A few tips on back protection for pregnant women

The most tired back to give birth to a child – a patient’s feelings Women are not easy to produce, not easy to bring up children, this process, the most easily tired is the waist. Because the human body’s normal spine presents S-shaped physiological curvature, the waist is forward convex, and the process of pregnancy, along with the gradual bulging of the abdomen, the waist is inevitably subjected to backward extrusion, lumbar muscles have been in a tense state, it is inevitable that pain. After the birth, the lumbar force suddenly changed, this need to rest and moderate exercise, but in the face of wailing babies, new mothers and had to frequently bend over, hugging and hugging, the child is big, heavy, but also did not realize that the waist is also inadvertently because of the unbearable burden and lit up the red light. Similar back pain, treatment mainly rely on manipulation massage, but the most critical, or to learn to prevent and care. When pregnant: home pillows used up Pregnant women mostly have low back pain, especially in the second trimester. In addition to pay attention to control the weight of the fetus, reduce bending movements, more use of home pillows, can also give the waist decompression. Some people joke that the pregnant woman’s home, put how many pillows are not too much, or reasonable. In general, pregnant women at home, sitting or lying down more time, the posture is not right or uncomfortable, not only can not play the role of rest, but also aggravate the pain in the waist, this time, may wish to help with the help of pillows. Put a few more pillows on the bed, back pain, you can lie down, legs bent posture, while in the calf under the pad three or four pillows, so that the waist can get the maximum degree of relaxation. Half lying in bed, the back of the waist should also be padded with pillows, with the help of pillows to the waist to save energy. Often sit in the position, whether it is a sofa or dining chair, it is also best to put on the waist pillow, do not because of laziness or forgetting and let the waist suffer. After the birth: instantly do “small swallow fly” After the birth, the first time is to rest, take time to sleep, so that the waist from the weight of pregnancy gradually recovered, at the same time, must pay attention to can not move heavy objects, to avoid lumbar cold. Thereafter, about two weeks after delivery, you should do some exercise to exercise the abdominal and lumbosacral muscles, in order to enhance the stability of the lumbar spine, restore the strength of the lumbar muscles. The most recommended exercise is the “small swallow fly”. Standing to do, lying to do, can be. At first, do it according to your strength, and then, gradually increase the frequency. This exercise is very effective, but the most important thing is to insist. Specific practices are as follows: standing, feet and shoulder width, palms flat, arms up, gently backward, shoulder backward force to the lumbosacral region as the center of the gently forward, from the side to see a little bit of a “belly” feeling, this is a simulation of swallows swooping when the action of the wings closed. Lying down, as far as possible in the hard board bed, prone, face down, arms to the shoulder joint as a support point, gently raised, arms upward at the same time gently head up, shoulders backward and upward. At the same time, the feet gently raised, the muscles at the bottom of the waist contracted, as far as possible to let the ribs and abdomen to support the body, continued for 3 ~ 5 seconds, then relax the muscles, limbs and head back to the original position, rest 3 ~ 5 seconds and then do it again. Look at the child: wear a waist cuff to help a great deal Let the new mother less to hold the child I’m afraid it is futile, but need to be reminded that must be measured, don’t hold a long time, don’t hold with one hand, learn to use ingenuity, such as in the need for a long time to use the waist, or has been the emergence of lumbar pain can’t rest time, may wish to borrow the waist cuff to help. Waist cushion is orthopedics often prescribed health care prescription, many patients with low back pain have been used. Its main role is to give support to the lumbar spine to strengthen the stability of the lumbar region, and at the same time by restricting the amount of lumbar spine and the range of activities to protect the lumbar region. Purchase waist cushion must choose the right size, width and elasticity, in the absence of a professional waist cushion, tied to the postpartum abdominal belt or wrapped around the waist with a thick and long strip of cloth, can also play a certain role in protecting the waist. However, it should be noted that long-term wear waist cushions will produce dependence, and will make the waist muscles appear different degrees of disuse atrophy, so can not be worn for a long time, and can not wear a waist cushion instead of bed rest, instead of lumbar back muscle exercises. Always keep in mind that the best way to take care of the waist is to reduce the behavior of waist injury and increase the waist exercise. Finally, we also want to remind women with postpartum back pain, abnormalities, must go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the professional guidance of the doctor for treatment and rehabilitation.