News posted on February 08, 2009 06:17
There are many complaints that can occur during pregnancy
and birth, and Chiropractic and Acupuncture offer solutions
without the dangers that medications might bring.
A recent study published in the British Medical Journal
described the benefit that Acupuncture offered 394 pregnant
women in Sweden. All the women in the study complained of
pain in the area of the pelvic girdle, the circle of bones including
the pelvis and sacrum. Women in the study were separated into
three groups and were given:
1. Standard treatment consisting of a supporting belt and home exercise program
2. Standard treatment plus Acupuncture
3. Standard treatment plus stabilizing exercises meant to improve mobility and strength.
The groups receiving Acupuncture and the stabilizing
exercises experienced less pain in the morning and evening and
the Acupuncture group reported the least discomfort overall.
And if a mother-to-be is told that she can expect a breech
birth, she would be wise to head for a Chiropractor familiar with
the Webster Breech Turning Technique. The late Dr. Larry
Webster developed a Chiropractic technique that lessens stress in
the pelvic area, permitting many babies to turn before birth. A
survey of Chiropractors in the U.S. and Canada found that
doctors had treated 112 mothers with breech babies with this
technique resulting in 102 cases where the babies turned
properly for birth.
SOURCE: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancyhealth/chiropracticcare.html;
http://www.chiropracticresearch.org/NEWS_chiropractic_technique_helps_tur.htm;
http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/health/feeds/hscout/2005/03/18/hscout524605.html