Physiotherapy during pregnancy is a helpful approach dealing with pain from an increase in relaxing practice can assign in alleviating from muscle pain through the means of specific exercise and manual therapy targeted exercises not only help in reducing pain but also maintain the strength of muscles.
Some common issues pregnancy physiotherapy can deal with :-
● Upper back pain
● Neck pain
● Shoulder pain
● Sciatica
● Carpal tunnel syndrome
● Pelvic girdle pain
● Bladder issue
All pregnant women without contraindications should be encouraged to exercise . Many pregnant women are on regular aerobic and strength conditioning activities as part of their daily lifestyle. It is recognised that habits adopted during pregnancy could affect women’s health.
Women with complicated pregnancies are discouraged from exercising for fear of aggravating the complications .
Certain exercises required medical advice before starting and exercises program like_
Some top benefits include:
Most of the changes in a woman’s body persist for another 4 to 6 weeks after delivery. These exercises need to be resumed gradually after pregnancy and should be individualized.
Following delivery, the pelvic floor muscles are weak, and many women develop stress urinary incontinence, where there is involuntary leakage of urine with any effort, exertion, sneezing, coughing, or laughing.
Kegel exercises help strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.