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Reply to "HELP! Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD), Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)"
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[quote=Anonymous]Try these youtube exerscises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw2eiy1bHsU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJHEiaxNKE In the second video, the woman said she didn't have spd for her later pregnancies so there's hope! I did both videos but not consistently and found some relief when the spd started around the 28th week. I would have tried PT had covid not hit yet but then again, didn't realize how serious spd can be until postpartum. In the first youtube exercises, I at first didn't think they'd help much but it really did and for me, it was really about strengthening the transverse abs (TVA). I tried to do a little of Bloom Method which women rave about and that seemed to really be about strengthening the TVA which might help you too. I thought my spd would just get better right after birth like many others had said but that was unfrotunately not my case. I read and saw youtube vids from PTs that lying on your back birthing can only make spd worse. I pushed and then had to have C-section and that pushing really messed up my pelvis. I had a hard time walking after, like I could walk but just very fragile and couldn't take long steps or stand on one leg well. My OB gave me a PT referral, but do your research and find a pelvic floor specialist, not any PT. With COVID, I opted to wait to see if it got better. My doc said most women recover on own but PT can help speed it up especially if returning back to work soon. I'm not 3 months PP and it feels a lot better. I just started doing the Every Mother program for diastasis recti a few days ago and the exercises are very similar to belly breathing in Bloom Method (core compressions) and literally, overnight seemed to really help the spd. I can turn and step on one leg and not feel the pain. I can also stand from sitting while holding baby and not feel that pain in middle of front of pubic bone. I can also sit upright without feeling so much pressure on pubic bone. Before it got better, I would have to lean back or recline a little. So, it gets better and there's hope! My doc did say a woman birthed a 10lb baby and couldn't walk after and recovered doing PT. While pregnant with SPD, i tried every belt imaginable and taping. I got the si-loc hip belt--works for some but not for me. I got the belly band with suspenders to take some weight off but it just felt like it pushed inwards too much and thus too much pressure on pelvis. I tried the belly sling and that helped some but again, not a hit because cause upper back to strain. The KT tape also didn't work for me and becareful with pulling tape too tight because it will burn your skin if you leave on too long! I would rec the youtube exercises and belly breathing/core compressions lying down if standing is too much, it'll help during birth too for pushing. Oh also, everyone is different, but all the advice out there says to keep legs together and don't do butterfly, but it really helped lying down, legs stretched open with feet meeting (so there's like a diamon shape between legs). I slept like that on my back (slight incline so not flat back --not related to spd but vena cava) and felt way better next morning. Sleeping on left side i woke up with bad spd pain and sleeping on right side I woke up with some pain but not as bad as left side. Also, don't stand too much. If I stood too much it hurt.[/quote]
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