Acupuncture For Pregnancy
Acupuncture & Pregnancy Uses:
One of the oldest applications or acupuncture is to effectively control and ease pain. Acupuncture improves circulation, thus reducing swelling and inflamation in the area of discomfort.
Acupuncture is safe, gentle, and efficient at treating:
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Headaches
- Leg Cramps
- Lower Back Pain
- Neck Pain
- Pubic Symphysis Pain
- Rib Pain
- Sciatica Pain
- Pain From Swelling
- Upper Back Pain
- Varicose Vein Pain
Inducing Labour
Acupuncture is a safe, non-evasive and drug free method to induce labour. Most women experience contractions during, or within 48 hours after treatment.
Pregnancy:
First Trimester:
Acupuncture can provide relief for the most common complaints in early pregnancy such as nasusea, vomiting, headaches, exhaustion, and threatened or recurrent miscarriage.
Second Trimester:
Women begin to experience a lot of changes in their body due to the growth of the baby. Acupuncture treatments can reduce or correct musculoskeletal pain, let cramps, heartburn, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, anxiety and depression.
Third Trimester:
Acupuncture helps ease back pain, sciatica, swelling, constipation, heartburn and insomnia. Acupuncture treatments can also gently prepare the body for labour.
Breech Presentation
Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to turn breeched babies, with a very high success rate.
