Yes, for most pregnancies. Your chiropractor screens for conditions that change the plan, such as placenta praevia, pre-eclampsia, bleeding or a high-risk pregnancy, and adapts positioning and force accordingly. You are treated on your side or with pregnancy cushions, never face down on your bump. If anything found in your history needs input from your maternity team first, you will be told before treatment starts.

Any time you have pain. Many people book in the second trimester, when pelvic and low back pain typically begins, but there is no stage that is too early or too late. Starting earlier tends to mean fewer weeks of putting up with it, and the plan simply changes shape as you get closer to your due date.

On your side, or face up with your upper body raised. We use pregnancy cushions, wedges and pillows so your bump and hips are supported and you are not lying flat on your stomach or fully on your back for long. If any position feels uncomfortable at any point, say so and it will be changed.

Usually within the first few weeks for a vaginal birth, once heavy bleeding has settled. After a caesarean, treatment is normally kept away from the wound area until healing is well underway, commonly around six weeks, and gentle work elsewhere can often start sooner. Your chiropractor will set the timing based on your birth and your recovery.

With your consent, yes. If your assessment raises anything that belongs with your maternity team, such as symptoms outside musculoskeletal pain or a pregnancy complication in your history, your chiropractor will tell you directly and communicate with your midwife, obstetrician or GP so everyone is working from the same information. Chiropractic care runs alongside your maternity care, never in place of it.

The Webster technique is a specific chiropractic assessment and adjustment approach used during pregnancy, focused on the pelvis, sacrum and surrounding ligaments. Its aim is to improve pelvic joint movement and balance, which can become restricted as pregnancy progresses. It uses low-force positioning appropriate for pregnancy. It is a pelvic care technique, not a treatment for the baby’s position, and any concerns about your baby belong with your midwife or obstetrician.

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