Chiropractor for Pregnancy in Bismarck, ND
Looking for a place where you can be supported in the healthcare you want during your pregnancy? Sometimes we feel lost and confused about what is best during pregnancy. We get advice from our sisters, parents, friends, doctors, google, and everywhere in between. Sometimes we need a translator. Our office aims to help you find what works best for YOU! Parenting isn’t easy. You shouldn’t have to do it alone.
Dr. Alex is one of very few in the state to have earned full certification in pregnancy and pediatrics. He proudly completed his CACCP through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. This specialized training highlights our commitment to being the best in our field, which means the best care for your kids. He is also one of our ALPP Certified Lactation Counselors on staff meaning you will always have the most well-rounded care for your parenting journey.
Whitney is our lead internatially board certified lactation counselor (IBCLC) that will be your hype girl for you through pregnancy and into life as a new parent. She is also ALPP Certified.
We know the joys, fears, anxiety, and unknowns that you are having during pregnancy and we will be with you to help the entire way!
Chiropractic for Pregnancy
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Chiropractic for back pain during pregnancy
Did someone tell you it’s normal to hurt everywhere during pregnancy? It’s not! Chiropractic care during pregnancy offers a natural and safe approach to helping minimize back pain during pregnancy. As your body changes with your growing baby, many moms feel back or hip pain. Regular chiropractic care can help realign the spine, pelvis, and hips, which reduces tension and promotes proper posture for pregnant moms. By focusing on gentle techniques tailored for pregnancy, chiropractors can provide effective pain relief and improve overall comfort. Try for yourself to see all the benefits of chiropractic care for pregnancy!
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Chiropractic for sciatica during pregnancy
Sciatic pain during pregnancy can be caused by all the shifting and changes your body is going through while growing your new baby. Chiropractic care can provide natural relief from sciatic pain by relieving pressure from a twisted or misaligned pelvis placing pressure on your sciatic nerve. When normal pelvic alignment is restored, many expecting mothers experience relief from sciatic pain during pregnancy. By addressing nerve compression and promoting proper alignment, chiropractors who specialize in pregnancy like us can provide relief. Try for yourself to see some of the many benefits of chiropractic care for pregnancy!
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Chiropractic for sleep during pregnancy
Tired of being tired? Feel like you can’t make it through another night of restless sleep? Chiropractic during pregnancy might be able to help! As new moms experience the physical changes of pregnancy, sleep can be difficult. Chiropractic care can help reduce muscle imbalances, reduce pain, and enhance relaxation, which can lead to better sleep! Chiropractic care during pregnancy can also calm your nervous system, which can reduce stress and trigger better sleep patterns. So not only can you feel better with regular chiropractic care causing you to sleep better, but your brain will be wired to sleep! Try for yourself to see if chiropractic care during your pregnancy is a good fit!
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Chiropractic for reflux during pregnancy
Is heartburn driving you crazy? Chiropractic care during pregnancy can offer a natural and gentle approach to managing your reflux during pregnancy. As an expecting mom, you are experiencing hormonal changes and pressure on your digestive tract from a growing baby. Chiropractic adjustments can help improve spinal alignment, pelvic health, and reduce nerve interference which can lead to less reflux. With specialized techniques tailored for pregnant moms with reflux, chiropractors can provide safe and effective care to minimize reflux symptoms during pregnancy. Try for yourself to see if seeing a chiropractor during your pregnancy can help!
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Chiropractic for breech babies
Chiropractors for pregnancy have been encouraging babies to turn head-down for decades. While it’s important to understand chiropractors are not physically turning your baby, we are able to create an optimal pelvic environment where the baby is more likely to get into the right position. Since breech babies require a c-section to be delivered, it is most expecting mothers wish to avoid it. Babies who are breech are also more likely to have health concerns like hip dysplasia, torticollis, or flat heads. C-section deliveries also carry a great risk of many health concerns for both mom and baby. This is why seeing a specially trained chiropractor during pregnancy can be vital. Watch Dr. Alex’s webinar on this topic to learn more!
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Webster technique during pregnancy
The Webster technique is a specific way specially trained chiropractors evaluate and adjust your pelvis. It is used during pregnancy to help create an optimal environment for your baby. When your pelvis is aligned properly, your baby is much more likely to engage head down in your pelvis in the correct position, and they are more likely to come out easier. This can help labor and delivery go smoother, faster, and less painful. Receiving regular chiropractic care during pregnancy including the Webster Technique can help give you the labor you have dreamed of!
