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Pregnancy & Postpartum Care
at Optimum Family Chiropractic

When you’re expecting, you deserve to be in the best health possible and go through each stages of pregnancy with as much ease as possible. Same goes with your postpartum experience, Don’t let the aches and pains of your body changing through those phases of life ruin your special time bonding with your child.

Individualized Prenatal Health Care

Prenatal chiropractic care by a chiropractor certified in the Webster Technique from the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) is SAFE and GENTLE. At Optimum Family Chiropractic, we have tables available that are specially designed for pregnancy, and your adjustments will be adapted and tailored to your needs.

Chiropractic care can make the difference when you have to attend to your life’s obligations while growing and carrying your baby.

Working Together to Improve Your Experience

Even though many women can experience hips, neck, shoulders and back pain, heavy legs, and pubic bone sharpness during those never-ending short few months of pregnancy and nursing/feeding, it doesn’t have to stay that way. We can work together to improve your experience and relieve some of those pains.

Pregnant woman on table

What do we do

We use the Webster technique, which is a specific analysis of the pelvis which aims at stabilizing the pelvic joints and releasing tension in surrounding soft tissues.

We even have specialized pregnancy tables and pillows to accommodate growing bellies to ensure our moms are comfortable during their visit.

Our approach combined specific and gentle chiropractic adjustment, relaxation of soft tissues with manual therapy, recommendation of stretches and strengthening exercises. Review of patient’s posture at work, home and during activities to minimize tension and recurring stress pattern.

Improving and balancing their biomechanics through all the physical changes happening during their pregnancy with chiropractic care, we increase our clients comfort level. We help them to restore and maintain their activity level.

Helping Moms-to-Be Feel and Move Better to Enjoy their Pregnancy

By improving and balancing the biomechanics of the spine and pelvis with gentle chiropractic care, we increase our clients’ comfort level and reduce the discomfort caused by physical changes happening during pregnancy.

After working with thousands of moms over the years, we feel privileged to be able to help them regain and maintain their activity level so they can enjoy their pregnancy and continue their busy life.

  • Sciatica and leg pain
  • Pelvic girdle pain and buttock tension
  • Pubic bone symphysis and groin pain
  • Overall back pain and headaches
  • Rib cage pain

What Some Pregnant Moms have Said…

  • “I feel better at 36 weeks than when I was 20 weeks, who would have known?”
  • “My 3rd pregnancy is even easier than my first, where were you for my first 2 pregnancies”
  • “Wow, I wish I wouldn’t have waited this long”
  • “I can go on walks with the dog”
  • “I’m telling all my pregnant friends, I don’t want anybody to miss out on this”
  • “…and they told me it was normal with pregnancy, so glad I found your office”

When is the best time to start care?

It might sound cliche, but we have to say it: The best time to start chiropractic care is TODAY.

With moms who already have started experiencing pain we recommend getting checked as early as possible. Sometimes we tend to wait to see if “it’s gonna sort itself out”, however with pregnancy, the belly is constantly growing and the stress on the body just keeps adding up. Our first goal is to stop the progression of pain, because every week that goes by brings more growth and more stress/weight to their joints. Once the problem is stabilized we can simply watch and monitor to ensure the rest of pregnancy goes without a hitch.

Alternately, when moms come to visit us as a preventative measure to ensure that everything goes smoothly, it does indeed go better. We can ensure that the spine and pelvis are successfully adapting to the different body changes as their belly grows. And we find that only a few check ups are necessary and they breeze through their pregnancy and they can maintain an active lifestyle.

Who we are

Dr. Marie Perron has been working with pregnant moms for over 15 years. After helping thousands of moms shift their prenatal experience around with gentle and effective chiropractic care. She knows how pain and discomfort during pregnancy can bring additional stress to families and strives to give as much resources and at home exercise to ensure quick changes and relief.

Being a mom of 3, there’s no way she could manage her busy life with pain and aches and that is why she is so passionate to help other moms to find comfort and relief during their motherhood journey. Along with prenatal care, Dr Marie loves taking care of new moms and guiding them in their recovery during postpartum months.

Dr Marie has been Webster certified from ICPA for over 17 years, she has completed Bellies Inc Core confidence specialist certification, rebozo certification, k-taping for women’s health and has additional training in Fascia Manipulation Method.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is chiropractic safe during pregnancy?

Yes, it is best to work with a chiropractor who is comfortable and loves prenatal care. Chiropractic during pregnancy is safe and we use a gentle approach to ensure maximum benefits. It is important that your chiropractor understand the different physiological and body changes that happen during your pregnancy. That’s also why we have specialized tables for prenatal care and makes our visit super comfortable. “OMG can I stay lying down for a few more minutes?” and ” I haven’t been lying on my stomach for weeks and it feel so good” are heard on the daily in our office LOL.

