Postpartum Chiropractic Care

After delivery, the hormone relaxin keeps making ligaments soft for 6 months. This increases your vulnerability to lower back and pelvic joint misalignment and pain. In addition, baby holding and breastfeeding put tremendous stress on the neck, upper back, shoulders and arms. Many new moms suffer from headaches, neck and shoulder aches as well as wrist and forearm problems such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and deQuervain’s stenosing tenosynovitis (tendinitis of the thumb).

The good news about the postpartum time period is that since relaxin is still softening ligaments, correcting musculoskeletal problems is easily accomplished because of your body’s increased pliability. This can even be an excellent time to treat long-standing issues that have built-up scar tissue.