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Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain – treatment modalities Cover

Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain – treatment modalities

Open Access
|Oct 2017

Abstract

Introduction

Pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain is a common complaint which often limits everyday activity of a pregnant woman. Accurate and individualized treatment is needed as, if ignored, pain can become a long term condition.

The aim of this article is to present the current state of knowledge about possible treatment modalities for pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain.

Summary

Current knowledge gives us a variety of effective tools which help reduce pain and functional limitations with no harm to a mother and foetus. There is no single and most effective treatment strategy. A combination of evidence-based methods produces the best treatment outcomes.

Language: English
Page range: 69 - 78
Published on: Oct 17, 2017
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2017 Małgorzata Starzec, Aleksandra Truszczyńska, published by University of Physical Education in Warsaw
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License.