Back pain at 38 weeks of pregnancy

Pregnancy for ten months is a painful thing for women. It is normal to have back pain during this period. Back pain at 38 weeks of pregnancy is due to serious changes in the endocrine system of pregnant women, which leads to changes in the pelvic joints and causes back pain. However, the main reason is muscle fatigue. During pregnancy, you should pay more attention to rest, maintain correct sitting and sleeping positions, and develop good habits.

1. The main causes of low back pain in pregnant women are:

First, after pregnancy, the fetus and its attached placenta, amniotic fluid, etc. grow larger and larger day by day, increasing the burden on the front of the lumbar spine. In order to maintain balance, pregnant women must contract their back muscles forcefully when standing, causing the pelvis to tilt forward, forming a unique straight back posture. The back muscles continue to contract and they cannot relax and rest. Over time, fatigue will cause back pain. It is a normal physiological phenomenon. Paying proper rest and avoiding standing or walking for long periods of time can relieve the pain.

Second, after pregnancy, the forward tilted uterus compresses the bladder in the pelvic cavity, causing frequent urination. The enlarged uterus also compresses the waist muscles, causing back pain.

2. Solutions to lower back pain after pregnancy

①Acupuncture treatment

Main acupoints: Shenshu, Yaoyan, Weizhong, Ashi point, and Large Intestineshu.

Acupoint combination: For those with cold-dampness blockage, add Yaoyangguan; for those with damp-heat blockage, add Dazhui; for those with blood stasis blockage and pain in the middle of the spine, add Shuigou; for those with pain on the outer side of the waist, add Houxi; for those with kidney deficiency, add Zhishi and Mingmen.

Procedure: Cold-dampness blockage, damp-heat blockage, and blood stasis blockage are all treated with purgation; kidney qi deficiency syndrome is treated with tonification. For cold-dampness syndrome and kidney yang deficiency syndrome, add moxibustion; for blood stasis syndrome, pricking and bleeding at the weizhong point.

② Skin acupuncture

Select the painful area of ​​lumbar muscle, use plum blossom needle to prick and prick to cause bleeding, and add cupping. It is suitable for cold-dampness obstruction, damp-heat obstruction and low back pain caused by blood stasis.

③If patients with low back pain can receive timely and correct treatment, the prognosis is generally good. However, if the disease is not treated properly, it will last for a long time, the pain will enter the collaterals for a long time, qi will stagnate and blood will be blocked in the collaterals, the evil qi will become more solid, the nutrient blood will become more deficient, the muscles and joints of the waist will lose their nourishment, and it may develop into lumbar stiffness and weakness (paralysis), and paralysis in bed, and the prognosis is poor.