Pelvic Floor Exercises After Birth Pdf

Pregnancy and childbirth can damage the muscles and connective tissue of the pelvic floor causing all kinds of inconvenient and uncomfortable symptoms for women after they give birth.
Pelvic floor exercises after birth pdf. Pelvic floor exercises strengthen the muscles around your bladder bottom and vagina or penis. Do three sets per day in different positions. Sometimes your vagina s muscles cervix and uterus might get torn in the process of delivery or your doctor may have performed episiotomy i e. It is safe to begin pelvic floor exercises straight after delivery.
Start gently within your comfort range and progress to stronger exercises as you feel able. What is pelvic rehab therapy. The pelvic floor is a group of muscles and ligaments which support the bladder uterus womb and bowel. Strengthening your pelvic floor muscles can help urinary incontinence treat pelvic organ prolapse and make sex better too.
English pdf 397 kb pelvic floor exercises. Everyone can benefit from doing pelvic floor exercises. Pelvic floor exercises for women this leaflet explains what pelvic floor exercises are and why you should be performing them. Bladder pubic bone urethra vagina uterus rectum anus pelvic floor muscles.
Exercise 2 quick squeeze for power squeeze and lift your pelvic floor muscles as strongly and as quickly as possible. These general guidelines give you a starting point to plan your return to postnatal fitness. It is important that all women exercise their pelvic floor muscles everyday throughout life to prevent weakness or improve strength. Do your pelvic floor exercises every day for the rest of your life.
Returning to sport or exercise after the birth. Pelvic floor exercises can reduce swelling increase blood flow and improve healing following birth. Do not try to. Pelvic floor exercises offer women many benefits including a lower risk of vaginal prolapse better bowel and bladder control and improved recovery after childbirth.
Pelvic rehabilitation is a type of physical therapy that can be very helpful for postpartum moms. Pelvic floor exercises the pelvic floor muscles are tightly slung between the tailbone coccyx and the pubic bone and support the bowel bladder uterus womb and vagina. The vagina birth canal important during intercourse the anus back passage through which you open your bowels. 0 3 weeks postnatal walking postnatal abdominal muscle bracing pelvic floor exercises 3 8 weeks postnatal it is recommended you wait until your six week postnatal check before starting a group.
Kegel exercises after childbirth are needed for healing the weakened strained or damaged pelvic muscles from pushing the baby through the birth canal. If you have any questions please ask a member of staff caring for you. English pdf 655 kb amharic pdf 559 kb arabic pdf. Pelvic floor exercises february 2019 page 2 of 2 steps one to three count as one exercise set.