Pelvic Girdle Pain
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The Truth About Pelvic Girdle Pain Pregnancy
While bringing new life into the world can be one of the most fulfilling and beautiful experiences a woman can have, the unfortunate reality is pregnancy doesn’t come without its discomforts.
Throughout pregnancy, your body continues to adapt to your growing child.
This causes the lower back, pelvis, and hips to shift, which causes discomfort in 50-70% of women.
For some, it can be an easily tolerable experience, but for the majority of women, the discomfort crosses the line into pain.
Now, it becomes nearly impossible to:
- Sleep through the night without interruption
- Be present with your friends and family
- Retain your freedom of mobility and independence
This added strain, on top of an already stressful experience for your body, can quickly result in a potentially dangerous situation for both you and your baby.
While some women may think that this is just what pregnancy feels like, the truth is there are steps you can take to alleviate the discomfort while protecting the health of your unborn child.
What We Treat
Enjoy Comfort & Long Term Results with Pelvic Girdle Pain Treatment with our Expert Pregnancy Chiropractors
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Why the Common Options for Pelvic Girdle Pain and SPD Are not the Solution
When someone experiences skeletal, muscular, or nervous system-related pain, the first course of action is to try:
Pain relief patches
Stretching or gentle exercise
OTC painkillers
Manual massage
Using heat and/or ice
Pelvic Belts
But the problem with pregnancy is that you’re not just making decisions for yourself.
You have to consider the safety of your child, too.
Repeated Physical Stress can increase the risk of further damage to your body and potentially, and make it more difficult to carry.
Repeated Mental Stress from our thoughts can lower our immune system, making it harder to support your unborn child’s development.
Repeated Chemical Stress from our medications can cause dangerous inflammation and can be toxic to your child, even after birth if you continue to breastfeed.
All that adds up to mothers feeling “stuck.”
So what is the safest and most effective way to alleviate the pain and discomfort without jeopardising the health of your baby?
We have the answer.
What We Treat
Discover Lasting Pelvic Girdle Pain Relief with Pregnancy Chiropractors Recommended Practitioners by the Pelvic Partnership
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Who Are We & How Can We Help?
We are Life Balance Chiropractic, and we are the UK’s #1 family-friendly care provider for exceptional patient excellence.
Our goal is to make your body a better place to live in.
And that includes supporting you as we work together to help ease your pain and discomforts associated with pregnancy especially pelvic girdle pain and symphysis pubis dysfunction (spd).
We offer chiropractic care & massage through our proven process carried out by expert practitioners.
This enables us to help families live a better, more fulfilling life by taking a modern and proactive approach to healing while supporting their independence through strength, mobility, and freedom from pain.
As one of the top multi-award-winning clinics for chiropractic treatment…
We ensure a high level of care when it comes to patient satisfaction and customer experience.
It is important for us to connect with our patients on a personal level.
That’s why our experienced international team does everything we can to create a pleasant and custom-tailored experience, delivering the best quality care for each unique patient need.
Every time.
What We Treat
Alleviate Your Pelvic Girdle Pain So You Can Walk, Sit, and Sleep Comfortably
Conditions
Why Does Pregnancy Cause So Much Discomfort if It’s Natural?
During pregnancy, your body creates a hormone called relaxin. This hormone relaxes ligaments and joints to prepare you for birth.
However, it can also lower your centre of gravity, compromising your spinal health and leading to spinal nerve stress
Hormones:
There are multiple reasons you may be experiencing pain or discomfort during and post-pregnancy
The 3 main causes typically associated with pregnancy pain are hormones, previous pregnancies, and pre-existing weakness or injury.
Previous Pregnancies:
Each subsequent pregnancy stretches the pelvic muscles and ligaments. Therefore, women who have had several pregnancies are more prone to pelvic misalignments.
Untreated, this can lead to increasing pain or discomfort long after giving birth, which can severely reduce your ability to stay fit and active.
