Is Acupuncture Safe During Pregnancy?

It’s always a good idea to learn whether treatments you are undergoing and the medicines you are taking are safe for your health as well as your baby’s health. Although non-invasive, Acupuncture is not an exception to that rule. Expectant mothers want the best for their child, and everything that is consumed, or done by a mother affects the baby’s well-being. Oftentimes, mothers will do endless research while pregnant to see what exercises they can and cannot do, what medications they can take, and what foods they should be eating. That raises an important question, is Acupuncture safe during pregnancy?

Acupuncture is commonly used to treat pain but also helps with allergies, headaches, depression, insomnia, and anxiety, among many other conditions. Acupuncture stimulates the central nervous system, releasing biochemical signals which helps trigger the body’s natural healing processes. Because this treatment is non-invasive and non-medicinal it is considered safe for a pregnant woman!

So, How Can Acupuncture Provide Relief For Pregnant Women?

One of the biggest benefits of acupuncture during pregnancy is that it can ease nausea. Oftentimes, nausea plague pregnant women and the opportunity to face it with acupuncture is typically welcome. General aches and pains are another side effect of pregnancy that is hard to avoid. But these aches and pains can be solved in as little as one acupuncture treatment. The opportunity to stimulate the central nervous systems through pressure points enables the body to repair itself naturally. Acupuncture gives women the ability to avoid pain medications through their pregnancy while still feeling great!

Learn More About Acupuncture During Pregnancy

Elite Spine and Sports Care offers a full range of acupuncture treatments in our Totowa Acupuncture location. Contact our team today to learn more about how acupuncture can help ease your pregnancy-related ailments. We would be happy to help you through understanding how acupuncture can help you during your pregnancy as well as the safety of performing acupuncture during the course of your pregnancy.