
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