Preexisting Weakness Or Injury:
Any part of the spine that has been previously traumatised, either from a previous injury or even poor posture, can impair the health of a pregnant mother.
Add on the stress and strain of the weight from the baby, and suddenly, what was once a minor ache becomes an unbearable pain.
Fortunately, Life Balance Chiropractic is versed in treating all forms of pregnancy-related pains, and we will work with you to develop a custom plan that is as unique as you are.
That’s why we recommend practitioners by the pelvic partnership.
What We Treat
Get Your Body in the Best Possible Position in Preparation for Your Little One
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Keeping You Both Safe During Pregnancy & Beyond
At Life Balance Chiropractic, we are able to safely support you and help alleviate the pain and potential complications before, during, and after you give birth.
Pregnancy:
A recent study found that 75% of women report feeling a reduction of pain during pregnancy with a chiropractic plan.
During pregnancy, a healthy spine is vital for supporting the growth of your child.
Additionally, a misaligned pelvis might reduce the space available for your developing baby’s intrauterine constraint. This constraint can lead to several potential outcomes and conditions, such as:
- Torticollis: The neck muscles shorten on one side, causing the baby’s head to tilt to one side.
- Clubfoot: whereby intrauterine constraint can lead to the feet being twisted inward or down.
- Plagiocephaly occurs when the baby’s head shape on one side flattens, creating cranial strain due to the consistent pressure on that part of the skull during development.
- Developmental Dysplasia of the hips: the hip joint is not fully formed and can cause the hips to dislocate.
- Intrauterine growth restriction: Whereby the baby isn’t growing as expected due to restricted space.
- Breech presentation: can prevent the baby from turning its head down and so present feet or bum first, which many hospitals now as a standard practice recommend c-section when it may be avoided with earlier diagnosis and care intervention.
Delivery:
A misaligned pelvis may also make it difficult for the baby to assume the right position for birth.
In some instances, this may hinder your ability to deliver naturally without surgical intervention, leading to a lengthier and more complex delivery.
Post-delivery:
The truth is that the human body doesn’t always snap back into place so easily after delivery.
And when not addressed properly, the changes in your body can amplify with age, and any additional pregnancies you may have could be increasingly dangerous.
We are here to support you as you regain your pre-pregnancy body and stay fit and active for many years to come, helping you care for your child long into the future.
While it may seem overwhelming, we are not expecting you to know everything.
But if you bring all your concerns to us, we will work with you to help determine what is best for you and your baby and create a custom solution designed specifically for you both.
Providing the best possible care for you so you can provide the best possible care for your baby.
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Help Alleviate Your Pregnancy Pain & Discover the Uk’s Leading Support for Both You & Your Baby:
Testimonials
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Testimonials
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Excellent
Based on 118 reviews
Pete
Thank you Life Balance. I have been seeing Harrison and Kayla on a regular basis now. Compared to my starting point of not being able to work, drive or even sit comfortably, with the combination of adjustments and sports massage, I am now back to work. I appreciate all your support and I am really grateful to be able to carry on working within a short period of time.
When attending an appointment there is always a warm welcome from everyone at reception and the rest of the Life Balance team.
Joanne Jenkinson
After experiencing chronic headaches/migraines I took advantage of the introductory offer in June. The team are fabulous and really care about their clients.
They are really thorough and each plan is tailored to your needs. The headaches are gone, I can’t explain how incredible that is. My posture is improving, I am less hunched and my breathing at night has improved so I don’t snore. Overall mood has improved too which has a positive effect on the whole family. I’m still receiving treatment and I can’t wait to see my progress at my next review.
ANNA WAN
I initially came across the world of chiropractic care after seeing some videos online and reading about the benefits people were experiencing, so I decided to find a practice close to me in Poole and after a quick google search I found Life Balance Chiropractic.
