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SPD well after pregnancy - just want to moan.

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DumbledoresGirl · 01/11/2006 14:43

I know there is nothing any of you can do about it, but I am periodically affected by this and now is one of those times.

The last week or so I have had twinges, but yesterday I took the children shopping for no more than 2 hours, and arrived home in quite a lot of discomfort.

Today, I have done a bit of housework - heavyish stuff like changing sheets on beds and ever bed has to be pulled away from the wall and then pushed back again aftewards - and about an hour of ironing. I am now sitting in front of the pc, basically because I am in such discomfort I know I need to rest a bit before starting on the school run and cooking dinner etc.

I am fed up with this. I gave birth 3.8 years ago FGS! I tired going to the doctor in the summer when I got so bad I could hardly walk for about 2 weeks but she didn't seem to think this was SPD, simply because I wasn't pregnant. Yet I know it is. I am wondering if it is cyclical to fit my period cycles.....Today is day 18 of cycle..perhapsI should keep a record of when I get the pain.

Meanwhile, moan moan moan.....

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GoingQuietlyMad · 01/11/2006 14:45

Feel very sorry for you

I gave birth 8 months ago and spent the first month unable to walk because of SPD(!).

Now I do get a return of the pain around the time of the month, but large exertion also brings it back.

it helps me to remember how much worse it used to be, but after more than 3 years you must be worn out.

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DumbledoresGirl · 01/11/2006 14:48

I have had it on and off during those 3 years, but it seems to me to have become more troublesome in the last year or so. I suppose it is not really so awful as most of the time I am free of pain (unless I do something silly) but it gets me down that I am still feeling anything at all given that I have not been pregnant for so long. I mean, am I going to have to put up with this all my life? Or even until the menopause?

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DumbledoresGirl · 01/11/2006 14:58

Oh dear, how quickly 15 minutes go! I have to do the school run now and definitely don't feel up to it yet.

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DumbledoresFawkes · 01/11/2006 19:28

Having difficulty now sitting...

bizzi · 01/11/2006 20:12

I had spd with my last 2 children, my youngest is now 6 and I still suffer with lower back pain each month, it's definitely cyclical for me. But I do think it's not half as bad as it was, have faith that it will get better or you'll get used to it! There are some great anti inflammatories available, go see another gp.
Sorry this post is no help!

NotQuiteCockney · 01/11/2006 20:26

DG, a friend of mine had really severe SPD, so much so that she was in a wheelchair, off and on, for the first two years of her DS's life. She eventually ended up trying a special sort of physiotherapy, some Canadian thing (but she had it done here in the UK) and it worked wonders. She's since had another DS, and just did the exercises she'd been taught to fend off any SPD, when it started to appear. Apparently these people think it's an alignment issue ... their methods certainly worked for my friend.

Mum2FunkyDude · 01/11/2006 20:33

DumbleDore

I had SPD and the symptoms got better after I stopped bf. I went to a Physiotherapist for nearly 6 months though as I couldn't walk for more than 5 min at a time. She gave me some exercises to strengthen my glutes (butt muscles) and that did the trick, it turned out as things returned to normal the pubic bone was not aligned properly and having stronger muscles helped carry the load (so to speak). I would go to the GP and ask for a referral if I was you. It is not nice to be where you are. I still feel it sometimes if I forget about it when I play on the floor with FunkyDude and can feel the twitch when I get up!

HTH

morningpaper · 01/11/2006 20:34

Oh Dumbledore, ME TOO. Today has been terrible, walking into town and awful pains down groin and pelvis. dd2 is 13 months. I hate the way I feel so OLD. The physio says PILATES PILATES PILATES but it is SO HARD to find the time/motivation.

DumbledoresFawkes · 01/11/2006 20:48

Thanks for replies, but it is all so confusing - every one of you seems to be suggesting a different approach. I wish there was just one recognised method of making this go away and I would do it for sure! My pain is right in the middle of my pubic bone - well really where you feel pleasure iyswim () - and then it radiates down usually my right thigh.

I reckon what I will have to do is keep some sort of record of when I get the worst pain and then go to another GP in maybe a few months with the record to show them. Today is bad, but it isn't like this for me every day by any means so I reckon I can spend a few months trying to establish a pattern.

NotQuiteCockney · 01/11/2006 20:51

Pilates is good for core strength and stability, and maybe alignment too. If you can't get to a physio easily, pilates is probably worth a go.

Mum2FunkyDude · 01/11/2006 20:52

What helped the physiotherapist with me was; I kept a diary explaining and describing every pain and where and severity of it was so that she could pin point the areas to work on.

DumbledoresFawkes · 01/11/2006 20:52

Never been to an exercise class in my life. Can I be the only person who does not even know what pilates is?

I tell a lie, I did do some yoga in my last pregnancy when the SPD first arose, but most things the teacher told me not to try as they were not things people with SPD should do. Useless eh?

DumbledoresFawkes · 01/11/2006 20:56

I did see an obstetric physio when I had the SPD in pregnancy, but she seemed a bit confused by the fact that I didn't have constant pain. It definitely got worse in pg as the day progressed, but was not consistently worsening each and every day iyswim. Also some days I could/can do things and feel nothing. Other days, ordinary things set it off. She also seemed a bit confused by the fact that, although spreading my legs in every day activities would cause me pain, I was perfectly able to lie on the couch and have my legs manipulated and feel no pain at all. Her confusion in turn confused me. She made me feel I wasn't getting SPD like other women did, even though I ended up on crutches towards the end of my pg.

GoingQuietlyMad · 02/11/2006 09:09

DG, That happened to me - the physio was able to manipulate everything no probs, which made me feel really stupid. But I couldn't walk at the time!!!

I did look into chiropracters at the time, and heard loads of success stories from people who raved about it. In the end I gave the good old free NHS a go instead, because I didn't want to spend upwards of a hundred pounds on a course of treatment. It seemed to get much better, so I kind of left it.

I get the feeling that until recently, women just accepted the pain and didn't really think about it (ageing etc). Now we are more likely to question what is going on.

jofeb04 · 02/11/2006 10:52

Hiya
Just want to say that I'm another SPD sufferer!
My dd is 13months, and Im still in alot of pain all the time.
And, Physio has been stopped after a few months as it did not help me at all.

DettaJnr · 02/11/2006 21:03

Here's another one - osteopathy. It helps with the allignment. And yes, the hormone changes with your cycle can soften the muscles around the pelvis. So, that is why it is good to do exercises to strengthen this area, pilates or yoga. It doesn't take long to do and far outweighs the pain from the SPD.

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