Pregnancy and Chiropractic
The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment that reduces interference to the nerve system and balances maternal pelvic muscles and ligaments. This in turn reduces torsion in the uterus, a cause of intra-uterine constraint of baby and allows for optimal fetal positioning in preparation for birth.
Chiropractors work with the body’s ability to adapt and function the way it is designed to. Pregnancy and chiropractic care, it is vital to the normal physiological function of both the mother and baby in pregnancy and birth:
In the mother:
-Prepares the pelvis for an easier pregnancy and birth by creating a state of balance in pelvic bony structures, muscles, and ligaments.
-Removes tension on the ligaments that support the uterus thus reducing torsion (intra-uterine constraint) to the woman’s uterus.
-Reduces interference to the mother’s vital nerve system which controls and co-ordinates all of her systems and functions.
-Allows for a safer easier birth for the mother decreasing the potential for intervention.
To the infant:
-Removes interference to the mother’s nerve system allowing for better baby development.
-Allows the baby the room to develop without restrictions to its forming cranium, spine, and other skeletal structures.
-Offers the baby the room to move into the best possible position for birth.
-With proper fetal positioning, there is a significant decrease in dystocia and the resulting birth trauma caused by intervention.
