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Item DescriptionBreech turning class for professional training and instruction.Pediatric Chiropractic TrainingThis includes pediatric child adjusting and breech baby turning. These training videos are from a few years back. The information is excellent and still considered the single best technique for this type of patient.Breech Turning Chiropractic Technique – Save women and their babies from C-sectionsHaving a breech presentation does not mean you automatically need to schedule a c-section. Remember, our babies are wise and know just how they need to be for birth. Most of the time, babies will turn, even late in pregnancy and labor!The History of the Webster TechniqueThe International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) created that Webster Technique Certification program and is presently incorporated the ICPA 180 Hour Certification program as part of the ICPA’s mandate on the post-graduate education of chiropractors on the chiropractic care of children, pregnant women and general family wellness care. Since its inception, thousands of chiropractors have been certified by the ICPA in the Webster Technique in addition to the countless other chiropractors familiar with the techniqe and who use it in their practice.Since Dr. Larry Webster’s passing in 1997, inquiries on the development of the technique by Dr Webster has been a much sought after question. To provide an insight into the possible “how” and “why” of the development of the technique, the following is an excerpt of an interview of Pamela Webster Axtell, the daughter of Dr. Webster.Dr. Larry Webster, founder of the ICPA , Logan practitioner, and Life College instructor developed the Webster technique in response to his daughter Lucinda giving birth to her daughter Shannon, on November 14th, 1976. It was a long and difficult labor, the baby had turned breech and throughout the labor, as long as Lucinda was allowed, she hobbled out of her bed into another room in the hospital and met her father for an adjustment. At some point, the staff did not allow her to continue and the labor got even more arduous.After this personal experience with his daughter’s birth, Dr. Webster wanted to develop an adjustment “for laboring women to help with the ease of birth,” describes Pamela, Lucinda’s sister.Shortly after, Dr. Webster was caring for a family whose mother was pregnant and also presenting breech. He worked diligently with her developing this adjusting technique in hopes of an easier delivery than his daughter had. He saw her once per week for several weeks and her baby turned vertex in time for delivery. Dr. Webster began teaching other chiropractors this adjustment for safer, easier labors and these doctors reported that their patients’ babies were turning vertex as well. Thus the title: “Webster Breech Turning technique” later to be called the Webster In-Utero Constraint technique by Drs. Anrig and Forrester.When Pamela was pregnant, her father insisted that she get regular chiropractic care throughout pregnancy and mailed her a video of his technique to show her chiropractor. She also showed it to her OB, who was quite interested in the pelvic biomechanics and the chiropractic perspective. He too, encouraged her to see her chiropractor regularly for this technique knowing this was out of his obstetric scope.Both the terms “in-utero-constraint” and “breech” were eliminated from the language with the technique simply called, “The Webster Technique.” This was done to re-establish its original intent as a chiropractic adjustive technique. True to Dr. Webster’s original intent, the Webster Technique has always been taught in the ICPA 180 Hour Certification program as a specific and valuable adjusting technique to be used as a specific sacral analysis and diversified adjustment to be used throughout pregnancy to reduce the effects of sacral subluxation. In addition, the Webster technique has been taught as a specific sacral analysis and adjustment for all weight bearing individuals regardless of age or gender. This too, is in accordance with Dr. Webster’s original recommendations in his classes.The current ICPA definition for the Webster Technique is as follows:The Webster technique is a specific chiropractic analysis and diversified adjustment. The goal of the adjustment is to reduce the effects of subluxation and/or SI joint dysfunction. In so doing neuro-biomechanical function in the sacral/pelvic region is improved.The ICPA recognizes that in a clinical framework of the Webster Technique in the care of pregnant women, sacral subluxation may contribute to difficult labor for the mother (i.e., dystocia). Dystocia is caused by inadequate uterine function, pelvic contraction, and baby mal-presentation.32 The correction of sacral subluxation may have a positive effect on all of these causes of dystocia.In this clinical and theoretical framework, it is proposed that sacral misalignment may contribute to these three primary causes of dystocia via uterine nerve interference, pelvic misalignment and the tightening and torsion of specific pelvic muscles and ligaments. The resulting tense muscles and ligaments and their aberrant effect on the uterus may prevent the baby from comfortably assuming the best possible position for birth.Two ICPA/ PBRN’s are in the final stages for implementation in t2012. We encourage your participation if you are certified in the Webster technique and if you implement the Webster Technique in your practice in both pregnant and non-pregnant patients. Practice-based research networks are a pragmatic approach to research where “real-world” data, your data, form the foundation of external evidence in evidence-based chiropractic practice.How the Webster Technique Can Help You Give Birth Without FearFor many women, pregnancy can be a very uncomfortable experience. First, there are the initial hormonal changes and morning sickness; the feeling of being on an emotional roller-coaster for no good reason whatsoever and the unusual food cravings at all hours of the day (such as early, early morning Jack-in-the-Box taco runs for those husbands keeping track).Next come the physical