One day it all became very clear, not long before I had walked out of the university with my chiropractic degree in hand, happy and eager to get to work, that it occurred to me whilst adjusting a 52 year old women with arthritis and low back pain, I said to her, “lets hope for the best, but it is a shame we did not start adjusting your spine 20 years ago”…. Bling!!!! That is what I have to do, adjust younger people, because that is really when the problems and misalignments really begin...This was only the tip of the iceberg, because it was this realization that took me on a long and interesting journey, I began to ask myself really when does the first misalignment (in the world of chiropractic we call this a subluxation) really begin? Is it when I begin to carry that heavy bag of books to the university/school, when I bumped my head and got stitches whilst playing with my brothers, when I first fell of my bike or when I was learning to walk and crawl??
After a few years of practice it all became clear, it is during the birth process. I have a natural interest in children and pregnant women, even after studying the body for 5 years in the university it still absolutely fascinates me when I see a pregnant women and feel a baby moving around in her tummy... the most beautiful expression of life. But after talking to many women I noticed that giving birth did not sound so beautiful and natural, they all talked about epidurals, forceps, not dilating, caesarean. So after doing more study into the topics I realized that as a society we are loosing our connection with what is a natural child birth. Mothers are more concerned about the pain and discomfort that they might experience and the obstectricians are more concerned about what there insurance company might say, or how long it might take… Giving birth has become a business and this is having a consequence on the spine of the mother and their new born… a complication that might occur during child birth is that the mother does not dilate and the child is unable to move down into the birth canal properly, this creates stress for the mother, child and doctor. If the baby does not engage the doctor has 2 options; emergency cesarean or a forceful assisted delivery, both of these options have a consequence on the mother and child. The human body has been giving birth for millions of years, through evolution we have learnt to walk on two feet and also use the internet, but our body is still made to give birth naturally. I am not saying that we should not use the amazing technology that we have available to help and assist us during birth, what I am saying is that I hope to live in a world where women did not have any fear to give birth and that we would be given the chance to give birth without so much mechanical assistance.
I am a chiropractor because I enjoy adjusting and improving the spines of all women, men and children. Because I know that happy people have happy spines, and that simply by using the pressure of my little finger I can help a baby sleep better after having a difficult and stressful birth, they same way I can apply pressure on the spine of a 50 year old business man after a hard day at work and he will feel better.
Chiropractic restores integrity to the nervous system and to the spine that houses it. If we can allow the correct movement and growth of the spine it will allow us to have a better spine for tomorrow. Regular adjustments during pregnancy help to assist with an easier birth and regular adjustments to newborns help with a natural healthy development.
DR.ERIN PURTLE IS THE OWNER OF ONA CHIROPRACTORS IN C/VALLFOGONA GRACIA, SHE CAME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ME AND HAS BEEN WORKING WONDERS ON MY WONKY PELVIS IN THE HOPE THAT WITH THIS BIRTH MY BABY WILL ENGAGE ENOUGH FOR ME TO DILATE FULLY. I HAVE BEEN SO IMPRESSED BY HER WORK AND HER FRIENDSHIP. SHE ALSO SPEAKS PERFECT SPANISH AND CATALAN.
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