Pregnant women’s back pain is generally related to uterine compression or calcium deficiency, can be relieved through reasonable rest, massage and hot compresses or calcium supplements.
1. Reasonable rest: after pregnancy, with the development of the fetus, the growing uterus oppression leads to a gradual increase in the lumbar force, coupled with changes in the body’s hormone secretion, prompting the lumbar muscle elasticity weakened, which is prone to lumbar pain symptoms.
It is recommended that pregnant women usually need to rest, avoid prolonged standing and exertion, sleep in the waist can be padded with a soft pillow, mid to late pregnancy can also be used to support the abdomen to support the increase in the abdomen to reduce the stretching of the waist, can alleviate the symptoms of lumbar pain.
2. Massage hot compresses: pregnant women with back pain symptoms, in addition to rest, you can also use local hot compresses or towels gently massage the local, can promote blood circulation to improve the symptoms of lumbago. But pay attention to the hot compresses to avoid burns, massage should not be too strong.
3. Supplemental calcium: some pregnant women with back pain is due to insufficient nutritional supplementation during pregnancy, the body lack of calcium caused. It is recommended to go to the hospital to check the trace elements and follow the doctor’s instructions to take calcium gluconate or calcium carbonate and other drugs such as calcium supplements, eat more milk products, soy products or fish and shrimp and other foods containing high calcium.
There are many causes of back pain in pregnant women, but also alert to whether the preeclampsia or urinary tract infections, etc., to determine the cause of the specific cause of the symptomatic treatment.