Women’s health gets affected due to various musculoskeletal changes that occur in the child bearing year. Basic antenatal & postnatal exercises program are designed for women.
Antenatal
- Low & mid back pain
- Sciatica
- Pain c movement
- Bladder control problems
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
Postnatal
- Back, shoulder, neck pain
- Abdominal building during movement
- Post cesarean pain (after healing)
These conditions are often greatly relieved c various strategies including-
- Pain relieving modalities
- Deep massage & other manual therapies
- Muscle strengthening
- Postural Stretches
- Muscle balancing(specific)
- Co-ordination techniques
Physiotherapy in Postnatal Education
- Moving correctly in post-delivery will reduce pain & other complications in post-natal women, both other cesarean & vaginal delivery.
- Women can be educated automatically regarding movement patterns that reduce strain & intra-abdominal pressure (important for cesarean wounds)
- Need modifications on each time of increase trimester as they start to mobilise after birth.
Physiotherapy in Antenatal Education
Changing body, life skills & labor
- Awareness of movement
- Awareness of posture
- Awareness of exercises
- Breathing & physical relaxation
- Basic techniques for moving, stretching & finding comfortable working & resting positions during & after pregnancy.
Prepare Your Pregnancy With Physiotherapist
Physiotherapy can effectively relieve the pain & discomfort you might be experiencing.
Physiotherapist can help you relieve symptoms of :-
- General back pain
- Poor blood circulation
- Heavy legs
- Shortness of breath
- Abdominal muscle pain
Exercises Which Physiotherapist Will Teach-
- Pelvic Floor Exercise
- Breathing Exercise
Which will help you to prepare for a smoother & less painful delivery.
Awareness of Pelvic floor muscles & learn to control them & relax them in an efficient manner.
Antenatal Exercise
- Warm up
- Stretches
- Postural correction
- Strengthening exercises
- Aerobic exercises
- Back & abdominal exercises
- Ankle exercises
- Relaxation exercises
- Breathing exercises
- Pelvic Floor exercises
Postnatal Exercise (It refers to the time from termination of pregnancy till 42 days)
- Pelvic floor Kegel exercises
- Head & shoulder raising
- Foot & ankle exercises
- Pelvic tilting
- Leg raising
- Deep breathing exercises
Contraindication for exercising during pregnancy
Relative
Severe anemia
Maternal cardiac dysrhythmia
Chronic bronchitis
Poorly controlled type-1 diabetes mellitus
Extreme morbid obesity
Extreme underweight
Amniotic fluid leakage, Dyspnea
Cay pain & swelling, vaginal bleeding
Heavy smoker
Poorly controlled hyperthyroidism
Poorly controlled seizure disorder
Orthopaedic limitations
Poorly controlled hypertension
Absolute
Heart disease
Restrictive lung disease
Incompetent cervix
Multiple gestation at risk for premature labor
Persistent second or third trimester bleeding
Placenta previa after 26weeks of gestation
Premature labor during the current pregnancy
Ruptured membranes
Pregnancy- included hypertension
Contraindication for exercising in postnatal period
- Severe anemia
- Dizziness of faintness
- Headache or visual disturbance
- Unexplained abdominal pain
- Vaginal bleeding