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had physio today
hi ladies i went for physio today cos i been having some lower back pain and pain in my hips!!.....the physiotherapist made me feel like i was a right hypocondriact(sp!)she started by sayin "u are pregnant and obviously going to have some pain and discomfort"so i told her i knew to expect some pain as i had been pregnant before but i have been in quite alot of pain , she kept sayin well everything in moving and ligamients are stretching and stuff then she totally went off on one about my pelvic floor and how important it was to excersize it !!i know this as it is weak but i have never really been shown??(i know i cant be shown properly cos u cant see it)she just spent the whole time showing me excersizes for it and not about my back then she gave me a support belt and said "i wont book u in again cos i cant help u only u can help ureself "and shoved a load of leaflets about back excersizes and pelvic floor excersizes in my hand ........so ladies EXCERSIZE URE PELVIC FLOOR !!lol no i really mean it now i know how im going to do it all the time .....ok rant over x x x xx x x
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she says that most physios will only do that sort of exercises with pg women as they dont want to cause too much risk or possible mc. which makes me wonder they the hell they have antenatal physio!
Ive been waiting for 6 weeks for my support belt, damn hospital!! :x
Is our belt helping Lisa?
Sharon x