Services - Chiropractic and cranial
Pregnancy care
At Luck’s Yard Clinic, we have a team of experienced therapists who have a special interest in fertility and pre-natal care. Pregnancy and birth is a special time and should be honored and respected. We feel that every woman have the right to feel good and in balance during pregnancy and will endeavour to help them achieve this.
Emphasis is also on the alignment of the growing baby and the preparation for labour and birth, emotionally and physically.
Our aim is to create an opportunity for women and families to get appropriate care in a warm and welcoming environment.
Appointments are made individually with the therapist of your choice. Our services include:
- Chiropractic during pregnancy >>
- Reflexology/Aromatherapy
- Hypnobirthing and journey work
Chiropractic during pregnancy
We take special care of pregnant women and endeavour to help you with an individually tailored care plan to make the best progress for you! We also run regular in house training for the therapists to ensure we are up to date to deliver care, which is helpful for your individual condition and stage of pregnancy.
We offer gentle Chiropractic alignment treatment, mobilisation, soft tissue work and cranio-sacral therapy techniques. We have an in-house rehabilitation therapist to teach core stability techniques adapted for you.
The chiropractic treatment is tailored for every stage of the pregnancy and the emphasis is on maternal comfort and foetal alignment. We have even cared for women during labour and delivery, so there is no time restriction for how late you can receive care. We do however, recommend you to see us as early on in pregnancy as you can where we can help you get into alignment and comfort as soon as possible.
Our aim is to achieve:
- Good postural, spinal and pelvic alignment
- Muscle balance and relaxation
- Optimal Foetal alignment
- Awareness of postures and exercises for birth preparation
- Confidence and comfort
We work as a team at Luck's Yard and therefore may suggest that you could benefit from another therapy that we offer here to help to prepare for the birth, such as hypnobirthing or reflexology.
Backand pelvic pain in pregnancy (PGP & SPD)
Even though nine months is a relatively short period in a woman's life, it can be hugely influential on her body now and afterwards. Research have found that at least 50% of women experience some kind of back pain during pregnancy and 20 % may suffer from pelvic girdle pains, which in approximately 2% of women can be very disabling.
Some women feel the normal strain as their bodies adapt and accommodate to the growing baby. This can manifest itself in back pain, mid back and rib pain and headaches or carpal tunnel syndrome, to mention a few. Being pregnant also means that you are restricted in what pain relief you can choose, and Chiropractic offers a safe and gentle solution for these symptoms.
Other women will find their bodies becoming less supportive and even unstable, especially in the lower back, pelvic region and the symphysis pubis joints. This condition is now more widely recognised and diagnosed, but many women still find they are left without helpful advice, support or treatment.
The manager of Luck’s Yard Clinic is, a Chiropractor with many years' interest and research into pregnancy related pelvic girdle instability (PGP) and Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD), Over the 13 years that she have researched and lectured in this area, she has found the general awareness increasing, but a wider knowledge of this diagnosis is still needed. Many women lack a proper diagnosis and support.
Some women are literally locked into their house, as they are unable to walk upstairs or outside. Many are unable to look after their homes and children. Hovering and shopping is very difficult. Symptoms may include pain, stiffness, swelling or clicking in the posterior Sacroiliac joints, SP joint (at the front) or a combination of all of the above.
Needless to say, this can really affect the confidence and emotional well being during a time where hormones are already flowing wildly and your life is about to change dramatically. It is also a strain for most relationships.
Help and advice it at hand!
Please feel free to contact us should you have any queries regarding our therapies and care at the clinic. We would be delighted to of help to you and your baby!
For further reading on Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP), and how to find a support group see:
Tone Tellefsen Hughes’ Pdf on a case study of PGP (2006)
The Pelvic Partnership website
For an interesting testimonial from a patient who suffered from SPD, click here >>
Tone Tellefsen Hughes is also a member of a pregnancy network group called "ACCORD" where the aim is to support and empower women in their pregnancy and after.