And of course, we listen to your feedback and concerns. We use a variety of techniques and tools to help us achieve your mobility goal, we can change and adapt according to your needs and preferences. We are here for you and to make your pregnancy awesome!

I don’t have pain, can I still benefit from prenatal chiropractic care?

YES!!! Getting adjusted during pregnancy will ensure good mobility in your pelvis and spine throughout your growing months. It allows us to “catch and fix” any small discomfort as they arise and for you to have an awesome pregnancy. Moms that start chiropractic care as a preventative measure often breeze through pregnancy without any issue and start their postpartum journey stronger.

Is it like massage or physiotherapy, how is this different?

In some ways it can be similar, however chiropractic care will focus on your alignment as well as releasing the tension in your soft tissues (muscles and ligaments) with the goal to balance your pelvis and spine to allow proper movement and better comfort. We will also give you specific stretches or strengthening exercises specific to your issues.

I am so early in my pregnancy and already have so much pain, why?

It is hard to tell why some women experience pain, sometimes mild to moderate and severe when others don’t have any pain at all. From a biomechanics perspective, pregnancy can be quite the event… First of all there’s the effect of the hormone “relaxine”, which can make your joints more “loosey goosey”. If you had a previous history of injury or instability in one area it often brings it back up , or amplifies a minor problem making it more significant.

Same goes with the fact that your body is changing fairly quickly, the rapid weight gain, the way you’re walking and standing is changing. And if you are so lucky your sleep even gets affected and there is less recovery and resting time to rebalance the physical change. All in all, many things can play against your comfort level during pregnancy. However, many moms who have turned to chiropractic care during their prenatal time have found that working on better joint mobility and stability have significantly reduced their symptoms and discomfort. Don’t hesitate the visit us and find out how we can help you.

I think I have sciatica. Can you help with that?

During growing months of pregnancy, the effects of the relaxin hormone, the quick change of posture and the extra weight gain can cause unpleasant strain in the sacro-iliac joints resulting in sharp butt pain. Sometimes the pain extends down to the thigh, or the inner thigh. Sometimes it is aggravated by walking and standing, or sometimes it worse after being immobile for a while. It can vary greatly from one person to the other, it is best to have a full assessment to understand where your problem is originating from.

What is PBS (pubic symphysis dysfunction)? And groin pain?

Sharp pain in the front of the thighs, in the groin area or directly at the pubic bone can be quite uncomfortable. Often making turning in bed painful and in some severe cases causing difficulty walking. Many movements that require lifting your legs, or moving your legs sideways will irritate the tense ligament around the groin and pubic bone area. Working with the pelvis alignment along with specific muscle stretches and strengthening has been found very effective with helping moms with pubic bone pain.

I’m having rib pain? Where is it coming from?

Another common and very unpleasant pain that pregnant moms are experiencing is rib pain, sometimes in the back but often in the front/side of the rib cage. Rib cage discomfort is most often coming from your belly growing and imbalances of mobility in the rib cage. Working flexibility of your spine and mobilization of your rib cage is key for pain relief, as well as targeted breathing exercises.

Testimonials

I believe coming to get adjustments played a big role in a fast delivery
– Stephanie T.

I joined Optimum Family Chiropractic to alleviate tension headaches and migraine pain. When I found out I was pregnant I was surprised to learn that I could apply chiropractic care to ensure a healthy pregnancy.

Not only did Dr. Marie Perron’s knowledge of the bodies anatomy and physiology aid in educating my care during this time. Her experience with pregnancy helped me a great deal in understanding the physical and mental changes I was going through. Pregnancy is challenging and demanding on the body. With chiropractic care I was able to manage these changes with regular adjustments specifically targeting my problem areas.

The end, resulted in increased mobility, mental clarity, headache relief and overall a support system that was unmeasurable to guide me through the next 9 months.
– Pamela S.

Woman getting an adjustmentThe timing couldn’t have been more perfect for me to start Chiropractic Care. I became pregnant with my fourth child just after I started seeing the doctors at Optimum Family Chiropractic. Although generally healthy, this pregnancy had its own set of challenges, and I was still taking care of three older siblings! It was so great to be able to be adjusted for simple things like headaches or shoulder strain, and the impact over the 9 months was that I felt supported knowing that I had another set of specialists on my pregnancy team.

Support came in the form of phone calls, answering holistic health questions and knowing that they could attend my birth if I needed them! All of this led to my family feeling strong knowing that they had a mother that was taken care of! (And my kids were being adjusted as well!)

After the home birth of my daughter, we took her in to be adjusted at 5 days old! It was more than being adjusted regularly that made the difference, it was a place that I would go to for adult connection, smiles, laughs, tears, community, and knowing that I was going to feel better just for being there.

– Michelle T.

Your Prenatal Help Resource

Contact us today to schedule your appointment for pregnancy chiropractic care in Port Moody! Our warm, caring team is here to help you.

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Pregnancy Chiropractic Port Moody Coquitlam BC | (778) 355-3533