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Postpartum Recovery and Chiropractic Care: Healing, Balance, and Support After Birth
The Fourth Trimester
The postpartum period is a time of healing and adjustment. Many mums experience back pain, pelvic instability, headaches, or postural strain from feeding and caring for their newborns. At Nomad Chiropractic Mosman, we provide gentle postpartum chiropractic care to restore balance, support recovery, and ease the transition into motherhoodâhelping you feel stronger and more aligned.
Third Trimester Pregnancy and Chiropractic Care: Preparing for Birth With Balance
The Third Trimester
The third trimester brings excitementâbut also pelvic pressure, sciatica, pubic symphysis pain, and sleep struggles. At Nomad Chiropractic Mosman, we provide gentle, Webster-certified pregnancy care to balance your pelvis, ease pain, and support babyâs positioning. Discover how chiropractic care can help you prepare for birth with greater comfort and confidence.
Second Trimester Pregnancy and Chiropractic Care: Finding Balance as Your Body Grows
The Second Trimester
The second trimester is often called the âhoneymoonâ stage of pregnancy, but new changes can bring back pain, pelvic pressure, round ligament pain, and sciatica. At Nomad Chiropractic in Mosman, we support mums-to-be with safe, gentle care tailored to this stage of growthâhelping your body stay balanced, comfortable, and ready for the months ahead.
First Trimester Pregnancy and Chiropractic Care: Supporting You From the Very Beginning
The First Trimester
The first trimester brings incredible changesâbut also nausea, fatigue, headaches, and early back or pelvic pain. At Nomad Chiropractic in Mosman, we support mums-to-be from day one with safe, gentle chiropractic care. Discover how pregnancy-specific techniques can ease discomfort, balance your body, and help you thrive in your first trimester.
Creating an Empowered Birth Team â Where Chiropractic Fits In
6 Part Series #6
Building Your Birth Team: Why Chiropractic Belongs in Pregnancy Care
The best birth outcomes happen when you're surrounded by a team who supports you physically, emotionally, and holistically. Discover how chiropractic fits into your birth teamâhelping to balance the pelvis, regulate the nervous system, and prepare you for labour and recovery.
The Emotional Load of Motherhood â Supporting Mental Health Through Chiropractic
6 Part Series #5
How Chiropractic Helps Manage the Emotional Load of Motherhood
Motherhood brings joyâbut it also brings stress, pressure, and emotional exhaustion. The mental load is real, and your nervous system feels it. Discover how chiropractic care can help regulate your stress response, support emotional resilience, and bring calm back to your body and brain.
The Fourth Trimester â Postpartum Healing & the Nervous System
6 Part Series #3
The Fourth Trimester â Postpartum Healing & the Nervous System
The fourth trimester is a time of deep healing and adjustmentâfor both your body and your nervous system. Learn how chiropractic care supports postpartum recovery, emotional regulation, and realignment after birth, so you can move, feed, and parent with more ease.
The Webster Technique â More Than Just Turning Babies
6 Part Series #2
The Webster Technique: Balancing the Pelvis for a Better Birth
The Webster Technique isnât about âturning babiesââitâs about balancing your pelvis to support a smoother pregnancy and birth. This gentle, pregnancy-specific chiropractic method helps reduce ligament tension, support optimal fetal positioning, and prepare your body for labourâsafely and naturally.
Why Chiropractic in Pregnancy Isnât Just âNiceâ â Itâs Necessary
6 Part Series #1
Why Chiropractic in Pregnancy Isnât Just âNiceâ â Itâs Necessary
Pregnancy isnât just a physical transformationâitâs a neurological one too. Chiropractic care helps your body adapt by supporting pelvic balance, spinal alignment, and nervous system regulation. Discover how gentle, safe adjustments during pregnancy can ease discomfort, improve birth outcomes, and empower you to feel strong, calm, and supported from the inside out.
The Breakthrough Research All Women Need to Know About
Chiropractic care may actually enhance your chances of having a natural, complication free childbirth. This is better for both mother and baby.
Click to read the researchâŠ
Headaches and your Pregnancy
*If you are experiencing severe headaches, call your pregnancy professional: midwife/obstetrician/health care GP immediately.
- Types of headaches - why are you getting them?
- Home care / Lifestyle suggestions
- How chiropractic might be able to help youâŠ
Webster Technique
âThe Webster Technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and adjustment that reduces nervous system stress, balances pelvic bones, muscles and ligaments; and optimises the motherâa pelvic function in pregnancy and birthâ ICPA.
Pregnancy Adjustment Demo
Ever wondered what a chiropractic adjustment might look like for pregnancy?
Join Chiro Karli on double time as she does a demonstration with the fabulous Phoebe Jobson of Nutmeg Naturopathy!
How to guide - getting on and off the chiro pregnancy pillow!
Oh we LOVE our Pregnancy Belly Pillows for Chiropractic Adjustments here at Nomad Chiropractic in Mosman đ€
Hereâs your HOW TO GUIDE for GETTING ON/OFF these pillows⊠Have a watch!
How to lie down when you're pregnant!
Having a bit of difficulty getting onto the chiropractic table? (This can be applied to getting in and out of bed as well) Join Chiropractor Karli Plowright from Mosman chiropractic clinic Nomad Chiropractic as she takes you through some simple steps that will make your life a whole heap easier! THE GOAL: to avoid over using your core abdominal muscles! THE METHOD: do the process sideways!
Birth Time - the documentary
Click for a link to Birth Time: the documentary.
This documentary delves into the private lives of several families embarking on what should be the most incredible, exciting and empowering experience of their lives; and includes interviews with professionals such as obstetricians, midwives, doulas as they shine a light on a system that is âbrokenâ.
A beautiful reminder of how birth should be. This is a documentary not to be missed.
Birth (Antenatal) Courses
Click for a list of a few of the locally run antenatal courses.
Youâre embarking on a very exciting time but it can also be overwhelming. By joining antenatal classes you will gain the support, care, and up to date information on âwhat to expectâ that you need.
Why should you see a chiropractor during your pregnancy?
Nomad Chiropractic is the chiropractor near you in Mosman NSW. Owned and run by Lucy Bartlett, alongside Chiropractor Karli Plowright. We have a pregnancy and paediatric focus with a goal of supporting you and your family through this exciting time. From pregnancy, birth and beyond, your Mosman Chiropractic clinic is here for you.
PREGNANCY EXERCISES
Nomad Chiropractic is based in Mosman NSW and has a pregnancy and paediatric focus. Our goal is to help you have the most enjoyable, pain free and well aligned pregnancy possible.
Helping you through pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Breastfeeding Difficulty
The benefits of breastfeeding are many. They include: nutritional, immunological, cognitive, decreased morbidity and mortality, analgesic effects, decreased costs (products, healthcare), decreased risk of allergy, and improved jaw development and dentition(1)âŠ. so what happens if you have difficulty? Youâre not alone⊠click to read on