Episode 22: Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy and Postpartum

On today’s episode, we talk pelvic girdle pain, both in pregnancy and postpartum. We go over what it is, how it affects mental and emotional health as well as quality of life, improvement and more!

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Cecile Rost:

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Time Stamps:

1:02 – Intro to pelvic girdle pain

5:19 – How it affects mental and emotional health as well as quality of life

10:45 – Risk factors for expectant moms and health professionals to look for

12:35 – Looking at causes of pelvic girdle pain

17:20 – Why do SI joint and pelvic girdle belts sometimes make the pain worse or sometimes not help at all? What WILL help?

23:31 – People are usually told to keep their knees/legs together if they are having pelvic girdle pain…is this wrong?

26:45 – How do we go about fixing this pelvic girdle pain?

31:45 – A quick synopsis about why having strong glutes is important to our pelvic function

33:18 – Explaining the Rost Moves Mama app and more!

35:28 – Takeaways from the episode

37:14 – On the next episode…