Pregnancy and Health Care

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We know that pregnancy usually brings some discomfort for women such as nausea, headaches, indigestion, hypertension and so on. Acupuncture works then as a technique to alleviate the discomfort.

According to recent studies, acupuncture, Chinese medicine approach, works to alleviate pelvic pain caused by hormones affecting ligaments and muscles.

Acupuncture is to find specific points within the body where there are energy imbalances and in those places were placed needles to stimulate. The needles remain in the body for 30 to 45 minutes, depending on what you are looking for.

By placing or inserting the needles can you feel a little tingling or numbness sensation yet that expands over time.

During pregnancy, the sessions are usually a month and lasts approximately 45 minutes, however as we approach the time of delivery, many women gain the sessions to one per week.

The acupuncture treatments during pregnancy does not harm the health of the baby or the mother, but do not forget to always check with your doctor if there is a contraindication.

Chinese acupuncture is also used to relieve the pain of uterine contractions during labor.

The acupuncture treatments do not include drugs or drugs and will be optimal if it is applied by a specialist and even more so when combined with other treatments such as physiotherapy and aromatherapy.