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Chiropractic for an easier labor
Chiropractic care for pregnancy can help facilitate an easier labor experience for expecting moms. By focusing on spinal alignment and pelvic positioning, chiropractic care can optimize the body’s biomechanics during pregnancy and enhance your nervous system’s function, which may lead to a more efficient labor process. Chiropractors that are specially trained in pregnancy utilize techniques to relieve tension, reduce pain, and promote relaxation. This can help to create the ideal environment for childbirth. Watch Dr. Alex’s webinar on this topic to learn more!
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Chiropractic for carpal tunnel during pregnancy
Are you waking up at night with numb hands? Struggling because they are cramping and hard to use? This happens a lot during pregnancy, and chiropractic may be able to help! As hormonal changes and fluid retention can lead to increased pressure on your nerves, it is common to see numbness like this. Regular chiropractic care can help to reduce nerve compression, improve circulation, and relieve tension in the surrounding muscles and joints. By using gentle techniques specifically designed for pregnant women, chiropractors can support your body’s natural alignment and enhance your overall comfort. Experience fully functioning hands and a good night sleep for yourself by trying chiropractic during your pregnancy!
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Is chiropractic safe during pregnancy?
Yes! Chiropractors like us who are certified in pregnancy use techniques that are specifically tailored to the needs of expecting moms. We have many different adjusting techniques that allow us to find exactly what you and your nervous system prefer, ensuring your comfort and safety throughout your entire pregnancy. This is why it is very important to see a chiropractor that specializes in prenatal care and sees pregnant moms every day. We understand the unique needs and considerations you have during pregnancy and can provide the safest and most effective care for both you and your baby.
A cornerstone of our prenatal care is the Webster Technique, a specialized and gentle chiropractic analysis and adjustment specifically for pregnant women. All of our chiropractors are certified in this technique through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA), ensuring the highest standard of care.
The primary goal of the Webster Technique is to reduce nervous system stress and restore proper function in your pelvis. During pregnancy, your body undergoes incredible changes, and maintaining balance in the pelvic bones, muscles, and ligaments is key to your comfort and your baby's development.
This technique is gentle and focuses on optimizing pelvic function. By ensuring the pelvis is properly aligned, we can help decrease intrauterine constraint, which may allow for a more optimal position for your baby's delivery. Many of our patients and other mothers have found that this contributes to a safer, easier, and more comfortable birth experience.
If you are looking for a chiropractor in Bismarck certified in the Webster Technique, we are here to answer your questions and support you on your pregnancy journey.
The Webster Technique for an Optimal Pregnancy
Every aspect of the care we provide is centered on your nervous system and fostering what’s called neuroplasticity. While "neuroplasticity" might sound complex, it simply refers to making sure that your body's most crucial system can rest, relax, heal, grow, and adapt!
These five elements are vital for everyone, from infants who need more sleep than wakefulness, to children and parents who require all the rest, recharging, and resilience they can get in today's hectic world.
Our unique 7-Step Clinical Process begins with our doctors taking the time to genuinely listen to your concerns, collaborate with you to set care goals, and utilize the latest technology to precisely assess where the nervous system is stressed, stuck (subluxated), exhausted, and not functioning optimally.
If this sounds straightforward and almost too good to be true, it's because it is. We will explain and educate you at every step, making the journey to healing, restoration, and full health and happiness for your family clear and uncomplicated.
Our 7-step process
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Scheduling your First Visit
STEP ONE is scheduling a Consultation with one of our incredible doctors. You can text us, email us, or call us. We are normal people on the other end of a normal iPhone. Right away you’ll notice a big difference from traditional offices, as we dive deep into your pregnancy unlike any other professional out there, really listening and taking the time to find the root causes of your concerns, even during the first phone call.
Many moms report that already after this first step in our clinical process they feel excited and confident about care, because it’s the first time they’ve actually felt heard and found answers as to why they are struggling in the first place.
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Insight Scans
STEP TWO is during the first visit to our office. We dive into the function of your central nervous system, using an incredible set of technology called INSiGHT Scans. They consist of three individual scans that will find, measure, and quantify how much stress and tension may be stuck in your nervous system.
Three of the main things these scans are looking for are subluxation, dysautonomia, and vagus nerve dysfunction – which are all just terms that mean a stressed out, worn out, and dysfunctional nervous system.
