Why are women prone to low back pain after giving birth to a baby? This is because after the mother gives birth smoothly, many organs on the body will undergo huge changes, the female physique is already very weak, and it takes a while for the body to return to the normal state of prenatal conditioning.
Many postpartum mothers are too casual during the maintenance of the body, which not only leads to the body not being well nourished, but also causes various diseases. However, the "pot" of low back pain is thrown to the confinement and did not sit well, which is obviously incomplete, after all, some women have low back pain during pregnancy.
There are many risk factors that cause low back pain during pregnancy or postpartum, and the following are the "culprits" of low back pain:
Endocrine factors
Pregnancy causes great changes in the endocrine system, and in order to allow the fetus to spread smoothly during childbirth, the ligaments connecting the pelvis also become loose. Coupled with the increasing uterus every day, the waist support of pregnant mothers gradually increases, resulting in loose sacral spinous ligaments, compressing pelvic nerves and blood vessels and causing low back pain.
The endocrine system does not return to the pre-pregnancy state soon after childbirth, the pelvic ligaments are still in a relaxed state for a period of time, the abdominal muscles become weak and weak, and the uterus is not fully reset quickly, causing low back pain.
Posture problems
During pregnancy, as the uterus of the pregnant woman increases, the center of gravity gradually moves back, in order to maintain balance, the pregnant woman's lumbar spine will gradually convex, the neck is flexed forward, and the shoulders are moved down.
In October of pregnancy, maintaining this position for a long time, coupled with the weight compression of the uterus and the mother's own body, increases the burden on the lumbar spine and pelvis. Long-term compression causes lumbar spine injury, triggering symptoms of low back pain.
Obesity problem
Excessive weight gain during pregnancy is also a risk factor for low back pain during pregnancy and the postpartum period, and excessive fetal weight increases pelvic and lumbar pressure. Pregnant women whose weight increase too quickly during pregnancy are more likely to have rectus abs separation, and the tolerance of the separated rectus abdominis muscles to the lower back is weakened, which also increases the burden on the lumbar spine and easily causes low back pain.
In addition, if you lie in bed or sit for a long time after childbirth, the amount of activity is insufficient, which is easy to cause congestion in the pelvic cavity and maternal weight gain, which will cause the weight of the lumbar muscle to increase weight and cause pain.
Long hours of exertion
After pregnancy and childbirth, women's bones and joints will become loose, and ligaments and muscles will be elongated and their elasticity will be weakened. If you do not pay attention to rest after childbirth, often bend down to change the baby's diaper, dress, bath, etc., or do some housework, heavy work and the like, it is easy to lead to overwork and damage to connective tissue, ligaments, muscles, etc., thus inducing waist pain.
Incorrect breastfeeding methods can also easily lead to low back pain in women, such as bending over and sideways to feed the baby, and watching the baby suck for a long time when feeding each time, which can easily lead to maternal fatigue, so that the waist muscles are in a tight state for a long time and lead to pain in the waist muscle strain.
In addition, when a woman sleeps at night or breastfeeds her baby, she is accustomed to turning sideways or maintaining a position all the time, which will cause strain on one side of the muscles and cause low back pain for a long time.
Poor uterine rejuvenation
After giving birth, the uterus will continue to contract, gradually shrinking in size and slowly returning to its pre-pregnancy size. Some women have poor recovery of the uterus after childbirth, and the lochia in the uterus cannot be discharged smoothly, resulting in blood stasis in the pelvic cavity, which is easy to cause women to have low back pain after childbirth.
Pelvic floor muscle relaxation
Pregnancy and vaginal delivery will cause damage to the pelvic floor muscles of women, and it is easy to have symptoms such as bulging out of the anterior and posterior walls of the vagina or uterine prolapse, resulting in a feeling of falling abdomen and sore waist.
Wear high heels prematurely after childbirth
Many beauty-loving women do not wear high heels during pregnancy for the safety of their babies, and they can't wait to change into high heels after giving birth. However, the postpartum body is already weak and easy to be damaged, if you rush to wear high heels before the postpartum body has not fully recovered, it will cause the body's center of gravity to shift forward and induce foot pain, etc. This pain will be radiated and cause soreness in the waist.
There are many factors that cause postpartum low back pain, postpartum mothers should pay attention to rest, 42 days after childbirth timely review to observe their own body recovery, find problems as soon as possible to deal with.