Is Chiropractic Care safe during pregnancy?

Absolutely!! Chiropractic care is not only safe, but recommended. Our chiropractors here at Embrace Life use gentle, low-force, and specific techniques that provide the maximum benefit for Mum, while reducing interference to and ensuring the safety of your growing baby. Our chiropractor’s use techniques including manual and other low force adjusting techniques, Webster technique for breech babies, as well as techniques designed to help balance surrounding ligaments as well as muscles.

A ‘Commission of Inquiry into Chiropractic’ completed by the New Zealand government concluded that ‘Spinal adjusting is a vital, very safe and clinically effective form of healthcare. Chiropractors have more thorough training in spinal mechanics and spinal care than any other health profession. Furthermore, chiropractic is scientifically-based.⁶’ Our adjusting tables are designed specifically to cater for the comfort of pregnant women at all stages of her pregnancy. So there are no worries about your baby being squashed when you lay on your tummy!!

As the following photos show, the middle section of our tables can be lowered to different levels to create more space for mum’s growing tummy. Towards the later stages of pregnancy, belly pillows are placed over the lowered section of the table to create even more space (this may be lowered a lot earlier in your pregnancy if you are expecting twins!) This way our Mums can be comfortably adjusted right up until baby is ready for birth. Our Mums often comment on how nice it is to be able to lay on their stomach right through to late pregnancy!