Pregnancy Acupuncture: Back Pain
Back pain can knock you off your feet and leave you bedridden when it is at its worst, even when it is not that extreme it can be difficult to deal with especially with all of the other physical and emotional issues that you need to contend with when you are pregnant. And sciatica, that just makes life unbearable and there is no position that you can actually be comfortable in for very long.
But you don’t have to live like this, you don’t have to put up with it and Fertility Acupuncture South Yarra will take the ache out of your back with specially designed pregnancy acupuncture for back and sciatic pain.
The causes of pregnancy back pain
There are many reasons why women experience back and sciatic pain during their pregnancy; we have just listed a few of them below;
1. Hormones: Hormones play a significant part in all stages of your pregnancy, they help to relax ligaments and muscles and many other significant tasks that help to ready your body for your baby and childbirth. However there can be issues that arise especially from a lowering of muscle support in the lower back.
Back pain can be a result of not having as much strength combined with additional weight that progressively increases during the course of the nine months.
2. Balance: Your balance is thrown out as you get bigger and your belly protrudes, as your baby gets bigger. This has repercussions for your body and for your back in particular. To compensate for this change your centre of gravity must shift just so you can keep on your feet and as a natural follow on so does your posture.
3. Weight: One of the certainties about pregnancy is that whatever you do is you are going to gain weight. Whether it is only the weight of the baby or additional kilos on your own frame as well you know that it is going to happen – in fact if it didn’t it would be a cause for concern. So how does your body accommodate this extra weight? The answer is the best it can but if you don’t already have fairly strong muscles to account for this change then pain may be the result as they struggle to keep pace;
4. Stress: Stress tends to make everything worse have you noticed? The same goes for back pain. If you have back pain and you are stressed it becomes intolerable but when you are relaxed it is a mild annoyance. Stress is bad for pregnancy and if you are feeling stressed it is best to do something about it for the health of you and your baby.
5. Sciatica: The lumbar spine hists the sciatic nerve which when it is compressed can be the cause of excruciating pain that will radiate from your buttocks down the back of your legs;
Acupuncture eases back and sciatic pain
1. Getting rid of the pain: Acupuncture has a very long history (over 2000 years) of providing pain relief through the manipulation of key energy points on the body;
2. Inflammation: If an area is painful it will be inflamed you just need to touch it to feel how hot it is compared to other parts of the body. Acupuncture can reduce the inflammation to provide relief.
3. Muscles; Muscles get sore and tight when they are continuously under stress, pregnancy acupuncture can relieve this soreness by loosening up the muscles;
4. Joints; Pain that you are feeling may be radiating from sore joints that can be relieved with pregnancy acupuncture;
5. Nerves: If your sciatic nerve is compressed, maybe from the additional weight form your baby, then you need help to release the nerve which will alleviate the pain.
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Our special pregnancy and fertility acupuncture treatments are designed to boost your fertility and take the backache out of pregnancy. Our professional and experienced practitioners can help you solve all of your health issues in a relaxed, confidential and supportive environment.
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