Pregnancy and the postpartum period are when back pain appears most often. In the first weeks after birth, pain in the back and hips is usually not a worrying sign, because it follows from the changes that happened during pregnancy. Even so, physiotherapy techniques that improve the quality of everyday life and reduce troublesome back pain are very much worth having.
It does happen, however, that back pain does not settle after birth. This is a common complaint and a commonly dismissed one. The aim of physiotherapy is to remove the cause of the pain, and to teach how to prevent it coming back.
Therapy
- Massage of the spine and hips
- Strengthening and releasing exercises
- Postural correction
- Stretching and breathing exercises
- Kinesiotaping
- Dry needling
- Cupping
- Myofascial techniques