What to do if you have back pain after giving birth

Low back pain is a symptom that everyone is familiar with. We don’t need to worry too much if low back pain occurs occasionally, but if the symptoms of low back pain occur for a long time, everyone must pay attention to it, because there are many reasons that cause low back pain. It is generally believed that diseases such as lumbar muscle strain may cause low back pain. Some female friends are prone to low back pain after giving birth. Below we will introduce what to do if you have low back pain after giving birth.

(1) Press the lumbar sacral area with your palms: Lie prone and press your palms together on the painful lumbar vertebrae until there is no pain. One inhalation and one exhalation counts as one time. Do this 10 to 15 times.

(2) Massage the waist and back: After work, in the morning or before going to bed at night, you can use your palms to massage the waist and back muscles, rubbing up and down 50 to 100 times, while twisting your waist. This can relax the muscles and promote blood circulation, improve local blood circulation, and relieve low back pain.

(3) Massage the muscle knots: Use the tip of your thumb to carefully touch the waist and sacrum. If you find any tender lumps, press them with your fingertips. Massage each knot for 1 minute.

(4) Pushing the lower limbs: With the help of someone else, lie prone, fix the hips, and use the base of the palm to start from the sacrum, through the buttocks, along the outer side of the thigh and the outer side of the calf, to the other side of the limb.

4. Aerobics:

(1) Leg exercises: Lie on your back, hold one leg at the knee with both hands, bend your hip as much as possible, and make the front of your thigh close to your abdomen. Do this 5 to 10 times in a row, then do the other leg; then hold both knees with both hands at the same time, and do this 5 to 10 times at the same time. Do it once every night, or once more in the morning.

(2) Sit-up exercise: Lie on your back and sit with your abdomen contracted. Be careful not to use your upper limbs to help, keep your lower limbs straight, and the number of times is not fixed. This exercise can also help reduce abdominal fat.

(3) Waist rolling exercise: Lie on your back with your legs bent, curl up your body into a ball, and roll back and forth 10 to 20 times. Lie on your back and use a hot, wet towel (with no water flowing out) to apply to the painful area of ​​your waist and the sacrum slightly below. Place a hot water bag on top and keep warm for about 10 minutes, then continue to do this on both sides of your waist for about 10 minutes each. Finally, lie on your back and do the same with your abdomen. Especially suitable for lower back pain during menstruation. Pay attention to the temperature to avoid burns.

In the above article, we introduced a symptom that some female friends are prone to experience after giving birth, that is, back pain. We know that back pain brings many kinds of trouble to these mothers. The above article gives us a detailed introduction on what to do if you have back pain after giving birth.