{"id":13772,"date":"2022-12-01T04:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T04:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/?p=13772"},"modified":"2022-12-14T01:09:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T01:09:23","slug":"pregnancy-related-pelvic-girdle-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/pregnancy-related-pelvic-girdle-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
What is Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is a condition that is very common during pregnancy and in the post partum period and can impact a woman’s capacity to stand, walk, sit and complete everyday tasks. During pregnancy 33-55% of women report experiencing some degree of PGP before 20 weeks gestation and up to 60-70% by late pregnancy.<\/p>\r\n Why does pelvic girdle pain occur and will it go away after birth?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n PGP occurs due to a combination of factors and are likely different for each individual<\/p>\r\n For the majority of women PGP symptoms ease after giving birth, however in 7-25% of women pain seems to persist into the post-partum period.<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n What are some self management strategies that you can do at home?<\/strong> Here are some tips to help manage your pain:<\/p>\r\n <\/p>\r\n How can physio help?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n Our physiotherapists can assess your pain and determine if what you are suffering from is in fact PGP, diagnose the exact structure that is most likely causing your PGP to give an individualised approach, and rule out other conditions with similar presentations. If in fact you are suffering from PGP your physiotherapist can provide:<\/p>\r\n If you are unsure if what you are experiencing is pelvic pain, call to our clinic on 8555 4099 or BOOK ONLINE for an assessment with one of our Physiotherapists. Written by Caitlin Collenette<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)? Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is a condition that is very common during pregnancy and in the post partum period and can impact a woman’s capacity to stand, walk, sit and complete everyday tasks. During pregnancy 33-55% of women report experiencing some degree of PGP before 20 weeks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13772"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13797,"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13772\/revisions\/13797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innerstrengthbayside.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\r\n
What are some of the symptoms of pelvic girdle pain?<\/strong>
PGP can cause a range uncomfortable and painful symptoms including:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It is important to firstly understand that although this condition can be painful, it does not pose any risk to your baby. Studies suggest that PGP is likely to worsen as pregnancy progresses which means that managing this type of condition as early as possible to work on strategies to keep pain and discomfort under control is vital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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