What causes postpartum sciatica?

People often say that the day a child is born is the mother's birthday. Women need to bear a lot of pressure from the beginning of pregnancy to delivery, and their bodies will experience some uncomfortable symptoms during this period, but they have to endure it until the time of giving birth. Especially now, many mothers suffer from sciatica after giving birth. What is going on? Let’s learn more about it together.

Postpartum sciatica is closely related to pregnancy. Sciatica experienced by pregnant women after childbirth is actually closely related to the physical changes during pregnancy. After a woman becomes pregnant, her hormone secretion changes significantly, and she releases a hormone called pubic relaxant, which relaxes the pelvis, related joints, and ligaments, thus preparing for the smooth delivery of the baby.

It has something to do with the pressure from a big belly. A large part of the cause of postpartum sciatica is the pressure caused by the big belly during pregnancy. Because the baby develops very quickly and gains weight quickly in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, the expectant mother's waist is under great pressure. Once the mother's sciatic nerve is compressed, sciatica will occur, and postpartum sciatica will continue to appear. This requires women to take precautions in the middle and late stages of pregnancy to avoid sciatica. Prevention methods include resting on a hard bed and traction therapy.

Caused by lumbar disc injury. If a woman suffers from lumbar disc injury after childbirth, it may also cause sciatica in the body, because lumbar disc injury causes swelling around the nerves, or lumbar disc herniation and displacement compresses the nerves, which may also cause postpartum women to suffer from sciatica. Postpartum women who suffer from sciatica must take timely measures to relieve symptoms. There are many ways to relieve symptoms.

The above introduces the causes of postpartum sciatica. The occurrence of sciatica in women after childbirth is still closely related to pregnancy. It is recommended that women should do some preventive work for postpartum sciatica during pregnancy. The preventive method is to rest on a hard bed, combine work and rest during pregnancy, and avoid strenuous physical activities.