Prenatal Care in Tyler

What is prenatal chiropractic care?

Prenatal chiropractic is gentle, pregnancy-adapted care for the spine, pelvis, and sacroiliac joints. As your baby grows and your posture shifts, the joints and muscles that support you take on new and often uneven loads — leading to the back, hip, and pelvic discomfort that affects so many expectant moms. Chiropractic adjustments during pregnancy use modified, low-force techniques to restore balanced joint motion and ease that built-up tension, drug-free and without putting any stress on the abdomen.

The Webster Technique is a well-known prenatal chiropractic technique. It addresses the sacrum and pelvic joints specifically — restoring alignment and releasing tension in the surrounding ligaments to help reduce the pelvic discomfort that often comes with late pregnancy. At Hopson Chiropractic, Dr. Lana Hopson, who sees patients at our Chandler office, is Webster Technique certified.

Your positioning is adapted so you can lie comfortably at any stage of pregnancy. Prenatal techniques avoid high-velocity force over the abdomen, and every technique is chosen with your safety and comfort in mind.

What to expect

Your first visit begins with a thorough conversation — your trimester, your current complaints, your birth provider’s name, and any relevant history. Your doctor — Dr. William Hopson in Tyler or Dr. Lana Hopson in Chandler — performs a gentle orthopedic and pelvic assessment to identify where tension and restriction are building. From there you’ll get a plain-English explanation of what was found and a specific, trimester-aware care plan.

During each visit your doctor adapts your positioning to your stage of pregnancy so you can rest comfortably without pressure on your belly. Adjustments are light and precise.

With your permission, we’re happy to share care notes with your OB, midwife, or doula so your whole care team stays informed. Coordination, not isolation, is how we prefer to work.

Who it helps

Prenatal chiropractic is a good fit for expecting moms experiencing:

• Low back pain or stiffness that worsens as the belly grows
• Hip pain or sacroiliac joint soreness on one or both sides
• Pelvic girdle discomfort — pain across the front of the pelvis or around the sit bones
• Sciatica — shooting, aching, or burning pain from the low back into the buttock or leg
• Postural tension and mid-back tightness from the forward shift in center of gravity
• General spinal tightness and stiffness that limits comfortable movement throughout the day

If you’ve been told by your provider that you have diastasis recti, placenta previa, or another condition requiring restricted activity, please bring that information to your first visit so we can confirm chiropractic is appropriate for your specific situation.

Why choose Hopson Chiropractic

We welcome expecting moms from Tyler, Chandler, Whitehouse, Lindale, Bullard, Flint, Brownsboro, Athens, and Canton, and we approach prenatal care as a team effort — between you, your doctor, and your OB or midwife. Dr. William Hopson and Dr. Lana Hopson are both certified in prenatal and pediatric chiropractic, and Dr. Lana Hopson is also Webster Technique certified. Your doctor uses gentle, pregnancy-specific techniques tailored to your trimester, keeps communication open with your birth provider when you’d like, and focuses on your comfort and alignment — not on making promises about outcomes we can’t guarantee. After delivery, we’re here for postpartum care and for your newborn’s first gentle wellness check through our pediatric chiropractic care.

Ready to get started? Learn about our New Patient Special, book an appointment, or contact our Tyler and Chandler offices with any questions about care during pregnancy.