Chiropractic care during pregnancy
Prenatal and postpartum chiropractic care involves a thorough health history, physical exam and biomechanical assessment to understand your specific needs and concerns. Then, prenatal and postpartum chiropractic care will often involve a customized manual therapy plan including soft tissue therapy and gentle joint manipulation if indicated along with a customized exercise plan specific to your diagnosis.
Prenatal Chiropractic Care
Postpartum and prenatal chiropractic care
Some common conditions pre and postpartum chiropractic care can help with include:
- Low Back pain (80% of pregnant women experience back pain, and 75% experience it up to a year after pregnancy!)
- Diastasis recti
- Pelvic girdle pain
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Neck tension and headaches
- Shoulder / rotator cuff pain
… and so much more!
Dr. Rebecca Blackburn, HONS BSC(KIN), DC, CSCS
Prenatal & Postpartum Chiropractor in Waterloo.
Dr. Rebecca is a chiropractor on our team who has a very special interest in women’s health and the health of moms. As a mom to a kindergartener, Dr. Blackburn has a lot to offer women at all stages of pregnancy and motherhood.
Dr. Blackburn is trained in numerous spinal and extremity adjusting techniques including Diversified (manual), Thompson (drop table) and Activator, which allows her to readily treat patients of all ages and abilities. For soft-tissue conditions such as muscle strains, ligament sprains, tendonitis and other overuse injuries, Dr. Blackburn incorporates myofascial release / Active Release Techniques® and is a Graston Technique® Specialist.
Using a new, custom-made manual flexion chiropractic table, along with other therapies, Dr. Blackburn can address low back pain due to tight muscles, facet joint compression, disc injuries and even lumbar spinal stenosis. Dr. Blackburn has extra education in the treatment of TMJ disorders as well as paediatrics, including torticollis and plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome).