Pregnant with back pain? Suggested comfort tactics.
expert_opinion · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.3810/psm.1996.07.1416.
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Abstract
Pregnancy, especially the later stages, is fertile ground for back pain. Your center of gravity shifts because your uterus expands. Your abdominal muscles lose tone. And hormonal changes temporarily loosen important support structures - ligaments and tendons - leaving you with joints and muscles in the back and pelvis that seem to groan under the stress of increased weight.