Pregnancy Exercise for Back Pain Relief
Poor posture can cause back pain during pregnancy. Try to remember to check your posture throughout the day. When standing, try using your abdominal muscles to support your growing belly by pulling in your belly button in towards your back bone.
Besides exercising to strengthen your back there are other things you can do to help relief lower back pain. Try to maintain good posture while standing or sitting. Wear low-heeled shoes that give support. Avoid lifting heavy things. If you need to lift something, lift with your legs and not your back by bending your knees. When standing don’t locked your knees, keep it slightly bent. And, whenever possible, sit in straight-backed chairs.
When exercise during pregnancy, make sure you don’t become overheated. When you exercise in the pool, whether you swim or do water aerobics, the water temperature should not be higher than 26 to 28 degrees Celsius. And don’t overdo your exercise routines. Focus on maintaining your fitness level by doing moderate exercises. Pregnancy is not the time to push yourself to exercise too hard. It’s a time when you need a balance of rest and activity. Don’t push your body to exercise as you did prior to pregnancy.
It’s beneficial to stay fit during pregnancy. Staying active during pregnancy will help keep your pregnancy weight down, relief many pregnancy discomforts, and help with delivery and post partum recovery.
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