Saturday, January 23, 2010

Link Between Neck Pain And Pregnancy

By Christian Goodman

What a truly wonderful and exciting time - being an expectant mother. The miracle of lifeblah, blah blah. I should have put that into quotes. A friend in her third trimester sort of downplayed my excitement about her impending miracle of life recently.

To look at her I sort of had to agree. What had happened to that "glow" pregnant women are supposed to have? It had been replaced by a puffy nose and dark circles under her eyes.

She told me that she started having chronic pain from the start of her third trimester. This do not occur only on daylight hours. Her neck pain got worse as had a big trouble while sleeping.

Neck pain is one of the most reported discomforts of pregnant women. In fact, over eighty percent of pregnant women have complained of neck pain, back pain or a combination of both.

Back pain and neck pain during pregnancy do have some reasons. First thing is during pregnancy there will be sudden increase of weight and typically the weight will be more in uterus. So it alters the woman's balance in the body. And the body tries to adjust in size and weight almost on a daily basis.

Even if a woman gain's weight all over, this offers not a lot of relief as the weight gain itself can cause neck and back pain. In fact, neck and back pain is commonly reported as a concern for obese men and women.

During pregnancy the hormones can affect the joints and ligaments and this can also cause pain.

While a great concept in relaxing the pelvis to allow for childbirth. Due to this "relaxing" effect, the joints and ligaments in the back and especially neck are compromised as far as support is concerned.

Alternatively one can apply ice pack on the affected area and can try some neck exercises. Best solutions are the pillows specially designed for cervical that can heal neck and back pain.

A client of mine who has two children told me that she experienced severe neck pain during her pregnancy.

Only after the delivery of the baby and complete recovery she noticed the improvement in the neck pain. For her the pillows and ice packs provided little comfort during her pregnancy.

Her physician asked her to try some neck exercises early, that means start the exercise before the pain starts. I was very happy to know that my neck exercises have been a great help to her.

The programs is very natural and comes with proven results and with zero side effects. My neck exercises are highly recommended regardless the cause of the pain.

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