I initially went to Life Balance to see a chiropractor for sciatica which was affecting my driving and for pain in my hips after glandular fever. However, I had been reading about the benefits having adjustments could have on a person's mental health and coincidentally, I was also signed off work with exhaustion and as a result my mental health had taken a knock. I explained all of this to Harrison the chiropractor and he felt that positive change was possible both physically and mentally for me.
To say I was nervous would be an understatement, I grew up with a mother who told me chiropractors were dangerous and to be avoided, but Harrison was very patient and explained things before doing them.
The first adjustment appointment went well and at the second, I was asked if I had experienced any changes positive or negative. Well, my menstrual cycle had been kick started for the first time in about 7 years which was quite a shock initially, but after speaking with another chiropractor, Olivia, who explained that this was a good thing and that my body was responding well, I felt more positive.
During the second session, Harrison said he was going to do an adjustment on my neck that would "wake me up". In the days that followed, I began reading for leisure for the first time in over a decade. It had always been an activity I enjoyed, but as my mental health had became more medication dependent, I found that when I read a novel, my eyes couldn't focus on the page and the words danced around and I certainly couldn't take the words in so I moved over to audio books. The last time I had tried was just a couple of months ago and still couldn't read the way I wanted to. This has been an unexpected and joyous improvement to my life that's come from the adjustments and I can't thank Harrison enough.
Physically, I have minimal pain in both my hips now and the sciatica isn't occurring as often.
I'm only 5 sessions into 24, so with so much improvement in a short space of time, I'm excited to see what will happen at the end of the 24.
Mary South
Extremely thorough and knowledgeable. Friendly relaxing environment. Recommended
Aileen Elder
Both the Chiropractor, Harrison, and Kayla, doing the massage treatments have helped me greatly with my lower back pain and I wish I had come earlier. I would recommend them to everyone.
Marguerite Veale
I have been come since 2020 for chronic back pain, also neck and plus very bad debilitating migraines, my medication wasn’t helping and neither was seeing a physio. I could only walk very short distance. Initially I was seen weekly. But within a short period my migraines had gone I was able to stop taking the medication for that. My back neck and shoulder pain has taken longer because of arthritis , and a few set backs with falls and illnesses. I am now on a maintenance plan although I have to walk using a rollator I can walk much further. I have to stop and start, but I am able to enjoy life again. Also with aid of the pain management I am reducing my pain relief. I also very much recommend the massage the combination is so beneficial. All the staff are so helpful and friendly. My problems will never be cured but this what keeps me moving and enjoying life again. Thank you so much especially Josh for all your help and future help.
Lisa Shakespeare
I contacted Life Balance with back pain I'd never had before. I knew it wouldn't be a "quick fix" due to an old back injury, but I am already seeing results and moving more easily. The staff are all friendly and helpful. Dr Jack has been great, explaining every stage of my treatment and answering questions have.
Belinda Stuebinger
I came in with bad and constant face pain as no one else seemed to be able to help. Within only 3 weeks of getting adjustments, I have seen significant improvements to my pain and my quality of life in general. The receptionist team is easily the loveliest I have ever met and I'm always greeted with a smile when I come in. Harrison has been fantastic explaining what exactly isn't right with my spine and how we can fix it. It's been only 3 weeks and he's done an amazing job! If you're looking for a competent and friendly chiropractor with a comfortable environment, look no further!
Jamie Drennan
I have had a great experience with Life Balance , starting with my daughter who was seen from age of 5 weeks old , listened and treated with care and changed her within the first visit.
I have had back problems for years which have been managed but never resolved . I had a full assessment with xray. Full explanation with results and the best treatment to get me on my journey for pain free and more movement. Having a 4 month old baby and other children being in constant pain was exhausting . I am half way through treatment and feeling more positive and more comfortable. I never have any problem moving my appointments to fit in and around my busy life. Which Is so helpful . Thank you so far to everyone who is treating me . Lou x
Mason Bonner
Life Balance Chiropractic have a great, super friendly front of house team. Harrison was super knowledgeable, very professional and most of all, very very good at what he does. Would definitely recommend!
