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Birth With Power

Ep44: How Prenatal Chiropractic Can Ease Common Pregnancy Pain with Dr. Elliot Berlin

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Pregnancy can be a notoriously uncomfortable time for expecting mothers. While some pain throughout pregnancy is common – and many obstetricians will tell moms that they need to just hang in there – you don’t have to accept pain as “normal”.

On this episode of the podcast, we’re joined by prenatal chiropractor and doula Dr. Elliot Berlin to talk about how chiropractic and massage therapy can help expecting moms ease pain in the neck, back, and joints while pregnant. 

Dr. Berlin shares his story into pregnancy chiropractic care, how chiropractic can help your baby get into a good position for delivery, and what you need to know if you’re considering working with a chiropractor before your birth.

We also chat about the importance of informed consent and medical professionals’ duty to help patients make the right choice for them.

 In this episode you’ll learn about:

  • How Dr. Berlin decided to work in prenatal care and eventually to become a doula
  • Whether chiropractors get additional or unique training to work with pregnant women
  • How chiropractic and physical therapy can help loosen muscles and joints and lead to better sleep
  • Why physicians and other health care providers should collaborate to put women at the center of their pregnancy care
  • What you should ask if you want to work with a chiropractor during pregnancy
  • Why some mothers might not be a good fit for prenatal chiropractic
  • What informed consent is and why it’s critical to a good birth plan & birth experience
  • The potential risks of chiropractic and what you need to know beforehand
  • The most rewarding parts of Dr. Berlin’s work as a chiropractor and doula

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Transcript

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0:00.0

On today's episode of the podcast, I am interviewing prenatal chiropractor, Dr. Elliot Berlin.

0:12.1

Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast.

0:15.8

I'm your host, Dr. Nicole Calloway Rankins, a board certified ABGYN and physician, certified Integrative Health Coach,

0:22.9

and creator of the birth preparation course, an online childbirth education class

0:28.2

that will leave you feeling knowledgeable, prepared, confident, and empowered going into your birth.

0:34.5

Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and it's not a substitute

0:38.6

for medical advice. See the full disclaimer at ncr coaching.com for slash disclaimer. Hey, if you're not

0:45.9

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0:54.0

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0:57.7

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1:05.5

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1:12.6

Hello, hello. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 44,

1:18.4

and I am so glad that you are here with me today. So today's episode is a really good one.

1:25.2

And well, okay, well, they're all really good, but I particularly enjoyed this

1:29.2

interview. It's with prenatal chiropractor Elliot Berlin. Dr. Elliott Berlin is an award-winning

1:35.4

prenatal chiropractor, a childbirth educator, and also a labor dula. Yes, a male who's a labor

1:42.0

dula. His informed pregnancy project utilizes multiple forms of

1:47.4

media, including a weekly podcast called informed pregnancy. He also does documentary films and a

1:54.3

YouTube series to deliver unbiased information about pregnancy and childbirth so that new and expected parents can be

2:02.6

empowered to make informed choices regarding their pregnancy and parenting journey.

2:08.8

His work is great.

2:09.9

Of course, I'll link it all up in the show notes.

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