Chiropractic Care and Pregnancy

Approximately 1/2 of all pregnant women complain to their doctors about back pain. In a three-part study performed by Joan M. Fallon at Yeshiva University, 65 women were used as subjects. All of the subjects received chiropractic care from at least the 10th week of pregnancy through labor and delivery. Their average labor times were recorded and compared to average labor times as statistically averaged by at least 4 sources, as well as compared to those of a local midwife/ obstetrician practice. In the second part of the study, a questionnaire regarding the levels of back pain was given to determine any changes that might result due to the chiropractic adjustments.

 

The study found that "chiropractic care significantly reduces labor time!" The labor time was decreased 24%-39% (as compared to national averages). The study also revealed a significant reduction in back pain with chiropractic care. Each woman reported at least a 50% reduction in back pain, some as high as 100%, as a result of the chiropractic care.

If you or a loved one were pregnant wouldn't you want to experience less pain and discomfort through your pregnancy? Wouldn't you want to decrease your labor time by hours? Since nearly all medications can be harmful to health of your baby, chiropractic becomes the obvious choice. Wellness Chiropractic is the natural choice for a quicker and less painful delivery. We use special equipment and tables just for pregnant women.  

Digestive Problems

Heart burn, abdominal pain, ulcers, nausea, diarrhea, indigestion? Digestive problems are an epidemic in our society. Just watch TV for an evening and you'll see a parade of various drug commercials for digestive complaints. They have become so common that people have just accepted their condition as "normal" and try to learn to live with it. They soon realize that they can't "live" with digestive problems, only "suffer" from them. They then turn to the usual medical remedies and further complicate their health potential. Breakthrough studies have examined new alternatives to the treatment of digestive problems. Drs. Andrei Pikalov, M.D., and Vyatcheslav Kharin, M.D., examined the effectiveness of spinal manipulation (chiropractic adjustment) in the treatment of internal organ disorder (ulcerous disease) in a hospital setting. Sixteen men and women with confirmed diagnosis of ulcers took part in the study. The study compared the effectiveness of usual medical care to spinal manipulation, with both groups having a standard diet. The results revealed that spinal manipulation is much more effective at both reducing pain and clinical remission of ulcers. In fact, the spinal manipulation group healed an average of ten days faster than the medical group. This was confirmed with an endoscopic examination. Other studies on digestive problems have shown equally positive responses with chiropractic care.

How is this possible? Remember, the nervous system controls the function of every cell, tissue, and organ in your body. What do you think would happen to your digestive tract if the interference to the nervous system was removed by correcting subluxations that interfere with the performance of your nervous system? In Chiropractic, we don't treat the digestive problems; we remove the interference in the nervous system and allow the body to heal itself naturally and without side effects. This is why so many people are turning to chiropractic as part of their path to wellness. It is imperative that you maintain a healthy nervous system to retain a healthy body! 

My son suffered from rare chronic abdominal pains!

 

"My son Ryan developed awful stomach pains at the age of two. He has had them for the last three years, at a frequency of three times per week. He would wake in the night with this abdominal pain, he would have to come home from school, it interrupted his Taekwondo lessons and the awful pains affected other aspects of his life. He saw six different doctors, even a pediatric specialist (who did research on him). He's had x-rays, blood tests, ER visits and he's even been hospitalized. The doctors claimed he had rare abdominal pain. They told him that he would have to learn to live with it. A child of this size having to live with such pain made no sense to me. After hearing about what wellness chiropractic could do for people of all ages, I decided to have my son examined. After his first week of adjustments his stomach pain completely went away and hasn't returned. I am so pleased to be able to watch my son go through life without pain that hindered him for so long."  - E. Hogan

Ear Infections

Ear infections are an epidemic in our society. 90% of children will experience ear infections before they are school age.  Most children experience two to three episodes per year.  There is an estimated 10 million new cases per year.  Despite extensive medical intervention, children’s ear infection rates continue to soar.  An estimated $3.4 billion is spent every year for medications and surgeries. A study published in Canadian Family Physician stated that 97.7% of American children diagnosed with ear infections were given antibiotics but there was only a “definite need for antibiotics in only 5-10% of those cases!”

Rate of ear infections is soaring and medical science has failed to find an answer.  The reason why they have failed is because the cause of ear infections is not micro-organisms.  The real cause is an abnormally lowered immune response in the inner ear.

There is a solution to the problem.  The real solution lies in locating the cause of the lowered immune response in the ear.  A leading German authority, Dr. Gutmann, found 800 of 1000 (80%) infants checked during the first month of life had Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome directly related to birth trauma. Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome interferes with the nerve impulses in the upper neck area, lowers immune resistance and leave the child vulnerable to ear, nose and throat infections.

 

The cause of Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome is the modern day birth process.  The stress that is placed on the infant’s neck during the normal birthing process causes trauma to the upper cervical spine.

How do you fix Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome?  Only a trained Wellness Chiropractor is qualified to remove the interference with a specific wellness adjustment to the Atlantal Nerve.  A chiropractic evaluation is of “decisive importance” and Chiropractic care can often bring about amazingly successful results.