Chiropractic Services

  • Congratulations on your pregnancy mama. How are you feeling? Surprised to feel those prenatal aches and pains so early on? Finding discomfort further along in your pregnancy that is impacting your day to day routines?

    Prenatal chiropractic care can help. We can help. We are here to take care of you.

    The most common reasons why mamas come in to see a chiropractor when their pregnant are:
    • Lower back pain
    • Pain in the front of their pelvis
    • Discomfort when getting out of the car
    • Hip pain
    • Headaches
    • Wrist pain
    • Leg cramps
    • Sciatica pain
    • Ligament pain

    Chiropractic care during pregnancy is safe, gentle and provided by registered chiropractic doctors who have specialized training. Yoga Mamas has a team of chiropractic doctors who work with expecting mamas every day creating ease and helping them find relief.

    Learn more about Prenatal Chiropractic Care
  • You're getting ready to have your baby. Nervous and excited, you want to prepare for an easiest childbirth journey as possible.

    We are here to help you mama.

    The most common reasons why mamas come in to see a chiropractor in the third trimester of their pregnancy are:
    • They have increased pain in their pelvis and hips
    • They have sciatica pain or cramping in their their legs
    • Want to induce labour through acupressure points or acupuncture
    • Want to move baby into an optimal birthing position {reduced chance of breech presentation}
    • Want to turn a baby that is breech

    The Yoga mamas team of chiropractors are specially trained in using the Webster Technique. This is where the chiropractor gently opens up the pelvis, allowing baby space or room to move into proper positioning. If the baby is in correct position, the technique also helps to maintain that ideal positioning leading up to delivery.​

    Chiropractic care during pregnancy is safe, gentle and provided by registered chiropractic doctors who have specialized training. Yoga mamas offer chiropractic care 7 days a week allowing you to find relief any day of the week. 
  • Congratulations sweet mama. You're at home with your new babe and are adjusting to your new life. You're noticing new aches and pains {hello random wrist pain aka Mother's Wrist!} and maybe are feeling a little wobbly in your walking or overall alignment.

    Postpartum chiropractic care is incredibly beneficial for all mamas, regardless of the type of delivery they had.

    Let us take care for you mama, as you take care of your little.

    The most common reasons why mamas come in to see a chiropractor postpartum are:
    • Wrist pain
    • Tailbone pain
    • Shoulder and neck tightness
    • Hip pain
    • Back pain
    • Overall stiffness and discomfort

    The Yoga mamas team of chiropractors see new mamas every day. We know the journey you are on is filled with a lot of emotion and new physical feelings. We are here to hold space for you and to help you find relief. 

    Gentle adjustments, mobilization and soft tissue massage will help address your pains and find alignment. Our team will also provide recommendations for safe exercise and rehabilitation of the core musculature to ensure proper healing in your postpartum period.

    Learn more about Postpartum Chiropractic Care
  • You are doing an amazing job at being a mother mama! You want your baby to be as healthy as possible, and want to know how chiropractic care can help your little one.

    We are here for you and your baby. We are here to provide the most gentlest of care, educating you along the way. Paediatric chiropractic care is performed while your baby is either in your arms, or on a soft pillow.
    The most common reasons why mamas bring their baby in to see a chiropractic doctor are:
    0-6 Months
    • Head tilt to one direction
    • Prefer looking over one shoulder instead of turning to follow you with their eyes
    • Baby prefers one breast over the other or if bottle feeding, prefers to only feed being held in same arm
    • Difficulty latching (clicking sounds, blisters on baby’s lips)
    • Difficulty breathing during bottle feeding or while nursing
    • Babe is often fatigued from bottle feeding or nursing 
    • Only sleeping in one position
    • Only rolling to one side
    6+ Months
    • Does not like tummy time
    • Not crawling
    • Crawling but dragging one leg, only using arms or bum scootching 
    • Unable to sit unaided
    • Chronic digestive challenges 
    • Unable to pass a toy from one hand to the other
    • Head tilt to one direction
    • Prefer looking over one shoulder instead of turning to follow you with their eyes
    • Only sleeping in one position
    • Only rolling to one side ​
    Paediatric chiropractic care is safe, gentle and provided by registered chiropractic doctors who have training and experience specifically with newborns, babies and children. Yoga Mamas has a team of chiropractic doctors who work with infants, babies and children every day.
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    Learn more about Paediatric Chiropractor Care
ADULT CARE
Fees
​45 Min Initial Consultation & Treatment
$135
25 Min Follow Up Treatment
$75​
15 Min Follow Up Treatment
$50
​35 Min Reassessment & Treatment​
$105​
PAEDIATRIC CARE
Fees
45 Min Paediatric Initial Consultation & Treatment ​​
$125
​25 Min Paediatric Follow Up Treatment
$55
15 Min Paediatric ​Follow Up Treatment
$40
HST is not charged on chiropractic services.

