Pregnancy and Back Pain

Pregnancy and back pain unfortunately seem to go together due to the fact that as your womb and stomach expand you can gain almost a quarter extra of your body weight and your centre of balance becomes offset. This can lead to muscular strain, pain and pressure and is not helped by the fact that a couple of hormones relax the joints in the pelvis. All this typically occurs between the fifth and seventh month of pregnancy, but as in all things it can begin earlier. There are two common types of back pain in pregnancy:-
Lumbar – the Lower Back. - The pain occurs above the waist in the middle of the back.
Posterior Pelvic Pain. - This is a deep pain felt below and at the sides at the waistline, or sometimes below the waistline across the sacrum-the tailbone. Some unfortunate ladies suffer from both.