After these scans and exam are performed, most moms are ready to be adjusted for the first time in our office. This first visit usually takes around 60-90 minutes.
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Care Plan - behind the scenes
STEP THREE is figuring out an exact, customized Care Plan that fits your exact needs. We do this behind the scenes as a team to make sure everyone in our clinic is on your side. This is one of the reasons our clinical care really is in a league of its own.
This Maximized Care Planning System blends together your unique pregnancy history findings (traumas, toxins, illnesses, etc.) along with our neurological exam and INSiGHT Scan findings, to then be able to tell us exactly what frequency of adjustments and duration of care we will recommend. Everything is fully personalized and customized to you, no “one size fits all” or “cookie cutter” approach here!
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Report Of Findings - your second visit
STEP FOUR is sitting down with your doctor at what we call your Report of Findings visit. During this visit, we go over your INSiGHT Scan and exam findings, your personalized care plan, and answer every single one of your questions and concerns. This is such an exciting visit for moms, as they finally have a clear action plan to get their health + healing back on track to have the best pregnancy possible!
This visit usually is shorter than your first visit, around 30-45 minutes, and includes your second adjustment. -
Starting your Care Plan
STEP FIVE is getting started with your plan of care. During each visit, we will be delivering adjustments using the Webster Technique. These are safe, gentle, pregnancy-specific, and get right to work on relieving tension and stress from your nervous system! While many moms may initially get nervous about starting something new like chiropractic care during pregnancy, you will immediately be put at ease when you see how gentle and easy things are with neurologically-focused chiropractic care. Get ready for lots of laughs, relaxation, better sleep, and some serious healing!
Each of these visits is around 15 minutes long.
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Re-Exams
STEP SIX is checking back in for a deeper visit into progress. This happens roughly every 12 visits to our office. We will perform the INSiGHT scans, exam, and any other tests that we did in the beginning. We will dig into any new concerns and answer all your questions. This will help us adjust our targets and make sure we are making progress towards your goals.
Each of these visits is around 30 minutes long.
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Wellness Care
STEP SEVEN is when you are finished! This is typically after you have delivered your baby and are healing well from your delivery. Life is pretty good now, but wouldn't you want to preserve that? The next stage of care in our office is called wellness care. That is where the magic of chiropractic really shines. Over 90% of our moms choose to keep seeing us consistently after their initial care plan is done. This helps you through all the "normal" stresses of life and keeps your nervous system constantly moving towards better health. We are always here for emotional support and parenting help as well. This stage lasts as long as you want it to!
FAQ: What’s it like for pregnancy?
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Chiropractic care before and during pregnancy can help your body prepare for the journey of parenthood. It will help prepare your body for labor and delivery by making sure your pelvis is positioned optimally allowing your baby the best chance at positioning themselves properly and coming out easily. Over 98% of deliveries from patients in our office end up vaginal (compared to only about 60% nationally) and all our moms tell us their birthing experience was made better by the chiropractic care and support they were given in our office. This means less discomfort, shorter labors, less interventions, and more happy babies. Seeing a chiropractor for pregnancy is one of the best decisions you can make!
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The Webster technique is the “gold standard” of chiropractic care during pregnancy. That means the best chiropractor for pregnancy uses this technique. It will ensure your pelvis is in the optimal position and will help facilitate a healthy pregnancy and delivery. Make sure you are seeing a chiropractor that has devoted their careers to this stage of your life. This will make sure you are getting the best tailored care for your pregnancy and will help both you and your baby live happy and healthy!
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Yes! Chiropractic care for pregnant moms can be done comfortably with pillows that support you, even when you’re unable to lay on your belly. These adjustments are every gentle. They don’t involve any added twisting or stress on the pelvis. It has been shown to be extremely safe and effective prenatal care. Seeing a chiropractor for pregnancy is one of the best decisions you can make!
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Seeing a chiropractor for pregnancy even before you are pregnant is the best time! The sooner you start to prepare your body the easier it will be. We are here to support you physically but also emotionally during all of these stages. We are here to answer questions and offer guidance during these new and exciting times.
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The postpartum period can come with A LOT of hormones, body changes, stress, anxiety, and emotions. Along with taking care of a new baby, you need to take care of yourself too! Adjustments during the postpartum period will help your nervous system adapt to the transition it’s going through. The quality of your experience postpartum can set the tone for many years to come!
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