All Yoga Mamas chiropractic treatments are performed by a Registered Chiropractic Doctor and may be eligible for coverage under your health care benefits. 

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Read about prenatal, postpartum and infant chiropractic care at Yoga Mamas

Our Excellent Chiropractic Care Team

​Dr. Kari Edman

Dr. Kari is an experienced Doctor of Chiropractic with over 20 years of experience with a focus and specialization in perinatal and paediatric care.

Background
Throughout her career, Dr. Edman has focused her practice on family care, both her own and that of her patients. She is dedicated to helping individuals become the best version of themselves and achieve optimal health. 

Approach to care:
Dr. Edman is known for her patience, thoughtfulness, and attention to detail. Her empathetic nature and strong listening skills enable her to understand patients' personal experiences and consider them when providing care. Dr. Edman maintains open and respectful communication, allowing her to make the best decisions for her patients. With a proactive approach to health and wellness, Dr. Edman ensures that individuals and their growing families have everything they need to be healthy and productive. 

Dr. Edman looks forward to helping patients on their personal wellness journeys.

Dr. Kari’s Qualifications include:  
  • Doctor of Chiropractic (Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College)
  • Webster Technique Certified (Prenatal care)
  • Member of ICPA (International Chiropractic Paediatric Association)
​Dr. Nicole Procyk

Dr. Nicole is a Doctor of Chiropractic with over 9 years of experience with a focus and specialization in prenatal and paediatric care.

Pregnancy and Postpartum Care
Dr. Nicole is an advocate for Chiropractic care for the whole family for optimal health. Her holistic and comprehensive approach to care helps educate, empower and inspire entire families to improve their health and wellbeing in a proactive manner. Whether you are a mama or mama-to-be experiencing low back, hip or pelvic pain, SPD, adaptations in posture or looking for an optimal pregnancy and labor she will help you to be as comfortable as possible along this incredible journey. She provides safe, specific, gentle, effective adjustments and custom supportive exercises, to achieve your goals and improve your quality of life. 

Pediatric Care
With years of experience working with infants and children with numerous challenges, she is able to create a warm, stress-free environment for not only the child but parents as well. Dr. Nicole welcomes your babe to get assessed by a chiropractor with experience with infants as the birth can be be quite an ordeal not only for mama but baby too. This can help support and enhance your babe's function through difficult challenges such as kinematic imbalances, torticolis, plagiocephaly, breastfeeding and those ever important developmental milestones

When she is not working, she can be found adventuring in nature, trying a new workout or DIY project and spending time with her family.

Dr. Nicole’s Qualifications include:  
  • Doctor of Chiropractic (Life University)
  • Webster Technique Certified
  • Member of the ICPA (International Chiropractic Paediatric Association)
  • DONA International trained birth doula
  • BIRTHfit Professional training
Dr. Elisa Petricca

Background  
Dr. Elisa Petricca is a family Chiropractor and Acupuncture provider with a special interest in pre and post natal care as well  as paediatric care.  
She grew up in the suburbs of Toronto and was a competitive  dancer for many years. She has always had a strong passion for movement and overall health and wellness. Dr. Elisa thoroughly enjoys the opportunity to make connections  with all of her patients and provide them with the best quality of  care. When not at the studio she spends her time practicing & teaching yoga, travelling outside the city and spending as much time as possible with family and friends.  

