BACK PAIN SOLUTION
DURING PREGNANCY
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BACKACHE IS VERY COMMON IN PREGNANCY. ALMOST 70 PERCENT OF ALL PREGNANT WOMEN DEAL WITH SOME SORT OF BACK PAIN. BACKACHE OFTEN OCCUR AS THE INCREASING WEIGHT PULLS THE SPINE FORWARD AND SHIFTS EXPECTING MOTHER'S CENTRE OF GRAVITY. DURING PREGNANCY, THE PELVIC JOINTS RELAX IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE SIZE AND FLEXIBILITY OF THE PELVIS IN PREPARATION FOR BIRTH. THIS MAY CAUSE PRESSURE ON THE SCIATIC NERVE AND MAY LEAD TO PAIN IN THE PELVIC AREA, DOWN THE THIGH AND INTO THE LEG. THERE ARE LIGAMENTS THAT HOLD ME UTERNUS IN PLACE - ONE IS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE UTERNUS AND A THIRD GOING ACROSS THE PELVIC FLOOR. AS THE UTERNUS GROWS, THESE LIGAMENTS STRETCH LIKE A RUBBERBAND. ANY SUDDEN MOVEMENT OR POSITION CHANGE CAN CAUSE THEM TO SPASM.
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THE LIGAMETS BECOME SOFTER AND STRETCH TO PREPARE FOR LABOUR. AS THE BABY GROWS, THE HOLLOW IN THE BACK OF LADY MAY INCREASE AND THIS MAY CAUSE BACKACHE. ALSO, DUE TO THE INCREASED WEIGHT, THE MUSCLES IN YOUR BACK MAY HAVE TO WORK HARDER TO SUPPORT YOUR BALANCE, RESULTING IN INCREASED LOWER BACK PAIN. FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE LOTS OF SIMPLE YOGIC ACTIVITIES WHICH CAN HELP IN BACKACHE.
PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN
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- FIRST, CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF BACKACHE AS A SYMPTOM OF PRE-TERM LABOUR.
- PRACTICE GOOD PRESSURE AND STAND STRAIGHT AND TALL WITH YOUR BACKBONE STRAIGHT.
- ALWAYS BE CAREFUL WHILE LIFTING OBJECTS. BEND YOUR KNEES INSTEAD OF BENDING OVER AT THE WAIST. LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS INSTEAD OF YOUR BACK.
- WEAR SUPPORTIVE SHOES WITH LOW HEELS. AVOID STANDING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.'
- PUT ONE FOOT ON A STEP STOOL TO RELIEVE BACK STRESS WHILE STANDING.
- CONSIDER WEARING A MATERNITY SUPPORT BELT TO HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE PRESSURE.
- MATERNITY PANTS WITH A LOW, SUPPORTIVE WAISTBAND MAY ALSO BE HELPFUL.
- APPLY HEAT USING WARM BATH SOAKS, WARM WET TOWELS, A HOT WATER BOTTLE OR HEATING PAD.
- GET A BACK MASSAGE AND TAKE PROPER REST.
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THERAPY FOR BACK PAIN
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- SIT WITH LEGS OUTSTRETCHED IN FRONT OF YOUR BODY ABOUT ONE FOOT APART.
- INTERLOCK THE FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS AND HOLD THE ARMS OUT STAIGHT IN FRONT OF THE CHEST.
- KEEP THE ARMS STRAIGHT AND HORIZONTAL THROUGHOUT THE PRACTICE. DO NOT BEND THE ELBOWS.
- BEND FORWARD AS FAS AS POSSIBLE COMFORTABLY WITHOUT ANY JERK.
- IMAGINE THE ACTION OF CHURNING A MILL WITH A STONE GRINDER.
- SWIVEL TO THE RIGHT SO THAT THE HANDS PASS ABOVE THE RIGHT TOES AND AS FAR TO THE RIGHT POSSIBLE.
- LEAN BACK AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ON THE BACKWARD SWING.
- TRY TO MOVE THE BODY FROM THE WAIST. ON THE FORWARD SWING, BRING THE ARMS AND HANDS TO THE LEFT SIDE, OVER THE LEFT TOES AND THEN BACK TO THE CENTRE POSITION.
- ONE ROTATION IS ONE ROUND.
- PRACTICE 5 TO 10 ROUNDS CLOCKWISE THEN THE SAME NUMBER OF ROUNDS ANTI-CLOCKWISE.
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GENERAL SUGGESTIONπππ
- REST TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY WITH LEGS ELEVATED HIGHER THAN YOUR HEART. LIE DOWN WITH PILLOWS UNDER YOUR CALVES AND FEET.
- LYING DOWN ON YOUR LEFT SIDE IS BETTER OR CIRCULATION.
- AVOID WEARING TIGHT CLOTHES LIKE PANTS, STOCKING ETC. VARICOSE VEINS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH SWELLING.
- EXERCISE REGULARLY BY WALKING OR SWIMMING.
- TRY SUBMERGING IN WATER UP TO YOUR SHOULDERS. THE WATER SHOULD BE NO WARMER THAN BODY TEMPERATURE.
- CHEK YOUR FLUID INTAKE.
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- YAMA - MORAL DUTIES SUCH AS AHIMSA
- NIYAMA - SELF-OBSERVANCE SUCH AS PURE
- ASANA - PHYSICAL YOGIC EXERCISES
- PRANAYAMA - BREATHING TECHNIQUES
- PRATYAHARA - DISSOCIATION OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
- DHARANA -CONCENTRATION OF PARTICULAR SUB
- DHYANA - MEDITATION
- SAMADHI - IDENTIFICATION WITH SELF- ACTUALISATION