If you are pregnant, one of the best things you can do is see a doctor of chiropractic.
The best chiropractor in Mission Viejo uses only 6 ounces of pressure, none of that traditional “popping and cracking” that sometimes scares pregnant women and their doctors. Doctors are afraid of the manual manipulation of the spine because it can be considered rough.
Although all chiropractic is good for people and seems to help, 6 ounces of pressure is much easier on the body because there is no forceful twisting or “cracking” of the joints.
Chiropractic care can provide so many benefits that a pregnant body needs: a flexible and balanced spine, hips and pelvis; internal organs without postural stress, and freedom from nerve stress—all essential for a healthy pregnancy and delivery.
A chiropractor would recommend a better diet, exercise, and avoiding drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes, and regular chiropractic care as an essential part of a pregnant woman’s healthcare regimen.
There are chiropractors who only specialize in the care of pregnant women and their patients ask, “ How in the world do other women get through pregnancy without chiropractic adjustments?”
As a Mission Viejo chiropractor for the last 36 years, I know that a woman needs to have her body as healthy and strong as possible in order to handle the rigors of pregnancy and childbirth.
Freedom of the nervous system gives the woman the best chances of having all of the body functions at a premium especially considering that the nerves from the lower spine control the reproductive system including the uterus, ovaries, and other related organs and structures so essential for a healthy pregnancy and delivery.
As a chiropractor, there would be no x-ray that could adversely affect the mother and the developing fetus.
Once we examine your spine, we will put together the correct program to treat the subluxations (misalignments) in your spinal column. This allows for the best possible function of your nervous system.
Another great reason for chiropractic care during pregnancy is that it is drugless. There really is no such thing as a “safe drug”. Along with caffeine and alcohol, drugs can have a lasting effect on an unborn child. This is totally unnecessary and avoidable.
Chiropractic care may help maintain pregnancy, control vomiting, deliver full-term infants with ease, and produce healthier infants. It has also shown to help with back pain, premature contractions, and back labor.
It has been documented that about 70% of women suffer from low back pain. With chiropractor care, the pain and discomfort were reduced by approximately 75%. Most pregnant women would be very happy with that result.
More benefits have been observed such as the reduction of toxemia, shorter lave by 50 to 60%, postpartum depression is very rare.
If you are pregnant or think you could be pregnant and you are also having back pain, neck pain, or headaches, make sure you let us know when you come in.
Another situation arises as the pregnant woman gets larger. Because of the weight in the front, she is unable to be face down on our treatment table. In this case, we treat a woman laying on her side, or even sitting in a chair in order to allow her to be comfortable.
The beauty of our type of treatment, done with 6 ounces of pressure, is that it can be accomplished in virtually any position that allows the woman to be comfortable.
Please contact us and mention this blog. The cost of the 1st visit is only $25 as a result.
All the best,
Dr. David C. Manago D. C.
Mission Viejo Chiropactor
