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SPD - recommendations for support belt

15 replies

manamana · 14/10/2007 21:28

Hi. Am currently using 3 layers of tubi-grip that the physio gave me. She said that was all our hospital offers and recommended one from Blooming Marvelous. Have bought it but doesn't seem to provide as much support as the tubigrip. Can anyone recommend something I can buy off the web?

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NappiesLaGore · 14/10/2007 21:30

hmmm
i had this and got a really supportive wide belt thing from a medical supplies website... wish i could remember the name for you...
i can almost certainly find the actual belt tho, if that would be any use to you?

jamila169 · 14/10/2007 21:43

mine made by promedics if thats any help - but if you've got problems front and back, it's a toss up between supporting your sp and getting backache, or supporting your SI joints and creaking at the front, If it's only at the front it'd be great. otherwise I'd go for a Reenie belt and wear it on top of two layers of tubigrip, i find it much more comfortable with my whole pelvis falling out with itself!
Lisa x

BetsyBoop · 14/10/2007 22:25

I've used the pelvic support belt by promedics this time & It's been fab

jamila169 · 14/10/2007 22:33

Yep Betty -Mines the wiltshire belt, Doesn't really do me much good but as i said, it would be great if it's pain at the front you're getting.
Lisa X

slim22 · 15/10/2007 02:07

so glad found this thread.
SPD started about 16 weeks with DS1.
Dr said this time should start using belt around 12 weeks.
Am 9 weeks and started getting the occasional twinge down front.
How early did it start for you and how early did you start using belt?

BetsyBoop · 15/10/2007 10:08

mine started about 20wks first time round - was 28wks by the time I saw the physio & by then it was really bad (Physio said belt no good as I had a sedentary job.)

This time I could feel it starting at 16wks & was able to see the physio at 18wks (was already following the exercises & advice from last time) & started wearing the belt straight away (running round after a toddler so no longer sedentary )

It has made a huge difference - I'm almost 38wks & my mobility is so much better than last time & a lot less pain. (by 36wks last time I was just about house-bound) Have just stopped wearing the belt in the last few days as baby's head is engaging & it's getting too uncomfortable.

The belt with code SPD is the one I've got - it's good because there are 3 straps so you can adjust it so it's just right for you & can easily loosen it when you sit down. It really does "hold you together"

slim22 · 15/10/2007 11:19

Many thx for your answer betsy.
I think I'm going to order that belt.
I had support panties with built in belt, but I think not going to be enough this time.

BetsyBoop · 15/10/2007 18:12

Slim

forgot to say my physio says people either love or hate the belt. Luckily I loved it

Hope it helps you too

bossykate · 15/10/2007 18:14

also try a BellyBra they help ease the strain on the pelvis.

wobbegong · 18/10/2007 13:56

Hope the belt helps you

I managed to get on an NHS physio class yesterday for women with pelvic pain. The lovely physio actually had samples of a few belts, so we could try them on and see how they felt, what size we needed etc.

So I tried on a Wiltshire belt yesterday and as soon as the phone lines opened this morning I ordered one for next day delivery! (£26.90 plus £6.95 for express delivery). If it is as good wearing it all day as it was trying it for ten minutes last night, then I'd cheerfully pay my life savings across... It came from Promedics who are on tel 012546 19000. The description is 4" width- standard pelvic belt with wings, 4 sizes.

My physio also recommended another from a company called O&L Health Supplies which is called Embrace (who thinks up these cheesy names?) and that is wider at the back. It is called a "standard pelvis brace with about 6" width at the back and 3" width at front and wings. 4 sizes. £29.95. Tel 020 89209407).

perhaps we can compare notes on how we get on when they arrive???

CarGirl · 18/10/2007 13:59

I've got some very very deep belts that I was given by physio for my spd am happy to pass them on free for postage costs if anyone is interested - they are very warm to wear but I suppose winter is coming!

Personnaly I didn't think they helped but osteopathy really did and well worth the money.

manamana · 19/10/2007 11:06

Hello all. Thanks for all the advice, and the offers of belts. sorry for being so rubbish and starting a thread and not coming back! Have had problems with internet connection at home . Ended up going to see another physio privately who was brilliant and have now requested to be referred to her on NHS so waiting and paying privately in the meantime but as wobbegong says would pay anything to get some relief and be able to move! She did some exercises with me and showed me better ways to do my pelvic floor stuff, she says my pelvis is tilted on the right hand side which is making things worse. She said I had to go and do the exercises first before we could talk about belts but going back on tuesday to see what she says. Its really starting to get me down now as I can't walk/stand-up for longer than about 5 mins and I have a 2yo ds so can't take him to park/beach/anywhere! Already worrying about Christmas as we are due to travel north to visit family and I'm worried how i'll cope with sitting in car for hours by then. Would be a miserable xmas if we had to stay at home on our own with me immobile, no family close by. Luckily for both of us I work 4 days so he has a great time at nursery and then we have a lazy day on our day off. Keep telling myself that there could be a lot worse things and that me and baby are both fine but still got 4 long months to go...

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manamana · 19/10/2007 11:08

meant to ask, cargirl - did you do osteopathy instead of physio - couple of people have recommended to me and am not sure of the difference - could you do both?

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CarGirl · 20/10/2007 11:42

Hi yes I did osteo instead of physio - I saw and NHS physio, they gave me crutches, showed me how to get out of bed, told me to take the stairs one step at a time - I had told them I couldn't do the stairs at all, I was bumshuffling up and down them - doh!!!!

The osteo did stuff to me, for me it was stretching out a lot of ligaments/muscles and stuff that were pulling too much on my pelvic cage - after a couple of weeks I could walk without the crutches. An osteo should be able to help as well as the the physio and may be able to do something about your pelvic tilt depending on what is causing it?

Anarchymummy · 29/10/2007 13:58

Iv'e got SPD too(as well as an pre-preg back condition),started at about 16 weeks but not diagnosed till about 28 weeks.
I'm seeing a NHS Physio and like cargirl am on crutches (I also have a tubigrip support belt)
I'm now 34 weeks and HATE my crutches!!!!
Maybe I should try Osteo? hmm can you get it through the NHS and is it worth trying with 6weeks to go?

I don't really have any advice but just wanted you to know your not alone.SPD's horrible and not really known about x

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