Chiropractic and Fertility
Dr. Nicole Knapp
Ways Chiropractic Care Supports Female Fertility
When you’re trying to conceive, things don’t always go as planned. When months tick by with no positive pregnancy test results, it’s easy to get discouraged.
If you’re trying to get pregnant and it’s not happening right away, you’re certainly not alone. When conception doesn’t occur within the first few months, it’s easy to second guess yourself and even panic a bit. The thought of infertility can be scary; the options presented are either costly or have some more serious long-term side effects.
Thankfully, there are ways to support your fertility naturally. And chiropractic care is one of them.
Chiropractic Care To Support Female Fertility
If you’re having trouble conceiving but aren’t excited about more invasive treatments – working chiropractic care into your routine could grant some great fertility benefits.
Though chiropractic care is frequently sought out for general wellness, many do not also realize the positive role it can also play in aiding fertility.
While chiropractic care alone can’t “cure” infertility, it can be a great tool to use in your prenatal routine to support your fertility efforts.
Gentle chiropractic adjustments of the spine and extremities help alleviate pressure in your joints, decrease stress and inflammation, and allow your entire body to function optimally and potentially conceive more easily.
These are the areas that chiropractic care can provide the most significant benefit to future mothers.
Stress Reduction
Many of us are working to manage stress from everyday life, but throw in the worry and stress from trying to conceive, and it’s easy for these levels to get dangerously high- even prohibitive to conception.
Chiropractic care can directly influence the Nervous System and allow your body to better process stress and give you ease.
Increased Blood Flow
Regular chiropractic care by Knapp Chiropractics and Wellness Center can also encourage an increase in blood flow which is positive news for conception, as some women struggle with fertility because of blocked fallopian tubes.
Encouraging better blood flow can make it easier for a fertilized egg to move into the fallopian tubes— one step closer to the uterus!
Reduced Pressure On The Pelvis
When your pelvis alignment is out of whack, it can impact the vitality of your reproductive organs by placing undue stress on them. Chiropractic adjustments can correct these misalignments, relieve the pressure, and help prime your body for conception.
If you’re struggling with fertility and don’t know where to turn, give Knapp Chiropractic a try.
Chiropractic Aspect:
Most people don’t think about getting chiropractic care when they want to conceive, but actually, restoring alignment of your spine and pelvis creates healthy communication in your body. In turn, this creates a more physically and chemically peaceful state in the body – which is necessary for healthy procreation!
Chiropractic helps to:
- decrease potential physical blocks to fertility
- reduce hormonal stress/help balance hormones (as well as helping to create healthy cycles and healthy ovulation)
- prepare your body for a healthy pregnancy/birth
By reducing stress, your body is now more easily able to prioritize creating fertility hormones (vs. stress hormones), AND supports your nervous system being in a more calm state. This equals a supportive, peaceful, and welcoming environment in the womb upon baby’s arrival!
Even if you’re not quite ready to get pregnant but know you want a family one day, you can start this journey now to help improve your fertility and birth experience.
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Nervous System Testing
Fertility is closely linked to the functioning of the nervous system, which is responsible for controlling and coordinating the body’s various organs and glands. Our nervous system scans provide an inside look into how these organs and glands are working and how they are adapting to stress.
By measuring the activity of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, we can assess the body’s response to stress and identify any imbalances that may be affecting fertility.
For example, an overactive sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for the fight or flight response, can inhibit ovulation and disrupt the menstrual cycle.
By identifying these imbalances, we can develop targeted interventions to support fertility and promote overall reproductive health.
Advanced Technology
Knapp Chiropractic believes that a holistic approach to health and wellness is the key to your family’s overall health. We continue to study and offer the latest advances in chiropractic care in the office if we believe that it will benefit our patients. We don’t guess we test.
These items are some technologies that allow us to accurately measure the stressors on your nervous system. Each one helps us determine more low-lying issues that may be affecting your health. Just like a manual adjustment, each tool in our health arsenal is utilized when necessary, so you feel your best as soon as possible.
neuroTHERMAL™ Scanner
Assesses the part of your nervous system that helps control your organs, blood vessels, and glands. The neuroTHERMAL Scanner – Measures temperature differences along the spine. Temperature indicates where stress is building up and how much it affects bodily functions.
sEMG Static/Dynamic
Evaluates and precisely measures muscle activity; allowing your progress to be monitored as your spine releases tension and you regain more control throughout your alignment visits.
neuroPULSE™ HRV
Relays your body’s ability to adapt to emotional, physical, or chemical stressors by looking at the timing of your pulse; determining the balance and tension within your nervous system.