How Soon Can I go to a Chiropractor After Giving Birth for Post-Pregnancy
How Soon Can I go to a Chiropractor After Giving Birth for Post-Pregnancy Chiropractic Care?
Starting a family and bringing new life into this world is one of the most exciting experiences for new moms. As the body accommodates a growing baby, your body changes throughout your pregnancy. Therefore, chiropractic care can help your body recover and heal. Chiropractic adjustments can make a significant difference in how you feel and cope with the challenges of this journey.
So why not consider adding chiropractic treatment and see a chiropractor postpartum?
How Soon After Delivery Can You See a Chiropractor: C-section vs. Vaginal Delivery
A chiropractor can help in dealing with side effects that may arise from various health conditions. In fact, they can even prevent them from happening altogether by ensuring that your body’s musculoskeletal system is not misaligned. This alignment is crucial to restoring your body back to health weeks following delivery.
The timeline for when you can start receiving chiropractic care again will depend on your unique birth experience. Let’s see when can you get adjusted.
Vaginal Delivery
With this form of delivery, you might be able to go to the chiropractor as soon as you feel comfortable leaving the house if your delivery was not complicated. You might have experienced pain during childbirth, therefore, postnatal care can be therapeutic and help you manage neck and upper back pain.
Cesarean section (C-section)
Pregnant women that go through Caesarean sections without many complications, pain and discomfort can work with a chiropractor after some time. They will have to wait four to six weeks after the procedure to get their lower back, pelvic area, etc. adjusted.
Postnatal Chiropractic Care: Low Back and Pelvis Adjustments to Heal Faster Following Birth
When you start exercising again after pregnancy, you may notice that your ligaments don’t move as smoothly as they used to, and your posture is stiff. A pregnant woman’s center of gravity shifts forward, and there is spinal misalignment.
A hormone called relaxin helps ligaments relax to make space in anticipation of delivery and this is one of the many ways your body adapts to changes. But, relaxin is a cause of instability in the spine and joints which results in upper back and neck pain.
In this way giving birth can cause stress, due to changes that have occurred during pregnancy. You might have put on extra weight following birth, and caring for the baby after birth can result in pressure on the spine’s curvature.
Do Women Experience Any Risks With Postpartum Chiropractic Care?
When it comes to spinal manipulation during pregnancy and the postpartum period, there have only been a few cases of adverse events reported in the literature. It’s important to note that while it’s crucial to report any such incidents, it’s possible that these types of injuries are relatively uncommon.
Your chiropractor will take all precautions to ensure your safety. Any position that places you on your stomach will be avoided, and the neck and back treatment will be done lying on your back.
For how long do you need chiropractic care after pregnancy?
If you’ve had corrective treatment before you got pregnant, you might only need a couple of adjustments to get back on track. We notice that patients who receive regular chiropractic attention tend to bounce back pretty quickly. However, if you only sought treatment during pregnancy to alleviate back pain and sciatica, you’ll likely require additional sessions to feel like yourself again.
Leave this for your chiropractor to determine, and spend your energy caring for a newborn!
Benefits of Chiropractic Care Following Pregnancy & Childbirth
By restoring the body’s natural biomechanics, chiropractic therapy can promote faster healing and pain relief. Plus, this treatment can even help with sciatica and postpartum depression, making it a versatile option for those seeking natural remedies.
It helps the body recover from severe pain, relax back muscles, and help you jump back from ailing to health to a new you!
Post-Pregnancy Chiropractic Care While Breastfeeding
A baby after birth can cause a lot of happiness in your life, but at the same time, it is very tiring. New moms need chiropractic therapy because they feel a lot of pain in the neck and pain in the lower back due to breastfeeding. Therefore, it’s so important for you to receive adjustments as soon as you are comfortable.
Dr. Stephen Malone is een chiropractor die zijn carrière heeft gewijd aan het combineren van chiropractische principes met functionele prestatieverbetering. Hij is afgestudeerd als Kinesioloog aan de Universiteit van Saskatchewan en als Doctor of Chiropractic aan het Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. Hij heeft ervaring en interesse in fitness, functionele prestatieverbetering. Hij is gecertificeerd in de Activator Methode, toegepaste Kinesiologie Certificering, en is Advanced Biostructural Correction (ABC) gecertificeerd.
