Walnut Creek Chiropractor for Breech Baby
Elon Bartlett is a Walnut Creek chiropractor for breech babies who customizes every visit to suit your particular needs. Dr Bartlett will evaluate your structure to determine the correct way to implement the Webster Technique to improve your biomechanics, giving your breech baby the best chance to turn into the optimum position for birth.
The common goal of chiropractic services is to help you get out of pain, feel relaxed, and increase your level of health and vitality. Acorn Wellness Center serves the East Bay from their location in Walnut Creek, California.
Dr Bartlett is one of Walnut Creek’s top-rated chiropractors, and has been specializing as a chiropractor for breech babies since 2001, making him one of the Bay Area’s most experienced prenatal chiropractors as well.
What is Breech Presentation?
If your baby is in a position other than head down, or breech, the most direct method of correction is to have a medical doctor perform an External Cephalic Version (or ECV, or “version”). They will physically apply pressure to your abdomen under fetal monitoring to make sure they are safely turning your breech baby. Dr Bartlett does not perform any such medical techniques.
Dr Bartlett became certified in the Webster Technique in 2001 and has been focusing his practice on pre- and post-natal care ever since. The Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and diversified adjustment. The goal of the adjustment is to reduce the effects of sacral subluxation/SI joint dysfunction. In so doing neuro-biomechanical function in the pelvis is improved.
The ICPA (International Chiropractic Pediatric Association) recognizes that in a theoretical and clinical framework of the Webster Technique in the care of pregnant women, sacral subluxation may contribute to difficult labor for the mother (i.e. dystocia). Dystocia is caused by inadequate uterine function, pelvic contraction, and baby malpresentation (breech). The correction of sacral subluxation may have a positive effect on all of these causes of dystocia.
In this clinical and theoretical framework, it is proposed that sacral misalignment may contribute to these three primary causes of dystocia via uterine nerve interference, pelvic misalignment and the tightening and torsion of specific pelvic muscles and ligaments. The resulting tense muscles and ligaments and their aberrant effect on the uterus may prevent the baby from comfortably assuming the best possible position for birth.
Meet Our Chiropractor
Acorn Wellness Center in Walnut Creek, CA is run by Chiropractor Elon Bartlett. Dr Bartlett is one of Walnut Creek’s top-rated chiropractors, and has been specializing in prenatal and postpartum chiropractic care since 2001, making him one of the Bay Area’s most experienced chiropractors as well.
Dr. Bartlett has always had a passion for optimal body mechanics and bodywork which can be seen in his background as a massage therapist and advanced student of Tai Chi Chuan. Another passion of his, empowering birth, began as a child upon seeing images of his own, peaceful home birth. Once he made the progression from massage therapist to chiropractor, he combined his passions by specializing in prenatal and postpartum chiropractic care.
From his Walnut Creek, CA office, Dr. Bartlett practices Diversified chiropractic, incorporating Activator, Drop, NeuroMuscular Re-education (NMR), and CranioSacral Therapy (CST) into his treatments. His treatment style is gentle and precise, meaning he only uses as much force as is required to achieve the desired result. What sets him apart as a chiropractor is that he begins every treatment with NMR, a therapeutic form of massage, to soften muscle tension first and then uses manual palpation to assess what treatment is needed, only relying on X-Ray when required.
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Prenatal Chiropractic Care
During pregnancy there are several physiologic and endocrine changes that occur in preparation for the developing baby. One such change is the production of the pregnancy hormone relaxin which makes ligaments soft, allowing the pelvis to be more flexible during birth. The effect of relaxin, along with other postural adaptations such as increased weight and a protruding belly, make pregnancy ...
Breech Presentation
Dr Bartlett does not perform any medical techniques to turn breech babies. He has, however, been trained in the Webster Technique to address pelvic alignment. Dr Bartlett became Webster certified in 2001 and has been focusing his practice on pre- and post-natal care ever since. The Webster technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and diversified ...
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 ...
Baby Care
Even the gentlest births are considered traumatic by the baby. We specialize in caring for newborns to release birth trauma, or to treat common complaints such as colic, digestive issues, sleeping problems or difficulty with nursing. We use CranioSacral Therapy (CST) which is a subtle, profound, and painless bodywork technique that releases restrictions of the connective tissue throughout the body.
My doula recommended Dr Bartlett during my pregnancy since my baby was breech. Dr Bartlett used the Webster Technique and round ligament massage in order to create more space, which led to my baby girl turning! Every time I would go to him while I was pregnant, I could feel her move around more as a result of having more space.
Dr Bartlett was exceptionally helpful to me throughout my pregnancy – helped to eliminate aches and pains and made me feel more mobile and healthy throughout my pregnancy. I ended up having a rather easy birth despite my baby being “sunny side up” and I credit Dr Bartlett for this!
I had a great experience with Dr Bartlett during my second trimester. I was suffering with an unusual, but extremely painful, back ache and had a lot of trouble breathing. This had to do with my breech baby. Dr. Bartlett was able to give me relief and hope! After each of our appointments, I was able to leave his office pain-free. I would even tell my husband “I feel like a million bucks!” Eventually my baby turned and the pain went away.