SPD. How long does it take to recover completely?

[mmack]

I suffered from SPD during pregnancy which did not heal up after the birth. I had several physiotherapy sessions after birth and by the time my baby was 4 months I seemed to be well on the road to recovery. However in the past few weeks I have been suffering from pain again, sometimes in my pelvis and sometimes in the ligaments at the top of my legs. Pretty much what I experienced during pregnancy. Too much walking and driving seem to trigger pain which is fair enough and avoidable. But I have also had a few bad days of pain where I'm sure I didn't do anything to set it off. Has anyone else had a similar experience with SPD and, if so, what age was the baby when all the symptoms disappeared for good?

Are you still breastfeeding? I ask because my physio told me I would only start to feel better when my bones hardened. They would not harden until 5 months after the birth and that would only be if I had stopped breastfeeding. FWIW I did start to feel better after about 6 months. That may have been partly to do with getting more sleep! I think there is an SPD help organisation but haven't been able to find it online, hopefully someone else might be able to help. hope you feel better soon.

Mine improved drastically soon after birth. I am still breastfeeding 2 years later.

I found this, I remember well how painful it was so I hope helpful:
The Pelvic Partnership is run by volunteers, all of whom have personal experience of Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD).

Their aims are to give information and support to minimise the impact of pelvic pain on women, to prevent deterioration and to achieve a quick recovery.
Tel: 01235 820921

Email: [email protected]

www.pelvicpartnership.org.uk

That is very interesting pinkteddy. I am still breastfeeding and dd is not sleeping the night. I actually asked my physio months ago if breastfeeding could be a factor and she said no. She seemed to think it was unusual that mine wasn't healing up more quickly. Califrau, did it come and go or were in pain all the time? 31/2 years sound like a nightmare.

mine was better after 4 yrs, i'm afraid, but has been much much improved by going on the pill, the one where you donthave any periods.

I put it down to time, put having come off the pill a fewmonths back and the spd geting bad again, I would now say it was the constancy of being hormonaly, 'the same' for all that time on the pill iyswim.

I was talking about this, and another woman on here, said her gp put her on the pill to help alleviate the hormonal ups and downs, that in turn cause ligament change , muscle ahces etc... which helps the spd.

not a great long term thing I guess, but it helps.

so to round up, i am going back on it, even tho i tried to not be on it, and bought a blimin mooncup lol!

Hi pirategirl, that is so interesting. I haven't had a period yet due to breastfeeding but have had a few crampy feeling recently so wouldn't be surprised if one arrives pretty soon. So my hormones are probably in a bit of turmoil. It might explain why I've been so sore the past few days.