What are the most common musculoskeletal dysfunctions that can result from a vaginal birth?

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Dr. Gabrielle Manto, DC · Answer

The question is what are the most common musculoskeletal dysfunctions that can result from a vaginal birth? So great question and the answer really is it depends. It looks like what prep work went in during pregnancy Meaning like what were the providers on your team? What kind of services did you receive? During pregnancy to set you up for labor and birth. It also depends on whether or not intervention was used during birth So that will all impact recovery So as far as the most common musculoskeletal dysfunctions, we can look at hip pain We can look at pelvic floor weakness and pain as well pain in the tailbone And again in the pelvis area We're also looking at diastasis recti There can also sometimes be numbness and pain and tingling down the legs or into the glutes A lot of moms will also complain of upper back pain too. So looking at okay, what does it look like? How did you birth your baby? What does the feeding journey look like? Because that can also result into upper back pain as well It also depends on what your positioning looked like during labor and birth So a lot of it is very much based upon situation but back to the pelvis pain hip pain Pelvic floor pain weakness and dysfunction diastasis recti for sure. These are all things that moms report after vaginal birth again Totally depends on what pregnancy prep looked like and then also whether or not intervention was used during birth and then which ones.

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