What can be done for pregnant women?
Women go trough many changes during pregnancy and there is increased demand put on their bodies.
This is true anatomically, where the shape of the spine and ribs have to accommodate for the growing child, and where the centre of gravity shifts forward, requiring a change in posture, that may require certain muscles to work more than usual, to deal with the normal increase in weight and joints becoming more relaxed. The growing uterus will take more space in the abdomen, pushing its contents higher up in the thorax, where more room is needed and the ribs need to be mobile to allow for comfortable breathing.
This is also true physiologically; more oxygen is needed whilst the lung capacity is decreased and more blood is needed to nourish the growing child and placenta.
Osteopathy can assist the body to go through all these normal changes and free the body's resources to focus on what is most important: the pregnancy. It can help release the strain at certain joints by distributing the work load evenly throughout the body, free the ribs to make breathing easier and help with normal circulation and drainage.
Many women go through pregnancy and suffer from aches and pain in their shoulders, mid and low back, pubic symphysis (the front of the pelvis), but also constipation, difficulties with breathing, carpal tunnel syndrome, without knowing that Osteopathy can provide a lot of relief.
Women go trough many changes during pregnancy and there is increased demand put on their bodies.
This is true anatomically, where the shape of the spine and ribs have to accommodate for the growing child, and where the centre of gravity shifts forward, requiring a change in posture, that may require certain muscles to work more than usual, to deal with the normal increase in weight and joints becoming more relaxed. The growing uterus will take more space in the abdomen, pushing its contents higher up in the thorax, where more room is needed and the ribs need to be mobile to allow for comfortable breathing.
This is also true physiologically; more oxygen is needed whilst the lung capacity is decreased and more blood is needed to nourish the growing child and placenta.
Osteopathy can assist the body to go through all these normal changes and free the body's resources to focus on what is most important: the pregnancy. It can help release the strain at certain joints by distributing the work load evenly throughout the body, free the ribs to make breathing easier and help with normal circulation and drainage.
Many women go through pregnancy and suffer from aches and pain in their shoulders, mid and low back, pubic symphysis (the front of the pelvis), but also constipation, difficulties with breathing, carpal tunnel syndrome, without knowing that Osteopathy can provide a lot of relief.