How to relieve knee pain after childbirth?

I believe that many women experience discomfort after giving birth. This is related to many factors, such as inadequate postpartum care and insufficient nutrition during pregnancy. These factors cannot be ignored. Once you encounter knee pain, you still need to be vigilant and seize the time to solve the problem. So how to relieve knee pain after childbirth?

These pains are associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding. Pregnancy causes endocrine changes, which lead to relaxation of joints and ligaments and decreased elasticity. In addition, the fetus's calcium requirement increases, which reduces the bone density of pregnant women. Childbirth causes qi and blood deficiency, and catching a cold can easily cause muscle and joint inflammation. Postpartum breastfeeding for the baby continues to increase calcium requirements, causing the bone density of the waist and limbs to continue to decrease. Improper rest after childbirth, standing or sitting too early, or holding the baby for a long time, or breastfeeding in a fixed posture causing muscle fatigue, etc., can easily make women prone to limb pain after childbirth.

To avoid postpartum pain, you should insist on calcium supplementation during pregnancy and lactation; rest more after delivery, and do not stand too early or do housework. Do health exercises every day and keep your body warm, but don't cover yourself too tightly. To relieve pain and discomfort, pay attention to consuming calcium-rich foods every day, such as milk, soy products and seafood, and take calcium supplements. When the pain is obvious, local hot compress or physical therapy can be applied. Acupuncture, Chinese medicine fumigation and other methods can also be used, or go to the hospital for physical therapy such as ultrashort wave.

When the disease is not occurring, patients can often do knee bending exercises at home, which can not only reduce the frequency of knee pain, but also relieve pain. The exercise method is actually very simple. You just need to wear loose clothes and take off your shoes at home, lie on your back on the floor and place your hands naturally on both sides of your body.

Then bend one leg at the knee, preferably so that the angle between the thigh and calf is less than a right angle, and stretch the other leg upward, about 10 cm off the ground. This set of movements can be held for five seconds, and then slowly lowered back to a lying position. Rest for 2-3 seconds and then lift your legs up again. Repeat this several times before standing up.

The above introduction on how to relieve knee pain after childbirth is very clear. There are still many measures that can relieve and regulate knee pain. You must pay attention to calcium supplementation and enhance bone health. At the same time, you must also pay attention to rest and avoid overwork. It is also necessary for mothers to take the confinement period seriously.