Pelvic pain and the gym
Hi everyone, I am 25 weeks now and all has been great not many aches pains etc but the past week the pelvic pain has hit me so hard.. particularly front of my hips. I have a relatively small bump (from what I've been told) and I weight lift and walk a lot and had no issues. Baby boy is low down which I think is mainly the issue..
Any tips please.. its getting quite bad so taking paracetamol, baths got a bump band on (which works a bit). Do I rest completely or do light exercise? Thanks x
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I had this during my first pregnancy, avoid any single leg exercises as they destabilise you and I found that they worsened my PGP. As Jess said, see a physio to rule out any pelvic floor issues. My physio taught me how to brace my pelvic floor properly when lifting weights which helped with the pain massively xx
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I would ask your midwife and possible see about being referred to physio. I had pgp from week 18 during pregnancy, I found yoga helpful and had some exercises from my physio which I did which helped too. My pain was at the back, by I think 28 weeks I had to completely alter my routine for legs as I could no longer use a leg press without it causing more pain the next day Physio always said to me as long as it didn’t aggravate I could keep working out x