Pregnancy and Postnatal Chiropractic Care in Geelong West
Your Spine During Pregnancy
Pregnancy brings significant physical, emotional and mental change. As your body grows and adapts, your posture, centre of gravity, and weight distribution all shift, and hormonal changes affect the ligaments supporting your joints. These changes place new demands on your spine and pelvis throughout pregnancy.
Because of this, many women choose to include chiropractic care as part of their pregnancy care, alongside their regular obstetric or midwifery care to work toward the best birth outcomes.
What We Focus On During Pregnancy
Common areas of focus for chiropractic care during pregnancy include:
- Low back pain
- Pelvic girdle pain
- Sciatic-type leg pain
- Rib and mid-back discomfort
- Postural changes as pregnancy progresses
Our Gentle Approach
Your initial visit will be similar to that of any other patient: we’ll spend time talking through your history and getting to know you and what your pregnancy and birth goals are. We want to understand your total health, because being pregnant does not exist separate from that. We do not use X-rays on pregnant women. Rather, we employ other techniques to assess postural issues and uterine constraint.
We’ll discuss our findings with you and explain our recommendations for care going forward. Our vast experience and expertise allow us to create customised care utilising many different hands-on adjusting techniques to help you achieve the results you’re looking for. Our adjustments are very gentle for both you and Baby.
Postnatal Care
The postnatal period asks a lot of the body. Whether your birth was straightforward or more physically demanding, your body has been through significant change over the preceding months.
Postnatal chiropractic care starts with an assessment of how your body has changed through pregnancy and birth. From there, we put together a structured plan of care tailored to you, aimed at supporting your body’s return to daily activities at your own pace.
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