Prenatal Chiropractic Services
5 Reasons You Should See a Chiropractor During Your Pregnancy
1. Alleviate Pain
Prenatal chiropractic care helps to alleviate back and pelvic discomfort and pain. The back and pelvic region can become particularly tender in times of pregnancy because your body is undergoing so many changes. A prenatal Chiropractor can help align and adjust areas of discomfort.
2. Increase Ease
Seeing a chiropractic doctor during your pregnancy can increase the ease in which your body adapts to the natural changes related to pregnancy. Beyond back and pelvic pain, prenatal chiropractic care looks at the entire body as a whole and is able to adjust and realign so that you are able to transition more effortlessly.
3. Create Alignment
Aligning the pelvis and lumbar spine allows for optimal baby positioning and growth. Chiropractic care during pregnancy is not only beneficial to you, but also helps with the positioning and growth of your baby.
4. Shorter Labour
A chiropractor specializing in prenatal care can make the proper adjustments to help bring your pelvis and spine into correct alignment. People who have undergone chiropractic care during their pregnancy have experienced shorter labour and delivery times.
5. Easier Birth
Greater ease and comfort during birthing, reduced need for pain relief medication and medical intervention (forceps, vacuum) during childbirth. These are likely some of the greatest benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy. Because you have put in the time, work and love preparing your body, you are likely to have greater ease and comfort during your upcoming birth.
Prenatal chiropractic care helps to alleviate back and pelvic discomfort and pain. The back and pelvic region can become particularly tender in times of pregnancy because your body is undergoing so many changes. A prenatal Chiropractor can help align and adjust areas of discomfort.
2. Increase Ease
Seeing a chiropractic doctor during your pregnancy can increase the ease in which your body adapts to the natural changes related to pregnancy. Beyond back and pelvic pain, prenatal chiropractic care looks at the entire body as a whole and is able to adjust and realign so that you are able to transition more effortlessly.
3. Create Alignment
Aligning the pelvis and lumbar spine allows for optimal baby positioning and growth. Chiropractic care during pregnancy is not only beneficial to you, but also helps with the positioning and growth of your baby.
4. Shorter Labour
A chiropractor specializing in prenatal care can make the proper adjustments to help bring your pelvis and spine into correct alignment. People who have undergone chiropractic care during their pregnancy have experienced shorter labour and delivery times.
5. Easier Birth
Greater ease and comfort during birthing, reduced need for pain relief medication and medical intervention (forceps, vacuum) during childbirth. These are likely some of the greatest benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy. Because you have put in the time, work and love preparing your body, you are likely to have greater ease and comfort during your upcoming birth.
Prenatal Chiropractic Care
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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. |
Labour Prep Chiropractic Care
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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 you 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. |
Our Chiropractic Care Team
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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 pediatric 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:
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Dr. Nicole Procyk
Dr. Nicole is a Doctor of Chiropractic with over 9 years of experience with a focus and specialization in prenatal and pediatric 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 pregnant or postpartum, 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 baby to get assessed by a chiropractor with experience with infants as the birth can be be quite an ordeal not only for you but baby too. This can help support and enhance your baby'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:
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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 pediatric 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. Dr. Elisa also focuses on pediatric 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 Pediatric Association) • PIPS Intraoral Technique (for the pediatric 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 |
Cancellation Policy:
All wellness cancellations must be a minimum of 24 hours, prior to your appointment time. We have a limited amount of wellness appointments available and they are in high demand. Any appointments cancelled outside of the 24 hours will be charged in full. Thank you for your understanding COVID-19 considerations will be made.
All wellness cancellations must be a minimum of 24 hours, prior to your appointment time. We have a limited amount of wellness appointments available and they are in high demand. Any appointments cancelled outside of the 24 hours will be charged in full. Thank you for your understanding COVID-19 considerations will be made.
