Prenatal Chiropractor in Cottleville, MO

Pregnancy changes how your body carries load in a matter of months. Ligaments soften, the pelvis widens, your center of gravity moves forward, and the muscles that used to share the work quietly stop pulling their weight. Most of what follows — the ache low in the back, the sharp catch in the groin, the pelvis that feels like it's coming apart on the stairs — is mechanical. Mechanical problems respond well to gentle, specific care.

Prenatal visits here are built around comfort: side-lying positioning, no pressure on the abdomen, and no forceful twisting. The work is gentle and low-force by design, and it adapts to the trimester you're in rather than running to a fixed protocol. If you've heard of the Webster technique, here's what it actually does, and what it doesn't.

What we help with during pregnancy

• Low back and sacroiliac pain. The most common complaint we see in pregnancy, and usually the most responsive.
• Pelvic girdle and pubic pain. The deep, grinding ache at the front of the pelvis — more on why the pubic bone starts hurting.
• Round ligament pain. That sharp, catching twinge low in the belly when you turn or stand — here's what it is and what helps.
• Sciatica and radiating leg pain. Common as the pelvis changes; see what actually drives sciatica.
• Rib and breathing restriction. As the belly grows and the ribs flare — the pattern behind that tight, can't-get-a-full-breath feeling.

Postpartum: the part most people skip

The six-week check clears you for activity; it doesn't rebuild you. The deep core and pelvic floor that spent nine months under load need to be retrained deliberately, and the all-day mechanics of caring for a newborn — one-hip carrying, hunched feeding, hoisting a car seat — land squarely on a system that hasn't been re-coordinated yet. That's the work we do afterward: restoring motion, then rebuilding capacity through postpartum chiropractic care and progressive postpartum exercises.

• Deep core and pressure management — the foundation, covered in rebuilding the pelvic floor after birth.
• Abdominal separation — what it is and what actually closes it: diastasis recti after birth.
• Back and pelvic pain that lingers — see our composite postpartum back and pelvic pain case study.

When there's leaking, heaviness, or pain with intimacy, a pelvic-floor physical therapist does specialized work we don't — and we refer and co-manage gladly. Good care knows its lane.

You spent nine months building a baby. Take the same care building yourself back.

Working with your OB, midwife and doula

Your OB or midwife manages your pregnancy. We handle the musculoskeletal side of it, and we're glad to coordinate. Some things are never ours: vaginal bleeding, leaking fluid, a severe or persistent headache, visual changes, fever, calf pain or swelling, contractions, or reduced fetal movement all go straight to your obstetric provider or the hospital. We screen for those and say so plainly rather than treating around them.

What a visit looks like — and what it costs

The first visit is a flat $149: a 40-minute assessment of how you're actually moving and carrying load, plus treatment the same day. Follow-ups are $60 and include the adjustment plus the hands-on soft-tissue work and exercise your visit calls for. As a cash-based clinic the price is posted up front, with no insurance visit caps deciding how long you get care. The hands-on work opens the door; the rehab and corrective exercise side is what makes it hold.

Serving Cottleville, O'Fallon & St. Charles County

We're at 5285 State Route N, Suite 102, Cottleville, MO 63304, an easy drive from O'Fallon, St. Peters, St. Charles, Dardenne Prairie and Lake Saint Louis, with free parking right at the door and same-week appointments usually available. See hours, parking and directions →