Knoxville Chiropractic Clinic Helps Patients During Pregnancy

Pregnant patients in Knoxville are exposed to a number of symptoms and conditions that make them great candidates to get help from chiropractic care. Specific considerations are implemented to make chiropractic care safe and effective during this time.

Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy in Knoxville TN

Specific changes during pregnancy make the patient prone to back pain. Added weight to the front of the body requires increased strain on paraspinal muscles and during later stages anterior pelvic tilt is common with increased weight around the pelvis. The release of the hormone- relaxin allows the joints to loosen for better movement required during delivery but this can lead to increased back pain as well as other joint pain particularly around the pelvis and pubic symphisis. Luckily, chiropractic can help with all of this!

Chiropractic care can restore normal spinal joint and pain-free range of motion during pregnancy. Regular chiropractic adjustments can restore normal spinal alignment to increase function and health for the mother as well as provide relief with back and other pains. The chiropractic adjusting table has a special pelvic lift piece allowing the pelvis to be lifted preventing pressure on the abdomen.

Anterior pelvic tilt is common during pregnancy. This causes muscle imbalance, back pain, and hyperlordosis of the lumbar spine. Specific chiropractic adjustments along with specific exercises are effective in treating this condition. For more information on this condition refer to the article, “Can Lower Crossed Syndrome Be The Cause of Your Pain” on our blog.

Relaxin normally increases during later stages of pregnancy. This hormone allows for increased joint mobility which may lead to back pain and other joint pain. This joint mobility can work in your favor when receiving specific chiropractic care. Not only can adjustments help with the pain this is also a great opportunity to restore optimal spinal curve correction during this short time due to the increased joint mobility.

Sciatica is a numbness or tingling sensation felt down the posterior thigh. This is also common during pregnancy. Chiropractic adjustments are a proven method to decrease and remove sciatica symptoms by taking the pressure off of the involved nerve root. Spinal decompression is a great option for sciatica relief. Pregnancy, however is a contraindication for spinal decompression which drastically improves sciatica and radicular pain. We can use other techniques to allow for relief.

For more information on how chiropractic care can help with pregnancy visit rockytopchiropractic.com or call the office at 865-444-5994.