Human pregnancy refers to the process by which a human female carries a live offspring from conception until childbirth. The medical term for a pregnant woman is - gravida, just as the medical term for the unborn human is embryo and then fetus.
Acupuncture relieves pelvic pain in pregnancy
Pregnancy :: Acupuncture relieves pelvic pain in pregnancy
Acupuncture and exercise can help relieve pelvic pain during pregnancy, Swedish researchers said.Women can wear a pelvic belt to relieve the pain and do exercises at home. Stabilising exercises to improve mobility and strength is another therapy.
But researchers at the Institute for the Health of Women and Children, in Gothenburg, Sweden found acupuncture also helps. "Acupuncture decreases the pain," Helen Elden, a midwife at the institute, told.
Elden and her colleagues compared standard treatment, stabilising exercises and acupuncture on 386 pregnant women. Those who received acupuncture and did the exercises for six weeks reported less pain than the others.
The pain scale was also assessed by an independent examiner.
The researchers said acupuncture and stabilising exercises are effective complements to standard treatment for pelvic pain during pregnancy.
"The findings are of particular importance because no previous study has shown such marked treatment effects among pregnant women with well- defined pelvic girdle pain," the researchers said in a report published online by the British Medical Journal.
(Pregnancy :: Acupuncture relieves pelvic pain in pregnancy published at SpiritIndia on Monday, March 21, 2005)
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