Family Forum / Pregnancy / Pregnancy / December 2005

I also had this but I never saw a chiropractor, sorry!  I did find that
using an exercise ball to sit on and bounce on helped pop things back in to
place temporarily.

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-Lisa
Mom to Annabelle 9/28/05
Aaron & Nicholas 7/25/04
Mariam, born sleeping 9/10/03
http://www.memoriesofmariam.com

Jennifer, I am a DC in practice 25 years. I see this all the time.
Myself and our team of PTs can usually help. Also, our State
Chiropractic Society has a referral system. Email me privately, as I do
not want to post my URL on the newsgroup.

I had the problem by my third pregnancy, and my midwife sent me to a
chiropractor with a specialty in treating pregnant women for this kind
of problem - he had a great reputation, and the midwife swore tons of
her patients had been helped by the guy. I'd never been to a
chiropractor before, but I was in a lot of pain so I figured, what the
heck. He spent a lot of time with me, poked and prodded, gave me a shoe
insert for one heel, and did only lord knows what to my lower back and
hips. My rear end was bruised and sore for days. Whatever he did made
it much worse, not better, and that was that. I refused to go back
there.

The real cure for the problem is having the baby and tincture of time,
so your ligaments tighten up again.

My personal take on chiropracty is that its like a religious thing. You
either believe in it or not, and I'm in the NOT camp. I have a
biological science degree, and have always had a real interest in all
things medical so I'm relatively well informed and know the
terminology, and I could certainly tell he was spinning me scientific
hooey while I was in his office. I have no doubt that some people are
helped by it, but I wonder how much of that is because they believe it
will help them - same reason that lots of alternative treatments work.
The power of belief.

M.

Hi there,

I haven't been to a chiropractor yet, but I'm having the same sort of
pain you describe.  At my last midwife appointment, she suggested 4
things:
1) If you find something that exaggerates the pain, try to avoid it (I
sit in one position and then the pain is worse when I stand up)
2) She said pelvic tilts may help.
3) Massage (haven't tried it yet, but I'm not sure if it would
generally work since when I push where the pain is I can't touch it
still)
4) Chiropractor (she said she had the same pain and was going to the
chiropractor every 3 weeks when she was pregnant).

I may have to try the birth/yoga ball and see if that helps too.

Cristi  :]