General back pain can occur both with the many pregnancy and postnatal changes to your body. The growing weight of your pregnant belly puts pressure on the lumbar spine causing joint stiffness and surrounding muscle tension, while hormones loosen joints and ligaments during pregnancy.
After delivery, demands on the back change, with large amounts of repetitive bending and lifting of your growing baby. Static postures, such as those while comforting and feeding your baby, will also increase load on the spine and potentially cause to pain. Women’s physiotherapy can help relieve symptoms of pregnancy and postnatal back pain.
Pain and discomfort in the lower back is the most common, along with pain that radiates through the hips, thighs and sacral area (near the tailbone). Pain can be experienced as dull, sharp or shooting, with heaviness, pressure and a feeling of general instability in the pelvis also felt in some patients.
Physiotherapy for pregnancy back pain, and post-birth discomfort, involves manual therapy for muscle tightness, dry needling, advice for feeding, sleeping and exercising, and supportive garments (when necessary).
We have two convenient Physiotherapy clinics in Perth.
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