Approach to Care  
Dr. Elisa focuses on providing her patients with an individualized  plan of care to address their needs and goals. Dr. Elisa has a  special interest in working with women during and after  pregnancy. Her continued education and training in the Webster  Technique allows her to help pregnant mum’s find comfort during  their pregnancy and maintain an active, healthy lifestyle.  
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Dr. Elisa also focuses on paediatric care and addresses common  concerns after birth including head positioning, feeding difficulties, colic and sleep to name a few. She truly loves working  with little ones and their families in helping them navigate  through this new and exciting time.  

Dr. Elisa’s Qualifications include:  
 • Doctor of Chiropractic (Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College) 
 • Medical Contemporary Acupuncture (McMaster University) 
 • Webster Technique (prenatal care) & member of ICPA  (International Chiropractic Paediatric Association)   
 • PIPS Intraoral Technique (for the paediatric patient)   
 • Certified Yoga Instructor (250 hours) & Yoga Mamas Postnatal Yoga Training   
 • GrowCo Postnatal Rehab Certification
 • Specialized training in MPS Scar Release using the Dolphin Neurostim, to help release all types of scars including c-section scars

Chiropractic Care During Your Pregnancy

Pre-existing but often unnoticed imbalances in the spine become stressed during pregnancy.  In addition, the weight of a growing uterus has a tendency to change a woman’s biomechanics, shifting the center of gravity and putting pressure on joints of the hips, pelvis and lower back.

Chiropractic care throughout pregnancy can relieve and even prevent the common discomforts experienced in pregnancy.  Specific adjustments (such as the Webster technique) eliminate the causes of stress in the spine.

Chiropractic Care To Prepare For Labour

As a baby develops, a woman’s uterus enlarges to accommodate the rapid growth.  When the pelvis is in a balanced state, the ligaments connected to the uterus (specifically the round ligaments) maintain an equalized, supportive suspension for the uterus.

If the pelvis is out of balance or misaligned, these ligaments become twisted, causing a condition called “intrauterine constraint”.  This constraint limits the space available for the developing baby to move.

If there is intrauterine constraint as birth approaches, the baby is prevented from getting into the best possible position for birth.  Even if the baby is in the desirable head down position, often intrauterine constraint prevents the baby’s head from moving into the ideal presentation for delivery.  This may slow labor and add distress and pain to both mother and baby.

Using the Webster Technique, a chiropractor gently opens up the pelvis, allowing baby space or room to move into proper positioning. If the baby is in correct position, the technique also helps to maintain that ideal positioning leading up to delivery.

Chiropractic Care During The Postpartum Period

Chiropractic care after delivery is incredibly beneficial for all mamas, regardless of the type of delivery they had.

Postnatal chiropractic care gently sets the pelvic bones into balance and ensures proper alignment. Once the mama has healed and is well enough to visit the chiropractor, gentle adjustments can also be made to the pelvic structures and recommendations for exercise and rehabilitation of the core musculature can be addressed to ensure proper healing and restoration.

Seeing a chiropractor after baby also helps to decrease strain on the joints and muscles that new mothers may have from lifting babies and nursing.  

Chiropractic Care for Infants & Children 

Chiropractic Care is performed while your baby is in your arms, or on a soft pediatric pillow.

Did your baby have birth stress/trauma, intrauterine misalignment, use of extraction aids (forceps / vacuum) or prolonged labor?

​Pediatric Chiropractors have the knowledge and expertise to assess dysfunction in the spine, nervous system, weaknesses and primitive reflexes that may contribute to challenges in their mobility, and achieving their developmental milestones as well as optimizing overall health and development. 
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Chiropractic Care is safe, gentle and effective in removing any interference that may be causing your baby’s challenges and encouraging optimal development. ​
Our Wellness ​Cancellation Policy:
All wellness cancellations must be a minimum of 24 hours, prior to your appointment time. Our specialized wellness services are in high demand. Any appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours notice will be charged in full. Thank you for your understanding. COVID-19 considerations will be made.