Chiropractor for Babies, Sleep & Pregnancy - Holistic Family Care
At Platinum Chiropractic, we’re a family focused practice and love providing high quality Chiropractic Auckland services for pregnant woman, newborns, babies and children. Chiropractic work on babies and children and care for pregnant woman offers your family a solid foundation for wellness. Throughout pregnancy, birth, and childhood, the chiropractic lifestyle offers choices and benefits for your greater health and well-being.
Pregnancy Chiropractor Care
Firstly, congratulations! Pregnancy is an amazing and exciting experience! What we can see is a ever changing shift in weight bearing and movement patterns as the baby grows, this puts extra stress and pressure on our muscles, spine and other soft tissues. And what we cannot see are the millions of different hormonal changes and chemical reactions occurring both in the mother and the developing baby, all of which are controlled and coordinated through the nervous system. Now more than ever, during pregnancy you need a nervous system that responds immediately and accurately to changing requirements in all parts of your body, and therefore you need a healthy spine!
A pregnancy chiropractor will offer chiropractic care that prepares the body to be strong, supple, and as balanced as possible to carry the pregnancy. Adjusting women throughout pregnancy is one of the most rewarding parts of our work, because a healthier pregnancy can result in an easier labour and delivery, and a better transition for the baby into his/her life.
We’d love to be your pregnancy chiropractor, so come and talk to us about how we can support you during this unique and joyous time in your life as your Chiropractor in Howick & Botany.
According to recent studies*, chiropractic care may result in easier pregnancy, including increased comfort during the third trimester and delivery, and reduced need for analgesics (pain medication). In one study, women receiving chiropractic care through their first pregnancy had 24% reduction in labour times, and those giving birth for the second or third time reported 39% reduction in shorter labour times. In another study, the need for analgesics was reduced by 50% in patients who received adjustments. In addition, 84% of women report relief of back pain during pregnancy with chiropractic care.
Chiropractic Work on Babies and Children
Doctors of Chiropractic have been providing safe and effective care of children for nearly 100 years. There are several published studies conducted by researchers in Germany, Australia, Denmark and the United States that confirm the effectiveness of chiropractic work on babies for a variety of childhood illnesses, and we often support our families needing a chiropractor for treating infant reflux and babies sleep.
Chiropractic is one of the safest forms of health care. A baby’s spine is very supple during the first few months of life and the Chiropractor applies only a slight pressure to make spinal adjustments. Chiropractic adjustments are painless and will not hurt your child. A pediatric chiropractor does not use drugs or perform any invasive procedures (such as surgery).
*References: Fallon, J. DC. The Effect of Chiropractic Treatment on Pregnancy and Labour: A Comprehensive Study. Proceedings of the World Federation of Chiropractic, 1991: 24-31. Fallon, J. DC. Chiropractic and Pregnancy; A Partnership of the Future. ICA Review Nov/Dec 1990. Diakow, PRP, Gadsby, TA, Gadsby JB et al. J Manipulative Physiol Thera Vol. 14, No. 2 Feb. 1991.