Women have special needs, from menstruation to pregnancy to menopause. Chiropractic care can help women deal with these life changes. During menses, women discover they not only experience cramping in the lower abdominal region but also lower back pain. As a result, the body becomes stressed. Many women develop upper back pain, lower back pain and sciatica.
Chiropractors have special tables which expand to allow pregnant women to lie on their stomach.
The special tables in conjunction with specific methods geared to the pregnant woman, will allow safe and proper chiropractic treatment up to labor. Through regular chiropractic care during pregnancy, women can benefit from proper nervous and body system function so important to fetus development. Specific chiropractic adjustments are now shown to be preventative measure and treatment for toxemia. After the seventh month of gestation, if a fetus is in this type of abnormal position, it can be subject to biomechanical stress leading to vertebral subluxations. This is a safe method, not only for mother but for the fetus and normal positioning of the fetus usually occurs within 4 to 5 visits.