How Chiropractic Care Can Help To Alleviate Postpartum Back Pain and Supports Pelvic Recovery

The postpartum period is a time of incredible change for new mothers. While your body begins to heal from childbirth, you’re also adjusting to the physical demands of caring for your newborn. For many mothers, this period brings challenges like back pain and pelvic discomfort, which can make recovery and daily activities more difficult.

Chiropractic care is a safe and natural way to address these common postnatal concerns, helping you heal and regain strength after pregnancy and childbirth. At my clinic in Ash, Surrey, I specialize in postnatal chiropractic treatments tailored to your unique needs. Here’s how chiropractic care can help alleviate postpartum back pain and support pelvic recovery, along with a few exercises and stretches to assist in your recovery journey.

1. Addressing Postpartum Back Pain

Pregnancy places significant strain on your spine and muscles. As your baby grows, your body shifts its center of gravity, leading to changes in posture and increased stress on your lower back. This strain doesn’t disappear immediately after childbirth. In fact, it’s often compounded by labor, breastfeeding, and lifting your baby, leading to persistent back pain.

How Chiropractic Care Helps:

• Spinal Realignment: Gentle chiropractic adjustments realign your spine, relieving tension in the muscles and reducing pressure on nerves.

• Posture Support: By addressing poor posture caused by pregnancy, chiropractic care reduces strain on your back, helping you feel more comfortable while nursing or carrying your baby.

Exercises for Postpartum Back Pain Relief:

1. Cat-Cow Stretch

• How to Do It: Start on your hands and knees. Inhale as you arch your back, lifting your head and tailbone towards the ceiling (Cow Pose). Exhale as you round your back, tucking your chin to your chest and pulling your belly button toward your spine (Cat Pose).

• Benefits: Improves spinal flexibility and relieves tension in the lower back.

• Repeat: Perform 8–10 repetitions daily.

2. Glute Bridges

• How to Do It: Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Press through your heels and lift your hips towards the ceiling, squeezing your glutes at the top. Lower slowly.

• Benefits: Strengthens your glutes and lower back, providing better spinal support.

• Repeat: Perform 10–12 repetitions, 2–3 sets.

2. Supporting Pelvic Recovery

During pregnancy and childbirth, the pelvis undergoes significant changes to accommodate your growing baby and delivery. This can result in misalignment, pelvic instability, and discomfort, particularly in the hips and lower back. Addressing these issues early is essential for a healthy recovery and to prevent long-term complications.

How Chiropractic Care Helps:

• Pelvic Realignment: Chiropractic adjustments gently restore proper alignment in the pelvis, reducing pain and promoting healing.

• Stabilizing the Pelvic Floor: Treatments can improve the connection between the spine and pelvic floor muscles, enhancing their function and strength.

Exercises for Pelvic Recovery:

1. Pelvic Tilts

• How to Do It: Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Press your lower back into the floor by engaging your core and tilting your pelvis upward. Slowly release.

• Benefits: Strengthens the pelvic floor and core muscles while promoting pelvic alignment.

• Repeat: Perform 10–12 repetitions, 2–3 times daily.

2. Deep Breathing with Core Engagement

• How to Do It: Sit or lie in a comfortable position. Inhale deeply into your belly, allowing it to expand. As you exhale, gently pull your belly button toward your spine, engaging your core and pelvic floor muscles.

• Benefits: Supports pelvic floor recovery and strengthens deep core muscles.

• Repeat: Perform 5–8 breaths, 2–3 times daily.

Why Chiropractic Care is Essential for Postnatal Recovery

Combining chiropractic care with simple exercises and stretches can significantly improve your postnatal recovery. Chiropractic adjustments address the root cause of back pain and pelvic discomfort, while exercises strengthen the supporting muscles, promoting long-term healing and better overall function.

Book Your Postnatal Chiropractic Consultation

At my clinic in Ash, Surrey—conveniently located near Farnham and Guildford—I’m here to help new mothers recover and thrive after childbirth. Let’s work together to alleviate your back pain, restore pelvic alignment, and support your postnatal journey.

Take the first step to feeling stronger and healthier today. Call now to schedule your consultation or book online.

Warm regards,

Inga Burmeister, Doctor of Chiropractic

Helping new mothers in Ash, Surrey, find relief and recovery naturally.

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