What are the remedies for postpartum back pain?

During the confinement period, a woman's body is in the recovery stage. Her resistance is relatively poor at this time, and it is easy to experience some discomfort symptoms, such as lower back pain. To solve this problem, we need to start from many aspects, such as paying more attention to diet, doing proper exercise, and paying special attention to your usual sitting posture. The correct approach is introduced below.

1. Reduce the burden on the waist:

Prepare more soft cushions and place them on the popliteal fossa; sleep on your left side with your legs bent; avoid wearing high heels.

2. Avoid bending over frequently:

Prepare a table within reach to place baby diapers, disposable diapers, talcum powder, diaper oil and other commonly used items; place the kitchen shelves at a suitable height to facilitate postpartum mothers to take feeding bottles; adjust the stroller and crib to a suitable height to avoid bending too much when holding or placing the baby; use a long-handled broom or mop when cleaning the floor of the room.

3. Eat more foods rich in vitamins C, D and B vitamins, such as milk, rice bran, bran, carrots, etc., increase the proportion of vegetarian food in the diet, and avoid low back pain caused by osteoporosis.

4. Starting from 2 weeks after delivery, do exercises to strengthen the lumbar muscles and abdominal muscles under the guidance of a health care doctor to enhance the stability of the lumbar spine.

5. Control your weight:

After giving birth, mothers who gave birth naturally can start postpartum recovery after a week, while mothers who gave birth by caesarean section may have to wait for a few weeks. Restoring weight as quickly as possible is the top priority for relieving postpartum back pain.

6. Enhance exercise:

Exercise helps increase muscle elasticity and ligament flexibility, and enhances body flexibility and endurance. Yoga and swimming are both good choices.

7. Correct breastfeeding posture:

Learn the correct breastfeeding posture and avoid hunching over for long periods of time while breastfeeding. Choose a feeding position that is most comfortable for you.

8. Warm water bath:

A warm bath can relax muscles, promote blood circulation and relieve muscle soreness.

9. Massage:

Finding a professional to do some targeted essential oil massage on time can help improve blood circulation, relax muscles, and thus greatly relieve the symptoms of low back pain.

10. Hot compress:

The first step is to prepare coarse salt, bran and pulp residue. (The pulp residue is the pulp sediment after filtering out the pulp when making tofu. The old pulp must be the liquid with a sour and smelly smell). First, fry the coarse salt in a pan for about 40 minutes. Then put the bran into the pan and fry until it turns yellow. Sprinkle the pulp residue on the fried salt and bran, and wrap the mixture with a clean cotton cloth.