Ep 304: How Chiropractic Care May Ease Your Postpartum Journey
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.8 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re talking all about chiropractic care in the postpartum period—what it is and how it may help you heal after giving birth. Now listen, I know some doctors can be quick to dismiss things like chiropractic care or other so-called “alternative” approaches. But I really believe it's important that we expand our lens and stay open to options outside the traditional box—especially when those options may offer real benefits for postpartum healing and wellness.
In this episode, we’re welcoming back award-winning prenatal chiropractor and childbirth educator, Dr. Elliot Berlin. He was a guest on the podcast way back on episode 44 and he’s back to talk about how chiropractic care can support your body during recovery. If you're curious about safe, effective ways to care for your body after baby, this one's for you!
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
- How personal fertility struggles shifted Dr. Berlin from medicine to holistic care
- What chiropractors really do (and no it doesn’t always involve cracking)
- How restoring joint motion supports recovery
- What the postpartum “golden window” is and how it makes chronic issues easier to resolve
- What physical stress pregnancy places on joints, muscles, and posture
- Whether chiropractic care is safe after giving birth
- How laser therapy can support C-section recovery and pelvic floor healing
- How integrating physical therapy and chiropractic care can improve outcomes
- What to look for in a chiropractor
- Why postpartum recovery works best with team-based, collaborative care
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode, I'm joined by prenatal chiropractor Dr. |
| 0:03.6 | Elliot Berlin to talk about how chiropractic care can support your body in the postpartum period. |
| 0:10.3 | From relieving aches and pains to helping you shift out of stress mode and into healing, Dr. Berlin breaks it all down. |
| 0:17.7 | If you're curious about safe, effective ways to care for your body after your baby, |
| 0:23.3 | this one's for you. Welcome to the Birth with Power podcast, where knowledge is power |
| 0:34.0 | and power transforms birth. I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankin's mom of two and practicing |
| 0:39.9 | board certified OBGYN with over 20 years of experience and nearly 2,000 births attended. |
| 0:46.0 | I've seen firsthand how the hospital system can leave women feeling unheard and uncertain, |
| 0:52.0 | but that doesn't have to be your story. Here, you'll get the knowledge, |
| 0:55.8 | support, and strategies to take charge of your birth experience so you can walk into the hospital |
| 1:01.2 | feeling calm, confident, and empowered. Note, this podcast is for educational purposes only |
| 1:07.6 | and it's not a substitute for medical advice. See the full disclaimer at Dr. |
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| 1:14.4 | Now let's get to it. |
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