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Kukenberger Chiropractic strives to improve quality of life during pregnancy, postpartum & newborn l

08/07/2025

These are one of my favorite posts to make!

In the past few weeks, I had a patient referred by her OB for a breech presenting baby and a tight time frame towards intervention. With no major complaints of pain pointing to a specific issue, I decided to fit everything we could into our full hour of the first appointment with adjusting, Webster, Spinning Babies, and home care education.
It’s so amazing to tell you, that baby turned head down within 48 hrs of her first appointment! All I did was give mom balance in her body which created more room for baby’s movements.

So amazing to work in this space!

05/11/2025

Happy Mother’s Day!

04/22/2025

Have you ever heard this quote? Often used by farmers, but it applies to the body well. If you have have poor soil, you have poor growth of your plants because it lacks the nutrients to supply and sustain life to grow optimal fruits.

The body is the same! If your body is lacking nutrients, it may be difficult to conceive or even trigger less optimal genetics. So how can we tend to our soil before considering pregnancy?

Nutrition, physical exercise, sleep, mental health are all pieces of the puzzle to health. They all act to improve our soil and they all influence each other. And no, this is not just a consideration for the birthing parent, it’s a consideration for everyone contributing genetic material to your pregnancy.

The best way to tackle this is to start about 1 year prior to the time you’d want to conceive. Your body requires this amount of time to replenish and nourish nutrients, begin working on mental health, optimize your physical body, and decrease inflammation.

Action steps:
1- Get a medical physical and pay attention to your bloodwork. This like vitamin D should not be bare minimum; they should be at least middle of the road (for vitamin D, think levels of 50-60 not 20).
2- Start prenatal vitamins, and men start a good multivitamin - check my profile links. Folic acid, vitamin D, omega 3 fatty acids and iron are some big ones to focus on.
3- Consider checking in with a mental health therapist. The transition to parenting is a huge life event. Is there anything from your childhood you’d like to process or things you don’t want to repeat? Do you have a history or trauma? Things buried inside you are not unseen to your body.
4- Exercise! Even just walking 30 minutes 5x per week is a great start.
5- Get adjusted regularly! Every 2-4 weeks depending on your lifestyle/job is sufficient for wellness. We want you to be able to move well, exercise without injury, and have optimal nervous system function. We call this pre-conception care.

02/14/2025

Welcome to the world, our little Valentine Brown Kukenberger!

What a birth story I can share! After 1.5 weeks of evenings filled with regular contractions lasting 1-2 hours and stopping at bed time, Valentine decided to make his world entrance in just 2.5 hours after I awoke in active labor.

I had a home birth planned, and over the course a few weeks each person including myself had some type of premonition that no one would make it to my birth because it would happen so quickly. And you know, that is just what happened! My spouse caught our son and helped deliver his placenta! What an amazing human I have! Another feeling I had for days before his birth was just not being able to stop thinking about en caul births… that came true as well as his bag of waters did not rupture until halfway through his birth. Our midwife coached my spouse through the birth by phone and arrived just moments later. We were all well cared for, and my spouse has a new badge of honor having caught Mavi intentionally with direct supervision, and Valentine unintentionally with phone coaching. 🥲

Everyone here is doing well. Mama is feeling good and healing well. Mavi is adjusting to being a big brother phenomenally and has excitedly and willing taken on the responsibility of diaper station assistant, dirty diaper trashman and baby kisser. Baby Valentine passed his birth weight in just 4 days, loves to sleep, eat and snuggle. And Chris (my spouse) is proudly wearing their new badge of honor, and taking care of our new family of 4.

I can’t thank our birth team enough:
Mama Bear Midwiferydandelion

02/03/2025

Play 2 Learn Tot Time now has a DeWitt location!!

01/07/2025

See you Wednesday!
Be safe today.

01/05/2025

Last month, all of our providers met at Crouse to attended a Spinning Babies® Workshop!

A refresher course for Dr. Kristin and a new method in balancing the pregnancy body for Drs. Brooke and Claire, we are all ready to offer Extra Care appointments to those in need of this proven method of helping reduce aches and pains, maintaining balance in the body’s pelvic region to support birth, and that allows for extra space for baby to get into their “optimal” birth position.

*Images borrowed from SpinningBabies.com for accuracy of demonstration

01/01/2025

Happy New Year!

We wish you health, happiness, new journeys filled with joy, healthy pain free pregnancies with healthy babies to snuggle, and lots of outdoor time!
If you are feeling uncertainty about the coming 2025, we wish you clarity and the courage to do the things you need to do to find security for you and your family.

