Breastfeeding Support in Port St Lucie
Breastfeeding is one of the most natural processes on earth, providing complete nourishment and immune protection for your baby’s development. However, many new moms struggle with breastfeeding issues like improper latch, low milk supply, mastitis, and more.
How Chiropractic Helps Breastfeeding Moms
The birthing process, even one that is uncomplicated and unmedicated, can cause misalignments in the spine and pelvis that inhibit your body’s ability to produce breast milk and heal properly. Our holistic care helps in several ways:
- Aligns the pelvis to minimize uterine ligament strain and promote more efficient healing
- Reduces nerve interference that can disrupt hormone production and milk supply
- Relieves muscle tension, neck/back pain, and other discomforts of nursing
- Improves your body’s ability to adapt to physical and hormonal postpartum changes
Whether you had a vaginal birth or C-section delivery, breastfeeding difficulty often stems from biomechanical issues in the spine. Precise chiropractic adjustments remove nerve interference and reduce tension, allowing optimal hormone balance, pain relief, and improved neuro-biomechanical function.
Promoting Successful Latch & Feed Behaviors
Up to 59% of breastfeeding issues originate from the baby’s inability to latch, suck, and feed properly. This complex process requires coordination of 22 skull bones, 60 different muscles, 34 joints, six cranial nerves, and a variety of different systems — more than your newborn can manage if misalignments occur during birth—and they don’t even know how to hold their head up yet!
If baby isn’t latching properly, the breast doesn’t receive the stimulation that tells it to produce an adequate milk supply for your baby to thrive.
Through gentle pediatric chiropractic adjusting techniques that address the spine and bones of the skull (including the palate), we release restrictions and ease nerve interference. This can help babies nurse more efficiently by:
- Opening their mouths widely to latch effectively
- Coordinating the suck/swallow/breathing cycle
- Reducing tongue/lip tie restrictions limiting the ability to suckle
- Easing digestive issues like reflux, colic, and discomfort
With improved biomechanics, your baby can successfully feed and receive all the nourishment breast milk provides for healthy growth and immune development.
If Mom is stressed, the necessary hormones for milk production, like prolactin and others, may not be released into her system. If her nervous system is having difficulties adapting to all the changes occurring in her body, Mom may get stuck, preventing her brain from processing the breastfeeding stimulus.
When we apply the right force in the right place at the right time, her brain can accept that input, make the necessary changes, and release the hormones needed for an adequate milk supply.
Safety Is Our Top Priority
Our chiropractors have extensive training in the Webster Technique for prenatal/postnatal care and baby-specific techniques to provide safe, gentle adjustments. We often use the Activator® adjusting instrument and sustained-contact methods that require no popping, twisting, or force. Care is tailored to each patient’s unique needs.
What to Expect at Your First Visit
Your first appointment will involve a thorough consultation about your health history, birth experience, and breastfeeding concerns. We’ll perform detailed assessments, including neurological scans, thermal imaging, and more, to pinpoint areas of dysfunction or interference. Our gentle chiropractic care begins when appropriate for you and your baby.
We recognize the physical and emotional demands of this special time. Our practice provides a calm, supportive environment, including private spaces for nursing. Allow at least 60 minutes for your initial comprehensive exam, which allows the doctors to create a care plan tailored to the individual needs of you and your child.
Breastfeeding: The Gift of Optimal Health
Breastfeeding provides ideal nutrition and supports a strong immune system to support your baby’s development. Yet, the process doesn’t always come naturally. Let Awaken Chiropractic Center help you overcome breastfeeding challenges with our targeted chiropractic care. We’ll restore proper function so you can confidently nourish your baby.
Schedule your consultation today and start your breastfeeding journey on the right path!