changes. As the baby develops and grows inside the womb, so does the momma’s belly. This expansion of the belly is an unavoidable change, part of the territory that comes with growing a baby. But oftentimes, this territory is accompanied by an alteration in spinal and pelvic alignment. This structural alteration, or misalignment, is often very uncomfortable and even painful as the pregnancy progresses.One of the hormones that runs wild through a pregnant momma’s body is relaxin. Relaxin helps ligaments loosen up, especially those in the pelvic area, to accomodate the expansion of the growing baby and uterus. However, relaxin can be a double-edged sword. While it helps those bones shift in order to make way for the baby, the ligament laxity can make those pelvic bones very unstable in their position, allowing them to misalign in a very painful way. Couple this with the fact that a pregnant woman’s lumbar spinal curvature can increase as the size and weight of the belly increase (a temporary, forced hyperlordosis so as to speak), and you have the recipe for a very painful, very unhappy pregnancy. Letting go of fears surrounding labor are hard to do when you are pregnant, in pain, and unhappy about it.This is where Chiropractic comes into play.In Chiropractic, the two most important parts of the spine to pay attention to, more than any other areas, are the very top and very bottom of the spine. At the top is the atlas, or C1 vertebra. Proper position of this vertebra is important because of its close proximity to the brain stem, as well as its ability to create a domino effect of spinal misalignment from the top all the way down to the bottom where the pelvis and sacrum are. Proper alignment of the atlas is paramount for a healthy, properly aligned spine.At the bottom of the spine is the pelvis and sacrum. The pelvis consists of six bones, three on each side: the ilium on the front, back, and side, the pubis in the lower front, and the ischium on the bottom.Along with the sacrum and the elaborate network of ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves attached and intertwined within this area, one can start to imagine the complications that can arise for a pregnant woman with an improperly aligned pelvis, one of those being a baby in a breech position late in the pregnancy.(As a side note, having a baby in a breech position does not necessarily mean you are doomed to have an inevitable c-section, but a baby with its head down will make life a lot easier for the momma and the baby during labor.)Because of the elaborate setup of the pelvis and sacrum, they move as one most of the time. When one ilium has rocked back into a posterior misalignment, the opposite side is, by default, rocked forward. This can cause the sacrum to tilt posterior one way or the other, often causing pain and/or tightness in the opposite leg. Because of all this tilting and torquing of the pelvic bones, the birth canal will narrow, possibly complicating the baby’s ability to birth naturally.Any combination of misalignments of these bones will contribute to troublesome, or even severe, lower back pain for a pregnant woman, and set the stage for a painful, long labor full of interventions that may result in an eventual c-section, a major surgery few women look forward to unless absolutely necessary.Proper chiropractic care, in and of itself, is very beneficial for the pregnant mother. A properly aligned pelvis and sacrum will do wonders in avoiding any of the unfavorable scenarios previously mentioned. Properly aligned pelvic bones help the pelvic muscles stay loose, allowing the network of nerves within the pelvic area to transmit important messages from the nervous system to their intended destinations without interference.The Webster In-Utero Constraint Technique, or simply the Webster Technique, takes it one step further. Dr. Larry Webster developed a chiropractic technique that balances the pelvis properly, while also reducing the stress to the ligaments that support the uterus, more specifically the round ligaments. Dr. Webster developed this technique after watching his own daughter suffer through a long, painful labor with a baby in the breech position.The round ligaments act to hold the uterus in suspension within the abdomen. However, as the pregnancy goes on, these round ligaments can become thin and tight like a rubber band pulled to tension, causing sharp, spastic pains and restricting the space in which the baby has to maneuver within the womb. Restriction of this movement often causes a baby to stay in a breech position beyond 37 weeks. This can be a very disconcerting feeling to many women, as we know from firsthand experience. Once the pelvis and sacrum are properly aligned, the Webster Technique focuses on relieving the tightness in the round ligaments. This allows the baby to shift comfortably and freely within the womb so that he or she may get into proper position for his or her big journey to the outside world.Below is a great video depicting the Webster Technique in action.For more information on the Webster Technique, click here. If you are pregnant, the time to get under chiropractic care is yesterday. Chiropractic, including the Webster Technique, will stack the cards in favor of you and your growing baby.And with all the fears the mainstream media, hospitals, AMA, and insurance companies have instilled in our society about childbirth, you need a stacked deck to stare down those fears with full faith and confidence in yourself, your body, and your baby.A study published in the July/August 2002 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (JMPT) shows that a chiropractic technique known as the “Webster Technique” for managing the musculoskeletal causes of intrauterine constraint, is effective in cases of pregnancy with women experiencing breech presentation which can lead to a cesarean section birth.I’m 27 weeks, and baby is breech. If she hasn’t turned on her own by 37 weeks, I will visit a chiropractor who is familiar with this technique. Thanks so much for the video! It is very reassuring to know there is an alternative.Dr. Webster was my pediatric professor at Life Chiropractic. He died a number of years ago.