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Webster Technique

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What Is Webster Technique?
 

The late Larry Webster, D.C., Founder of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association(ICPA), developed a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment which enables chiropractors to establish balance in the pregnant woman’s pelvis and reduce undue stress to her uterus and supporting ligaments.

This balanced state in the pelvis has been clinically shown to allow for optimal fetal positioning. The technique is known as the Webster Technique.

 

 

Pregnancy And Your Spine

 

During pregnancy, there are several physiological and endocrinological changes that occur in preparation for creating the environment for the developing baby.

 

The following changes can result in a misaligned spine:

 

  • Protruding abdomen and increased back curve

  • Ligament laxity due to the release of the hormone Relaxin

  • Pelvic changes

  • Postural adaptation

 

 

What are the benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy?
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Chiropractic care during pregnancy can provide benefits for women who are pregnant.

Potential benefits of chiropractic care during pregnancy include:

  • Maintaining a healthier pregnancy

  • Controlling symptoms of nausea

  • Reducing the time of labor and delivery

  • Relieving back, neck or joint pain

  • Preventing a potential cesarean delivery

 

Webster Technique and Breech Deliveries

 

It is considered normal by some for a baby to present breech until the third trimester. Most birth practitioners are not concerned with breech presentations until a patient is 37 weeks along. Approximately 4% of all pregnancies result in a breech presentation.

The Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics reported in the July/August 2002 issue an 82% success rate of babies turning vertex when doctors of chiropractic used the Webster Technique.

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