In 2025, Dr. Kristin welcomes Dr. Brooke and Dr. Claire to the practice as they begin a new chapter in their career journeys. Dr. Kristin will also be welcoming a new baby at home in the next month and spending some much needed time at home with her family afterwards as we resettle into a family of 4.

And as always, we appreciate your continued trust in all of our practitioners to provide you with excellent care through the year. 💜

12/30/2024

We’ve added something new to the waiting room!
Do you have leftover pregnancy and postpartum items that will expire? Donate them to another family at our practice building their own pregnancy and postpartum kits!

Take what you need; Leave what you don’t!

Currently, on these shelves there are:
Nausea drops
Mother’s Milk tea
A variety of formulas
Postpartum perineal ice pads
Mama Natural postpartum items (personally I love this brand!)
And some toddler sized winter hats (new with tags)

See something you need or want? Stop in to pick it up!
Have something to donate to these shelves? Leave them at your next visit or text us to make sure we’re in the office.

And as always: 🧷 DIAPERS!!
We are always collecting diaper donations for the CNY Diaper bank. New or opened packages are fine! Wipes and cloth diapers also welcome! Please leave diaper bank donations in the monster donation bin.

12/26/2024

While Dr. Kristin is on Maternity Leave in early 2025, can you believe there will be even more hours available for you?!

Drs. Brooke and Claire will remain available to see all established patients of Dr. Kristin (just book your usual follow up visit).

Not sure who to see? I’ve got you covered!

Dr. Brooke loves pediatric patients over age 3, pregnancy, postpartum and general adult visits.

Dr. Claire is experienced with pediatric patient starting at newborn including feeding issues and tongue ties, pregnancy, postpartum, and general adult patients.

Have questions or concerns while I’m out of the office? I will remain available by email to help: Kukenberger@DrKristinDC.com

You can also reach Dr. Brooke or Dr. Claire by email or by texting the main office phone number.
BSmith@DrKristinDC.com
CPetersen@DrKristinDC.com
315-314-3900

12/23/2024

Happy Holidays from our team! We wish you health and safety and happiness in how you choose to spend this season!

The office is closed 12/24-12/29 as we spend time with our families.
We will be open 12/30 and return to “regular” patient hour offerings in the New Year on 𝕁𝕒𝕟𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝟛𝕣𝕕, 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝!

Warm wishes,
Drs. Kristin, Brooke & Claire

04/12/2024

Wooo! I’m so excited to share this news with you! This is something I’ve worked on through my own pregnancy and endless amounts of Mavi’s naps.

Did you know Chiropractic care for pregnant patients goes beyond the Webster Technique? Dr. Kristin currently holds the only Chiropractic Perinatal Certification in the Syracuse region! I can’t wait to apply the new things I’ve learned to help with more complex issues.

So, now you’re curious what this certification includes? Let me share a course breakdown:
-Perinatal care with Webster Certification (I’ve been Webster Certified since 2015)
-Advanced Perinatal Clinical Application
-Adjusting for Birth: Maternal Biomechanics and the Effects of Fetal Positioning
-Connecting with Parents, the Baby, and Supportive Care Providers
-Navigating the Highs and Lows of the Perinatal Family Practice
-Perinatal Health: Epigenetics and Parental Nutrition
-Perinatal Neuroimmunology: Patterns Of Interference
-Postpartum Care: Improving Diaphragm, Core, and Pelvic Floor Function
-Pregnancy, Birth, and Infancy from the Baby’s Perspective
-The Essentials of Chiropractic: Education in the Perinatal Period

“Webster Certification starts this journey with an in-depth understanding of the importance of chiropractic care during pregnancy; Perinatal Certification builds with comprehensive expertise of care throughout the perinatal period from preconception through postpartum.“ - Description from the ICPA

Address

7000 East Genesee Street Bldg C Upper Level
Fayetteville, NY
13066

Telephone

+13153143900

Website

http://www.DrKristinDC.com/

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Our practice is dedicated to helping you and your family maintain optimal health & wellness by combining nutrition and chiropractic care. Dr. Kristin is a Certified Prenatal Chiropractor (Webster Certified by the ICPA) and welcomes pediatric patients.

We offer kinesiotaping, specific muscle therapy including manual massage, pin & stretch release, trigger point therapy and ConnecTX Therapy. More information regarding what conditions we can help with is available on our website!

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