What Is The Webster Technique and How Can It Help Your Birth?

In 1987, Dr. Larry Webster developed the Webster Technique, a chiropractic adjustment designed to help pregnant mothers balance their pelvis for an easier, safer birth. Webster understood very well how the pregnancy and birth journey could affect the life and health of the newborn infant. Between then and now, a surge in interest has occurred across the world, with many families seeking out Webster-certified doctors at the start of their pregnancy for an easier birth experience. Their experience of chiropractic in pregnancy has been so helpful, that it is not uncommon today to see families inviting chiropractors into the birth ceremony as well, to receive adjustments before and during birth.

What exactly is the Webster Technique? The Technique is a chiropractic analysis & gentle adjustment that reduces nervous system stress, balances pelvic bones, muscles and ligaments that optimizes the mother’s pelvic function in pregnancy and birth.

Williams Obstetrics tell us there are 3 components for a smoother birth for both mother and baby.

• Power
• Passage
• Passenger

We look at BONE, MUSCLE and the LIGAMENTS of the pelvis. Our intent is to improve the nervous system so the body can function better = POWER

As with all sacral adjustments, pelvic balance is improved which reduces undue tension in the attached muscles and ligaments = PASSAGE

In pregnant women, if the pelvis is not balanced, the uneven pulling on these muscles and ligaments may be restricting the baby’s ability to get into the best possible position for birth = PASSENGER

Chiropractors do NOT rotate or move babies…. We do the above.

For many families, Webster chiropractors—certified also in pediatric wellness—offer the infant in the very first minutes, days, and weeks of life a gentle pediatric adjustment, to assess and assure their neuro-biomechanical integrity for the purpose of a healthy and resilient start to the mother-baby and family bonding journey. One of the greatest gifts of this new approach to birth is the inevitable fuse that begins to ignite within families upon their first series of visits to the chiropractor. In learning about their uterine function, pelvic balance, and the physical mother-baby relationships—the Power, Passage, and Passenger relationships in birth—they begin to gain a profound insight, and a pathway to a new kind of birth experience opens up.