ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2013
Optimizing pain relief during pregnancy using manual therapy.
Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effectiveness of complementary manual therapies for pregnancy-related back and pelvic pain: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Managing Musculoskeletal Pain Through Targeted Therapeutic Massage During Pregnancy: A Case Report.International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork · 2026Article
- Defining Skill in Manual and Manipulative Therapy: Perspectives from Physical Therapists.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Experiences and perceptions of newly graduated chiropractors from a South African university in their clinical management of pregnant women.The Journal of chiropractic education · 2025Article
- The Impact of Functional Stability Exercises on Alleviating Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy: A Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- The Use of the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System and the RAND VSQ9 to Measure the Quality of Life and Visit-Specific Satisfaction of Pregnant Patients Under Chiropractic Care Utilizing the Webster Technique.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2018Article
- Chiropractors respond.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
- Concerns about referring patients to chiropractors.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
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Abstract
questionMany of my pregnant patients have muscle and joint aches, and are reluctant to use analgesics. What is known about chiropractic care during pregnancy? ANSWER: As pregnant women move into their second and third trimesters, their centres of mass shift anteriorly, causing an increase in lumbar lordosis, which causes low back and pelvic girdle pain. Increasing recent evidence attests to the effectiveness and safety of treating this pain using manual therapy. Massage therapy and chiropractic care, including spinal manipulation, are highly safe and effective evidence-based options for pregnant women suffering from mechanical low back and pelvic pain.
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