INDUSTRY INSIGHT
CHIROPRACTICS
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MOMS:
WE GOT YOUR BACK!
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uper-hero, multi-tasker, chef, circus-wrangler, the calm in the
chaos. You manage the laundry, the cleaning, the grocery
shopping, the playdates and after school activities, feeding
well balanced meals to your ever-hungry family, attempting to
keep two socks on your toddler, keeping up with friends, dating your
spouse/partner, juggling work outside the home, and finding some
small amount of time to shower and make yourself look presentable
to the world. You wear many hats, dear mom, and our hat goes off to
you!
You’re going about your normal daily routine and it happens: you
bend the wrong way or pick up something too quick and there is an
immediate sharp pain in your back that takes your breath away. You
pause, if only for an instant, to see if you can stand up and you can,
but only very slowly. You take a few slow steps to get to the medicine
cabinet where your go-to pain reliever can be found. Take a few, wait
for them to kick in, and slowly continue with the absolutely necessary
parts of your day because momma doesn’t get injury time. What if I
told you, though, that this injury was a long time coming, and more
importantly, that it could have been prevented?
To understand how and when this injury started, we have to re-visit
your pregnancy. Everyone knows that a woman’s body changes, its
visible in “the bump”. Look beyond the bump and the extra weight
gain though, and you’ll learn that a woman’s spine, biomechanics,
and the way we move is greatly impacted by pregnancy. As our
belly gets bigger, our lumbar spine and pelvis shifts forward, a term
called hyperlordosis. During hyperlordosis, the joints in our back that
should glide take on more force and jam together. This is called Facet
Syndrome and a very common reason of low back pain especially in
the third trimester of pregnancy. As the hyperlordosis progresses, our
bodies will make other skeletal changes to the neck and upper back
in an attempt to keep our head over our pelvis and our eyes looking
out in front of us toward the horizon. These compensatory skeletal
changes are a leading cause of pain between the shoulder blades and
headaches.
But doesn’t our spine revert back to normal, like our midsection
does, after the baby is delivered? It would if our lives completely
returned to normal. Instead we do further injury to our spines over
the next several years by carrying our sweet children. Whether we
“baby wear” or hold our toddlers on one hip, we apply more force
to our spines by carrying around our baby’s weight. Now, if we
have more than one child in our life, we continually re-injure our
spine. If left untreated these injuries will lead to premature spinal
This Industry Insight was written by Dr. Kristina Skraitz Rossin.
Dr. Kristina Skraitz Rossin is a 2014 Palmer College of Chiropractic graduate. She has
extensive post-doctoral work in the area of Chiropractic for Pediatrics and Women. Dr.
Rossin practices alongside her father, Dr. Timothy Skraitz, at Skraitz Chiropractic on Rt 19
in Canonsburg. She is a Peters Township graduate and resides in the community with her
husband and daughter. For more information please visit. www.skraitzchiropractic.com.
degeneration and can result in more painful, chronic conditions like
herniated discs, spinal arthritis, and spinal stenosis.
Without proper post-baby rehabilitation, injuries like the one
described in the beginning of this article, are inevitable. What’s worse,
is that your spine is a ticking time-bomb, even if you never had one
episode of pain throughout pregnancy. Chiropractic care throughout
pregnancy can help minimize the extent and progression of the
facet syndrome described. As you enter the post-partum phase,
chiropractic care, along with core stability training, is essential to
rehabilitate and stabilize the spine and muscles to prevent injuries
and minimize early spinal degeneration associated with the altered
biomechanics of pregnancy and motherhood.
Moms, please take the necessary time to focus on your overall
health including your spinal health, to ensure that you can be fully
present for your family’s busy and wonderfully chaotic life. When you
are ready to begin your road to spinal health, our doctors at Skraitz
Chiropractic will be here to help.
RESTORING HEALTH NATURALLY
WITH OVER 30 YEARS COMBINED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
We specialize in the treatment of:
• Headaches/Backaches
• Sports Injuries
• Pregnancy and Postnatal related
conditions
• Infant and Pediatric
conditions including
Torticollis, Colic,
and Acid Reflux
• Advanced Brain Based
Concussion Treatment
• Whiplash injuries
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