Postpartum Care at Restore Chiropractic: Recovering After Birth
Giving birth is often a surreal time for a woman. Your family grows overnight, and a little bundle of joy comes into your life. From head to toe, your body undergoes a profound transformation during pregnancy, labor, and birth. Some days postpartum, it’s a relief to no longer be pregnant. Others, it feels like trying to get to know yourself and your body all over again, while caring for a whole new person.
As the attention shifts to the new baby, a mother’s postpartum body is also in a critical phase of recovery. The demands of birth, coupled with the news stresses of motherhood, can lead to aches, pains, and misalignments. At Restore Chiropractic in Maple Grove, Minnesota, we provide postpartum chiropractic care to help mothers feel better through gentle adjustments and a unique, tailored approach.
We’ll explain how chiropractic care offers a safe, gentle, and effective way to help your postpartum body heal, recover, and gain strength so you can spend more time focusing on your new baby and family.
Realign the Spine & Pelvis After Carrying & Delivering Baby
The physical trauma of labor and delivery, either through vaginal or Cesarean, can cause significant misalignments in the spine and pelvis. The pelvis, in particular, endures a tremendous amount of stress and can be left uneven or misaligned. This can lead to hip pain, back pain, and nerve irritation.
Using gentle, specific adjustments, a chiropractor can realign the pelvis and spine, restoring proper function and stability. This process is essential for alleviating pain and supporting your body’s natural healing process.
Ease Postural Strain From Pregnancy & New Motherhood
We don’t have to remind you of the incredible changes your body went through as your belly grew during your pregnancy — your spine, hips, and muscles all adapted to support new life.
It’s no wonder that postpartum care is important to help your body realign, recover, and feel balanced again.
Motherhood comes with its own unique set of physical challenges, including breastfeeding, holding and carrying your baby, and sleep deprivation. During breastfeeding, the mother leans forward, which can cause significant strain on the neck, upper back, and shoulders. In addition, holding and carrying your newborn, car seats, or diaper bags places new demands on your body’s core, back, and shoulders.
Another aspect of motherhood is sleep deprivation. New mothers sometimes sleep in uncomfortable positions while holding or feeding their baby, leading to neck stiffness and back pain.
Chiropractic care can help alleviate the pains caused by these aspects of motherhood. By ensuring the spine, neck, and pelvis are correctly aligned, your body can move and bend properly. Plus, it will reduce the strain on your muscles from being out of place.
Support Your Core & Pelvic Floor Recovery
During pregnancy and birth, the abdominal muscles and Pelvic floor muscles are stretched and weakened. A chiropractor can help ensure that the spine and pelvis are correctly aligned, which helps the muscles strengthen and heal in their proper positions and function correctly.
When the body’s foundation is stable, these muscles can engage and rebuild strength more effectively, which is essential for long-term recovery and stability.
Balance Hormones & Regulate the Nervous System
After birth, a mother’s hormones undergo a significant shift. The nervous system, which regulates hormone production and mood regulation, can also be under stress.
By removing nervous system interference through spinal adjustments, chiropractic care can help the body's systems, including the endocrine system, find a new state of balance.
Manage Postpartum Headaches or Discomfort
A common issue that mothers experience after birth is postpartum headaches. These are typically caused by hormonal changes, sleep deprivation, or tension in the neck and shoulders.
Chiropractic adjustments can help alleviate these headaches by addressing spinal misalignments that may be contributing to muscle tension and nerve irritation. This Drug-Free approach is a safe way for mothers to find relief.
Gentle Postpartum Chiropractic Care: The Webster Technique
The Webster Technique is a special chiropractic adjustment that helps reduce sacral subluxation and balance the pelvic muscles and ligaments. Since your pelvis may be out of alignment after birth, the Webster Technique can help realign your body so your muscles can recover in the right places.
The Webster Technique is safe, gentle, and non-invasive, which makes it a great choice for mothers in postpartum recovery.
Heal Postpartum at Restore Chiropractic in Maple Grove, MN
If you’re looking for a non-invasive, holistic way to heal your body after giving birth, consider chiropractic care from Restore Chiropractic.
Our Maple Grove, Minnesota, office is conveniently located for Twin Cities patients to come and experience relief from our expert chiropractor, Dr. Trontvet.
Book an appointment online today or give us a call at 612-516-3090 to speak with a team member!