Pregnancy Pain? We can help!

Pregnant? In pain? Baby in the wrong position?We can help you!

Have you been told that you have told that pain is part of being pregnant?

Chiropractic spinal and pelvic adjustments will reduce or resolve pregnancy discomforts such as symphysis pubis pain (SPD), groin pain, back pain, hip pain, bursitis due to pregnancy, sciatica, pelvic girdle pain (PGP), mid back pain, carpal tunnel pain of pregnancy and heartburn.

Why be told that pain is part of pregnancy?

Chiropractic care can alleviate common pregnancy pain and decrease your labour time significantly.

Experienced prenatal chiropractic care aids with optimal fetal positioning by helping the pelvis and uterus to be symmetrical and balanced. Adjustments will help the baby to fit the pelvis to engage properly to help stimulate cervical ripening. Adjustments also make the pelvis more flexible so that pelvic joints move more easily in labor, the sacrum can become fixated and this can cause slowing or stalling in labor.

‘Dr. Jeanne Ohm sends this description of Chiropractic techniques for optimal fetal positioning and easier birthing: A chiropractic adjustment called the Webster technique is a specific sacral adjustment to help facilitate the mother’s pelvic alignment and nerve system function. This in turn balances pelvic muscles and ligaments, reduces torsion to the uterus. This may offer a greater potential for optimal fetal positioning. Originally used for breech presentations and then posterior presentations, current research is revealing the benefits of receiving the Webster technique throughout pregnancy for the prevention of dystocia. The International Chiropractic Pediatric Association offers chiropractors advanced classes on care in pregnancy, including the Webster technique. Providers certified in this technique are listed on the ICPA website here: www.icpa4kids.org.

Dr. Carol Phillips, DC, recommends addressing the skeletal system through adjustments, but equally addressing the fascia (with myofascial release) and the cranial rhythm (with gentle craniosacral therapy). ‘ Taken from spinningbabies website www.spinningbabies.com

‘The Gardner Bagnell Technique for Breech Presentation was designed with the breech baby in mind, but has also been used very effectively for transverse, oblique and posterior presentations as well. It is a chiropractic technique that focuses on the alignment of the spine and pelvis of the mother to be.Most recently,  a very specific order of adjusting has been uncovered that has catapulted the success rate even higher.  When this precise order or adjusting is followed, the results are unbelievable.  This technique focuses on subluxation removal, alignment of the pelvis and releasing ligamentous spasms. However, it is unlike the other techniques that are currently being taught. This technique has a different primary focus and protocol than the other techniques. ‘ Taken from Pregnancy chiropractic  www.pregnancychiropractic.com

Dr. Joelle Johnson has been certified in the Webster techniques since 1999 and is a longtime member of the ICPA. She was certified in the Gardner Technique in 2009. Dr. Johnson  has a focused practice on prenatal, postnatal and pediatric care at Family First Chiropractic and Wellness 142 Erickson Drive, Red Deer. T4R 2C3

www.family1stchiro.ca

403-347-3261

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How to Check your Child's Posture from Toddler to Teenager

How to check your Child’s posture from toddler to teenager.

Checking your child’s posture is one of the simplest, yet most important things you as a parent can do to ensure the present and future health of their children. This is an easy assessment that you can do on your child.

Here is a step-by-step guide on how to check your child’s posture

·         Get your child to stand and face you, get them to close their eyes and walk in place then stop shake their arms and open their eyes looking straight ahead at you.

·         Look at their hips- are they directly over the middle of their feet? Are their feet both equally pointing forward or toeing in or toeing out? Are the hips rotated to the right? To the left? Are they tipping to one side?

·         Look at their chest- is it directing over the middle of the pelvis (hips)

·         Now look at the shoulders, is one lower than the other? Are they rounded or hunched forward? Does one arm hang lower?

·         Finally, look at their head.  Draw a mental line from the midpoint between the eyes to the center of the upper lip. Is it straight up and down or tilted? Is the head tilted to one side or the other? Is the face rotated to the left or right? Does one eye look lower than the other

·         Ask your child to turn around so that you can see their spine- is it straight? Is there a lateral curve to one side or the other? Is one hip higher than the other; is the pelvis twisted or twisted in any direction?

Now ask your child to turn so their side is facing you. Are the ear, shoulder and hip in a straight line to the ground? Or is the head forward, buttocks out backward?

·         There are three spinal curves when looking from the side. Is there a very deep curve in the lower back/sway back? Does the abdomen protrude? Does the top of the pelvis look like it’s rocked forward? Is the middle and upper back excessively rounded, or very flat? Are the shoulders rounded or hunched? Doe the head appear too far forward on their shoulders (anterior head carriage) does the curve in the neck appear nonexistent, or excessive?

As chiropractors that see many children we can examine at your child’s posture as well as use several posture analysis tools to determine what is happening with your child.

If you have any concerns contact us at Family First Chiropractic and Wellness, 142 Erickson Dr, Red Deer T4R 2C3 or call us at 403-347-3261 www.family1stchiro.ca Dr. Joelle Johnson has been in practice for 15 years and is located at Family First Chiropractic and Wellness.