Maternity Care

Chiropractic care should be a significant part of every woman's pregnancy. The pregnant woman produces a hormone called relaxin, which causes her ligaments to loosen to help her baby pass through the pelvic basin during birth. But these loose ligaments make it hard for her to hold spinal and pelvic alignment. When you add changes in how she sleeps and walks, a woman is very capable of becoming subluxated. Keeping everything lined up is critical. Chiropractors also instruct patients on nutrition and exercise as well as educating patients on the dangers of many routine medical procedures.

• Back Pain during Pregnancy and Labor: 84% of patients receiving spinal manipulative therapy reported relief of back pain during pregnancy.
• U.S. Cesarean Rate Hits All-Time High: The cesarean section delivery rate stands at a record high in the United States, resisting efforts by federal health officials to reduce the rate to 15 percent by the year 2010.
• The rising c-section rate is appalling and finally making national news. Thisvideo report from CNN reveals this increase, the reasons why, and some basic solutions. 
• Tips to Ease the Strain of Caring for a Baby: Try these simple tips to prevent problems before they begin.
• Webster Technique Defined: This has been shown to reduce the effects of intrauterine constraint, allowing the baby to get into the best possible position for birth.

• The Five Common Neurological Complaints of Pregnancy: For many years, Dr. Karen Bagnell has helped literally hundreds of pregnant women with everything from breech presentations to carpal tunnel syndrome. She has encountered basically five common neurological complaints that frequent this part of our population and found what is the best choice for each and every one of these conditions.