Positioning That Keeps Weight Off the Abdomen
Prenatal visits use tables and side-lying positions that keep pressure off the abdomen entirely, at every stage. Nothing requires lying face down on a pregnant belly.
- Side-lying and belly-supported setups, from a first trimester through a third
- Care adapted trimester by trimester as your centre of gravity moves
- Both doctors are Webster Certified through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association
- The Webster Technique is a specific analysis and adjustment applied to the pelvis to balance the pelvic muscles and ligaments
- It is an analysis of the mother’s pelvis, not a manoeuvre performed on the baby
What Prenatal Care Is Aimed At
The goal is optimized pelvic alignment and less mechanical strain.
- Better sleep
- Decreased pain and discomfort through pregnancy
- Improved flexibility and mobility
- Less mechanical strain on a pelvis whose load changes every few weeks
What Postpartum Work Covers
Postpartum work picks up a different problem: a body that has spent months adapting to a shape it no longer has, now feeding and lifting a newborn twelve times a day.
- The pelvis, after months of carrying and after delivery
- The mid-back, which takes most of the new load
- The mechanics of how you are actually holding and feeding your baby, since that is where most of the new load lives
- Timing: once you are moving comfortably and your OB or midwife is satisfied with your recovery
- Early postpartum visits are gentle and usually focus on feeding and lifting mechanics
Symptoms That Belong With Your OB or Midwife
These are obstetric concerns and need your OB or midwife, not an adjustment.
- Bleeding
- Leaking fluid
- A decrease in fetal movement
- Severe or one-sided abdominal pain
- Fever
- Sudden swelling
- Visual changes, or a headache that will not lift
Where Our Scope Ends
Each page carries its own version of that list, and we would rather send you across town than keep an appointment we should not.
- We do not manage breech presentation
- We do not make predictions about how a birth will go
- We do not offer chiropractic as a substitute for prenatal medical care
Pregnancy and postpartum
Every visit is positioned so nothing presses on the abdomen, from the first trimester through the fourth.
Part of prenatal chiropractic
Pregnancy back pain
The low back ache that arrives with a shifting center of gravity and loosening ligaments.
Pregnancy sciatica
Electric pain down one leg, worst on stairs and after sitting through a workday.
Pelvic girdle pain and SPD
Pain at the front of the pelvis when rolling over, dressing, or getting out of the car.
Round ligament pain
The sharp catch on one side when you stand up too quickly or sneeze.
Webster Technique
What the Webster analysis is, what it addresses, and what it is not.
Birth preparation
Pelvic balance work in the weeks before a due date.
Postpartum recovery
A body that has been carrying, delivering, feeding, and lifting a car seat since.
Common questions
Is chiropractic appropriate in the third trimester?
Care continues through every trimester, with positioning adapted as you grow. Side-lying setups and pregnancy tables keep weight off the abdomen the whole way through.
What is the Webster Technique?
It is a specific analysis and adjustment of the mother's pelvis, aimed at balancing the pelvic muscles and ligaments. Both of our doctors are Webster Certified through the ICPA.
How soon after birth can I be seen?
Once you are moving comfortably and your OB or midwife is satisfied with your recovery. Early postpartum visits are gentle and usually focus on feeding and lifting mechanics.
This page is educational and is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Chiropractic care does not treat or cure disease; it supports the function of the nervous system and spine. Please speak with your pediatrician or a licensed clinician about your family's specific situation, and seek immediate care for any urgent symptom.