It is no secret that women who are pregnant often experience low back pain (LBP) and pelvic girdle pain (PGP). A retrospective cohort study completed by Malamqvist et al. found that 50% of women experienced moderate to severe pain. However only 15%-30% received treatment for complaints they reported to their physicians. In addition to pre natal problems it has been discovered that at one year post partum 77% of women experienced back pain, 49% experienced urinary incontinence, and 40% experienced back pain as well as urinary incontinence. Education of medical professionals and community members is the key to changing these statistics. The new pelvic health program at Teton Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation will be working hard to get the message out that there are interventions that can help most problems encountered during the pre or post-natal period.
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