Pregnancy can affect many parts of the body, but it most frequently affects the pelvis. Your pelvis changes shape as your pregnancy progresses. Sometimes the joints of your pelvis are stiff or don’t ...

Chances are you’ve heard about the benefits of strengthening your pelvic floor with kegel exercises. The pelvic floor muscles help stabilize the core and support the bladder, bowel and uterus. When ...

Pregnancy causes all types of aches and pains in your body. That’s why it’s not uncommon to see many of us sporting the infamous “hand on lower back” position. And while joint pain can happen anywhere ...

Pregnancy brings it with a whole host of unusual symptoms as your body expands to create a new life – but perhaps one of the lesser spoken about, yet more painful changes to adjust to, is the harsh ...

Exercises to help promote a healthy and strong pelvic floor include pelvic floor contractions (also known as "Kegels"), pelvic floor relaxation (reverse kegels), pelvic tilts into glute bridges, ...

Sacroiliac joint pain is common among pregnant women. SI joint pain affects the back of the pelvis, the hips, and sometimes the legs. This kind of pain can last through delivery and into the ...

Correspondence to Katrine Mari Owe, Department of Psychosomatics and Health Behaviour, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, Oslo N-0403, Norway; Katrine.Mari.Owe{at}fhi.no ...