A women’s body is capable of creating and growing life. During this time, the mother’s body goes through rapid and vast changes. With both hormonal changes and physical changes the pregnant body often experiences pain and tension that it wasn’t feeling before. Many of these complaints can be treated in a natural, drug-free and non-invasive ways with chiropractic care. Chiropractic care during pregnancy can be safe, gentle and effective.
COMMON CONDITIONS:
– Hip Pain
– Neck Pain
– Low Back Pain
– Sciatica
– Rib Discomfort
BENEFITS OF CHIROPRACTIC:
– Helps maintain a healthier pregnancy by avoiding drugs.
– Prepare your body for birth and labor
– Release tension on the Sacrum ligaments and the uterine ligaments
– Reduce tension on the round ligaments
– Helps create space for the baby to sit in the best way possible.
Postpartum:
Birthing a child creates many new changes in a women’s body. Hormones will take time to return to their pre-pregnancy levels and your pelvis will have gone through new positions. Being a new mother comes with so many changes, and supporting the new physical and bio-mechanical changes becomes extra important. During this time, Chiropractic care and various soft tissue techniques can help support the body through the newest transitions.
My primary goal is to help you with your concern, whatever it may be. For many people that is neck or back pain and muscle stiffness. For others it is anxiety or depression, and for others it is infertility or menstrual problems.
I have 2 levels of intakes, the primary being a full health history, and the second being a full health history plus a reproductive health focused intake. Both options are available on the the scheduling system.
After we complete the 60-90 minute exam, we will discuss the best treatment route for you. Most often, the treatment plan will consist of some chiropractic. But there is also Mercier Therapy and visceral manipulation. There may also be the addition of supplements or lifestyle changes.
After the intake, I’ll give my suggestions and then we can decide the treatment plan together!
It typically starts with cramps and pain. A women’s first awareness to her pelvic and sexual organs typically begin when her menstruation begins. Frequently that is accompanied by cramps, pain and bloating. What then ensues is an attempt to deaden the sensation to our pelvis. This self-preserving technique seems to work through most of our teen and young adult years. We take pain meds, ignore the problem, and maybe take birth control to help deal with pain and the possible irregularity of our cycles.
We ignore our pelvis and the organs within and only pay them mind in a negative way when we are tired of cramping or bleeding.
But now you’ve reached the age where you want to get pregnant. And perhaps it hasn’t been as easy as you thought it was going to be and suddenly you’re forced to bring awareness to our pelvis and the organs within. We again associate our reproductive organs with negativity. Why aren’t the organs working like they are supposed to? Why does it seem that you will need every intervention to become pregnant? Why does this hurt so much?
Suddenly, we become acutely aware of what doesn’t seem to be doing its job. But how do we fix the function? How can we coax our ovaries and uterus to open up, cycle naturally and ultimately, grow life? Is it possible to do this without medical intervention?
Mercier therapy aims to change both the function and the negative associations. By manipulating the tissues, blood flow, scar tissue and pelvic tension are all addressed. The treatment begins with warming the tissues, evaluating your organ position, and ultimately, enhancing blood flow and function. As a Mercier therapist, my goal is to bring both a healthy awareness and healing cells to your pelvis through visceral manipulation.
INFERTILITY
Mercier Therapy is both an alternative and a complementary treatment for infertility. It is safe and natural. The main component is multiple, typically between 6 and 12, hands-on sessions lasting between 30 and 60 minutes. These sessions focus on the uterus, ovaries and their supporting structures. After a reproductive consultation we will decide if Mercier Therapy is a good fit for you.
In addition to the hands on Mercier Therapy treatment, we will discuss the most common nutritional and lifestyle alterations that need to be made. This can vary from things as simple as gratitude journals and stretching to things as complex as supplements, dietary changes and possibly bio identical hormones. The truth is, reproduction is complex. It takes time and a commitment to see changes.
PELVIC PAIN
Sometimes there is a diagnosis, and sometimes there isn’t. This is one of the most frustrating things I see over and over again with pelvic pain. Whether the pain is associated with menstruation, ovulation or it is consistent and persistent; there isn’t always a clear answer. The MD or OB/Gyn may have sent you to a PT or you may have tried medications. Often this helps, but it may not have been the final answer. Time and again, the answer lies in the adhesions. Adhesions are scar tissue that acts like a glue and holds organs, muscles and tendons together too tightly. Your organs should glide against each other with every breath you take. These adhesions inhibit blood flow and the function of the nervous system and organs.
ADHESIONS MAY BE CREATED BY:
Abdominal or pelvic surgery
Pain or cramps in abdomen or groin
Pain with sitting or with sexual intercourse
Pelvic inflammatory disease, bladder or yeast infections
Physical trauma or vehicle accident
Physical or sexual abuse
Physical PMS symptoms, Vaginitis, cystitis, colitis, other pelvic inflammations
Back surgery
Endometriosis, sexually transmitted disease, IUD
Fall onto hip, buttocks, or tailbone
Hip surgery
Low back, hip, or leg pain
Similar to how we would massage a low back for muscle pain or release shoulder adhesions for a frozen shoulder, Mercier Therapy works to release the adhesions of the uterus and ovaries. We stretch the ligaments and open the abdomen. We increase blood flow and allow healing.
Mercier Therapy, along with diet and lifestyle changes, can change your body. It can change your hormones and your pain levels. If you’re looking for natural approach to infertility and pelvic pain, start here. Start with a Mercier Consult.
