3 Ways a Chiropractor Can Relieve Pregnancy Pains

If your excitement over your pregnancy cannot quite displace your concern about the aches and pains you may experience during this nine-month adventure, you can take heart in the knowledge that chiropractic treatment can help. In addition to a drug-free pain relief method, chiropractic care can boost your overall health. Here are three of the ways our treatment methods can help pregnancy pains:

1. Adjustments can help your back. Baby weight frequently means back pain, joint pain and headache symptoms as you gain weight during your pregnancy, because this weight presses down on your spine, hip joints and feet. In the final stage of pregnancy the baby’s head may drop into a position that impinges the sciatic nerve, causing pain, tingling sensations or numbness. Gentle pre-natal adjustment techniques can help relieve some of that nerve pressure without any need for drugs or more invasive methods.

2. Adjustments can reduce swelling. Edema, or swelling from fluid buildup, typically accompanies pregnancy. You may experience uncomfortable swelling in the lower extremities, and the weight gain associated with the swelling puts more strain on your back as well. Our techniques can help improve blood flow, allowing the body to rid itself of that excess fluid more efficiently.

3. Early-stage adjustments can prepare your body for a more comfortable pregnancy. Even a small pre-existing spinal imbalance can have a big effect on your comfort level later on as your body goes through its inevitable changes. If we have an opportunity to locate and correct those imbalances early on, you will experience less discomfort throughout your pregnancy.

Care for Expectant Mothers in Omaha

If you need an Omaha chiropractic care center that can provide you with skilled, careful adjustments for a more pleasant pregnancy, look no further than our clinic. Our own Dr. Eiler has a great deal of experience in treating pregnant patients. We look forward to making you feel better during this happy time.

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Heal at Our Chiropractic Health Clinic

Thousands of people are injured at work every year, and one of the focuses of our clinic is on-the-job injuries and workers compensation cases. Our chiropractors Dr. Mark Eiler, Dr. Andrea Eiler, and Dr. Justin Eiler have extensive experience treating a wide scope of work-related injuries. Our Omaha chiropractic care consists of advanced techniques to alleviate pain and discomfort while helping the body heal itself naturally. Although work injuries affect thousands of people every year, many of the injuries fall into similar categories.

Common Workers Compensation Injuries

Falls are one of the more common on-the-job injuries, and the fall can come from a higher elevation or a slip and fall on a slick surface. Falls create a traumatic impact on the body that can jar the spine and damage muscles and surrounding tissues. They can result in back pain, muscle bruising, damaged tissues, and spinal issues. Injuries from auto accidents can incur similar damage, and they are also one of the more common types of workplace injuries.

A muscle sprain, strain, and other musculoskeletal disorders are also on the common work injury list. They can occur from heavy lifting, twisting a limb, or even a movement as simple as an awkward turn while picking up a pencil or other object.

Repetitive motion at the computer keyboard or during another common task can lead to carpal tunnel syndrome, resulting in pain, tingling, weakness, and numbness in the wrist and hand areas. Poor posture from sitting at a computer all day can result in back and neck pain as well as spinal misalignments.

Our chiropractor can combine treatments to create a comprehensive plan to alleviate pain, correct damage, and expedite healing. Spinal correction may be part of the plan, and we offer advanced techniques that include Palmer Package, Toggle, Gonstead, Distraction, Thompson and PulStar. We also offer neuromuscular release, which can be effective for injury treatment.

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Your Source for Chiropractic Health Information

Welcome to our new Chiropractic Health Clinic blog! We plan on using this blog to share information on how your body is designed to work, how spinal misalignments can cause pain, and what methods a chiropractor can use to restore your health. Misalignments in the spine can result from a sudden incident, or they may lurk undetected for years. For example, an acute injury accident such as a personal injury can greatly impact your skeletal alignment, causing back pain, stiffness, weakness and other debilitating issues. On the other hand, however, even a slight congenital misalignment can worsen over time, leading to posture problems, joint deterioration and other painful conditions. We will discuss many of these situations -- and how Omaha chiropractic treatments can help.

We will also take a look at the modern tools and techniques of our profession and how they benefit our patients. Our PulStar system, for instance, uses computerized analysis to detect spinal misalignments (and can even treat some misalignments by delivering a series of short pulses to the affected area), while Tytronics employs infrared technology to point out areas of impaired nerve function. We also use distraction and other sophisticated techniques to decompress vertebrae, relieve trapped nerves and shift herniated or bulging discs back into position. We will give you a better understanding of these techniques and technologies by exploring them on this blog, so watch for those upcoming articles.

The Chiropractor is In

Our Omaha chiropractors will use our blog to examine how regular adjustment and other smart lifestyle choices can help you maintain a healthier, happier life. For example, we can help relieve pregnancy pains by performing adjustments that support proper spinal and pelvic alignment. Regular “maintenance” adjustments can play a vital role in maintaining your vitality for decades to come. Of course self care is important too, so we plan to post numerous blog articles related to best health and wellness practices for all stages of life.

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