Women’s health physical therapy

WalaaUpdated 4 أشهر Ago1 Mins read93

Did you know that there’s a whole specialty called physical therapy for women’s health? A lot of people may not be aware of it, However, Women’s health physical therapy is becoming more widely known recently, although it has been in practice for almost 30 years or even more

The focus in this specialty is to determine gynaecological and obstetric problems of women, then perform physical therapy evaluation and design a plan of treatment (physical therapy)

It deals with conditions such as:

– Diastasis recti
– pelvic pain
– pelvic girdle pain
– problems during pregnancy and postpartum
– breast and gynecologic cancer
– osteoporosis in females

It also aims to educate women about the physiological changes that occur during pregnancy and prepare them for getting pregnant through antenatal care classes

Here is an example to make it clearer:
During pregnancy, weakness of abdominal muscles, back pain, symphysial pain, and diastasis recti occur
So, the physical therapy and antenatal classes aim to preserve the physiological aspect of pregnancy and labor and to prevent or detect these conditions as early as possibleWomen all over the world should be always encouraged to go to sessions of physical therapy and antenatal care classes.

If the pregnancy is normal, without any problem, the pregnant woman can join antenatal care classes at any time of her pregnancy. Great advantage is to start education (classes) early before the woman increases her weight, especially if the woman is usually sedentary, so she needs a wide range of training to improve her flexibility and to strength her muscles. ♥