Why am I in so much pain post-partum?
As crass as it may sound, Dr Lee has often referred to a mother’s body as Ikea Furniture. You can get an entire living room that comes in 1 box that fits in the back of a Honda. However, try as you may, you’ll never get any of it back in the box once you take it out.
Causes of post pregnancy or postpartum pain
Pregnancy and the birthing process make permanent changes to the human body. These changes affect how the body functions, often adding extra and undue stress that leads to inflammation, pain, and degeneration.
After baby comes there are a entire list of other things that can cause issues:
- stress
- lack of sleep
- sitting or sleeping in uncomfortable positions
- carrying baby
- lifting car seats strollers
Solutions to Post-partum Pain
What hurts and why? No matter why you are experiencing post baby pain chiropractic, acupuncture and PT can help.
Remember we talked about the physical changes to your body? Ligaments become more pliable, your pelvis widens, etc. We joked that we could never get it all back again, but we can help. You may not get your structure back to the measurements or proportions it originally was, but we can get it back aligned, heal the ligaments, and strengthen the muscles to keep it that way. (We are not talking post baby weight although that puts stress on your skeleton too.)
