iPhone Pregnancy App
GE and MedHelp, an online health community site, have teamed up to create an iPhone app for expecting mothers to help track their pregnancy and become acquainted with what’s coming up. There are also features to track symptoms and others for sharing information with your doctor. Complete feature list: Record your pregnancy symptoms and compare [...]
Preventing Low Back Pain During Pregnancy
Regina Faison, PT, RPT explains how a physical therapist can help minimize or prevent low back pain, a common problem during pregnancy.
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to explore the associations between pain locations, responses to the posterior pelvic pain provocation (P4) test, responses to the active straight leg raise (ASLR) test and disability in late pregnancy. 283 women in gestation week 30 (mean age 31.3 years; 59% nullipara) completed a questionnaire (including pain drawing [...]
Exercise during pregnancy good for baby
Overweight or obese mums are more likely to have larger babies which could be at higher risk of health problems later in life. Light exercise during pregnancy may improve the future health of a child by controlling weight in the womb. There is increasing evidence that the future metabolism of a child may be influenced [...]
2009 Annual Evidence Update on Antenatal and Pregnancy Care
NHS Evidence – women’s health held its third Annual Evidence Update on Antenatal and Pregnancy Care from Monday 28 September – Sunday 4 October. The Evidence Update builds on the accumulated knowledge-base and provides an up-to-date summary of the latest evidence in this area that has been subject to rigorous selection criteria. It is very difficult for busy health professionals [...]
Corticosteroid injection treatment to the ischiadic spine reduced pain in women with long-lasting sacral low back pain with onset during pregnancy.
The objective of this study was to evaluate the pain relief effect of locally injected corticosteroid treatment in women with long-lasting sacral low back pain with onset during pregnancy. Thirty-six women were allocated to injection treatment, with slow-release triamcinolone and lidocaine or saline and lidocaine, given at the sacrospinous ligament insertion on the ischiadic spine [...]
Outcome of Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain Treated According to a Diagnosis-Based Decision Rule: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical outcomes of patients with pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain (PRLP) treated according to a diagnosis-based clinical decision rule. Data on 115 patients were collected at baseline and on 78 patients at the end of the active treatment. Disability was measured using the Bournemouth Disability Questionnaire (BDQ). Pain [...]
A simple way to beat labour pains
The hazards of childbirth are an inevitable consequence of those two unique features of our species: standing upright, which narrows the outlet of the pelvis, and the (relatively) large size of the infant’s head. As a result the force of the uterine contractions necessary to impel the baby down the birth canal are ten times [...]
The inter-rater reliability of a standardised classification system for pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain
Annelie Gutke, Gunilla Kjellby-Wendt and Birgitta Öberg Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain has varying clinical presentations and effects among subgroups. Different lumbopelvic pain subgroups require different specific management approaches which require the differentiation between lumbar and pelvic girdle pain (PGP). Thirty-one consecutive pregnant women with non-specific lumbopelvic pain were evaluated by two examiners and classified into lumbar [...]
Stability, continence and breathing: The role of fascia following pregnancy and delivery
D.G. Lee, L.J. Lee, L. McLaughlin This article explores the function of the abdominal canister immediately and over time following pregnancy in relation to lumbopelvic pain, incontinence and breathing disorders. Biomechanical aspects of the myofascial piece of the clinical puzzle as it pertains to the abdominal canister during pregnancy and delivery is the focus of [...]
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