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- Pregnancy and child care increase women's vulnerability to back problems. Studies in the USA indicate that between 40% and 60% of pregnant women get back pain (Perkins, Hammer and Loubert. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. Vol 43, No.5, September/October 1998, page 334)

Men's pain is often a result of an injury; women's as part of their everyday lives, a result of long-standing conditions or activities, including domestic work and child care.

WOMEN'S HEALTH - factors which contribute towards back pain include:

Pregnancy - hormonal and other body changes
Caring for babies and young children - breast feeding, bathing, picking up
Periods
Menopause and risk of osteoporosis

(Sourced from www.backpain.org , the BackCare Charity)

Restoring pelvic balance
Doctors of Chiropractic work specifically with your pelvis throughout pregnancy restoring a state of balance and creating an environment for an easier, safer delivery.

Safer and easier deliveries
When reviewing the obstetric texts, the reported reasons for complicated and painful delivery (dystocia) are caused by pelvic imbalance and its resulting effects on your uterus and your baby's position.

Chiropractic care throughout pregnancy restores balance to your pelvic muscles and ligaments and therefore leads to safer and easier deliveries for you and your baby, with less stress for everyone involved.

The chiropractic techniques used throughout the pregnancy are selected to be specially gentle and, above all, safe.