Pregnancy and Structural Correction: Supporting Moms from Bump to Birth

Balance Begins with Structure

Pregnancy is one of the most amazing and demanding experiences your body will ever go through. Your spine, pelvis, and ligaments constantly shift to support your growing baby.

At Align Chiropractic, we help expectant moms maintain balance through gentle, specific structural correction so their bodies can adapt naturally to every stage of pregnancy.

Why Pelvic Alignment Matters

Your pelvis acts as the foundation for both you and your baby. When it’s balanced, there’s more space for baby to move and position properly. When it’s misaligned, it can cause tension, discomfort, or even negatively affect baby’s position in utero.

Prenatal chiropractic care helps:

• Relieve low back, hip, and sciatic pain

• Improve posture and balance

• Support optimal fetal positioning

• Promote smoother, more comfortable delivery

Gentle Care for Every Stage

Our approach is precise and safe for both mom and baby, and Dr. Jennifer and Dr. Sean are both Webster certified - a crucial detail when finding the right prenatal chiropractor for your pregnancy! The Webster Technique is a specialized chiropractic protocol that focuses on the alignment and function of the pelvis, sacrum, and surrounding ligaments during pregnancy. It was developed by Dr. Larry Webster, founder of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA), after observing how pelvic misalignment could contribute to discomfort and sometimes affect how a baby is positioned.

Rather than being a “baby-turning” technique, as it’s sometimes misunderstood, Webster is a maternal structural correction method with the goal of restoring proper balance and motion to the pelvis and supporting structures so that the uterus has the optimal environment for baby’s growth and positioning. The technique primarily focuses on the sacroiliac joints, sacrum, and round ligaments. When the sacrum (the triangular bone at the base of the spine) shifts or loses normal motion, it can create torsion or tension through the connected ligaments and muscles. This imbalance can distort the shape of the pelvic opening and create tension within the uterine ligaments.

Imagine a tent held up by ropes. If one rope is pulled too tight, the entire tent leans. Similarly, if one round ligament or pelvic joint is under extra tension, the uterus can twist slightly, affecting both comfort and baby’s room to move. Correcting these structural imbalances helps even out the tension so that the body can function in a state of balance.

When your body is balanced, your pregnancy and your birth experience will reflect it.

The Align Chiropractic Perspective

We are honored to care for expecting moms (and their babies!) throughout Kings Mountain and Cleveland County every day in the clinic. Whether you’re early in your pregnancy or preparing for birth, we want to help you feel and function your best through structural-based care that supports your comfort and also your confidence that you can have a positive pregnancy and positive birth experience.

Align Chiropractic, Kings Mountain’s Prenatal and Family Chiropractic Office
Helping moms move beyond temporary relief toward balanced, functional health.

📍 Located in Kings Mountain, NC
🌐 www.alignnc.com
📞 Call today to schedule your prenatal Structural Exam and discover how alignment can support you and your baby.

Little Spines, Big Impact: Why Kids Need Structural Care

The Foundation for a Growing Body

Kids are constantly moving, growing, and exploring… and that’s a great thing! But all that activity (and sometimes tumbles, backpacks, and excessive screen time) can cause Structural Shifts that affect how their little bodies function and develop over time.

At Align Chiropractic, we focus on helping kids grow with balance, coordination, and clear communication between brain and body! Because their health begins with proper STRUCTURE.

How Structure Shapes Function

Your child’s spine protects their nervous system. The nervous system is the “communication highway” that controls every cell, tissue, and organ! When the spine shifts out of alignment, it’s like static in that signal which negatively impacts message reception from the brain to the body.

Even a small misalignment can affect things like:

• Restful, renewing sleep

• Mood regulation

• Focus and behavior

• Posture and balance

• Immune system function (Hello endless winter sick days!)

Correcting those shifts helps restore natural balance so your child’s body can do what it was designed to do, which is heal, grow, and adapt.

Gentle, Specific, and Safe

Some may ask how our pediatric corrections compare to how we treat our adult patients… Our pediatric care isn’t about “cracking” or heavy adjustments. It’s gentle, precise, and tailored to their growing bodies. By correcting structure early, we help prevent small issues from becoming long-term dysfunctions.

Healthy alignment early in life creates a stronger foundation for growth, posture, and wellness later on.

The Align Chiropractic Perspective

We believe every child deserves the chance to grow and thrive without interference. That’s why Align Chiropractic provides structural-based care for families throughout Kings Mountain and Cleveland County.

When your child’s nervous system is clear and maintained and their spine is aligned, their potential for growth, learning, and wellness expands exponentially along with it.

Align Chiropractic, Kings Mountain’s Family Chiropractic Office for Structural Correction
Helping families build health from the inside out — one adjustment at a time.

📍 Located in Kings Mountain, NC
🌐 www.alignnc.com
📞 Call today to schedule a Structural Exam for your child and help them grow, move, and thrive naturally.

A Fresh Start: Why Structural Corrections Should Be Part of Your New Year Reset

Your Foundation for the New Year

Every January we set big goals: move more, eat better, stress less, sleep deeper. We buy the planner, download the workout app, and swear this is the year everything sticks.

But here’s the part most resolution lists leave out: none of those habits work as well as they could if your body’s foundation is out of alignment.

Think of it like this: you can have the perfect training plan, but if the gym floor is tilted, every rep is just a little harder than it needs to be. The same thing happens when your spine (especially the top two bones in your neck) isn’t sitting where it’s designed to be.

At Align Chiropractic, we talk often about how structure determines function, and that applies perfectly to your New Year goals. A strong foundation isn’t just about willpower; it’s about alignment! If your structure is off, your energy, focus, and health can’t operate at full capacity.

How Structural Shifts Hold You Back

When your spine, especially the Upper Cervical region, shifts out of alignment, it interferes with your nervous system’s ability to communicate with the rest of your body. Those upper neck bones protect the brainstem and essentially serve as the switchboard that runs everything from energy and mood to digestion and immune response. When they shift even a fraction, it’s like putting a kink in a garden hose: the whole system downstream gets less pressure than it should. That miscommunication can lead to fatigue, tension, headaches, and slower recovery.

Even with the best habits, progress can stall if the control center (your nervous system) isn’t functioning properly.

Correcting these Structural Shifts restores clear communication between your brain and body helping every system perform better.

Structure Before Strategy

When your structure is balanced, your body can handle the demands of exercise, sleep, and stress far more efficiently.

Common signs people notice (but rarely connect to the neck):

• That 2–3 pm energy crash no amount of caffiene fixes

• Waking up tired even after 8 hours of sleep

• Tension headaches that creep in by Wednesday

• Workouts that leave you more worn out than built up

The good news? When that foundation is restored, a lot of those “I just feel off” symptoms start clearing up on their own without forcing yet another new habit.

The Align Chiropractic Perspective

At Align Chiropractic in Kings Mountain, we help families go beyond temporary resolutions and move toward lasting correction and long-term wellness.

Our Structural Exam identifies underlying misalignments, verifies your structure, and helps create a customized plan to support true, sustainable health.

Because when your foundation is solid, everything built on top of it: your energy, mindset, and goals - stays strong.

Align Chiropractic, Kings Mountain’s Only Structural-Based Chiropractic Office
Helping families move beyond temporary relief toward long-term correction and lasting wellness.

📍 Located in Kings Mountain, NC
🌐 www.alignnc.com
📞 Call today to schedule your Structural Exam and start your new year with alignment, balance, and lasting health.