Women who got SPD in pregnancy. How are you now? Especially if you have done any cartwheels grrr

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because it is now nearly 9 years since I had my first child, 8 years since my second (where I had the worst SPD).

I had to be careful for a few years after ds, couldn't kick a football etc. but could function perfectly well.

So for a few years, I haven't really had to think about my pelvis iyswim.

Until the doc told me I had to get more healthy as my blood pressure had gone up etc. so I started exercising (could have told him exercise was bad for you ). Have been doing some gentle running and fairly mild exercise dvds.

My pelvis has definitely started to feel more tender.

And then, last weekend, I was watching dd doing cartwheels and was demonstarting an arab spring (or more like a middle aged crumpled sack of potatoes sprawled on the grass) and when I got up, realised my pelvis was aching a lot more than normal and now when I sit still, it starts hurting grrrrrr.

So what I'm wondering is, is this for life? To always have a dodgy pelvis?

Cartwheels I hate to think what would happen if I tried to do a bleeding cartwheel. Can just about manage a painfully slow forwards roll. You sound in pretty good shape to me.

No idea re. SPD though, sorry. Swimming is always what they recommend for non-impact exercise isn't it? Maybe try some aqua-aerobics or something?

lol (am imagining us all doing things like forward rolls and cartwheels...it's not a pretty sight...actually, the worst thing was my wrists! Think children are designed to be beanpoles so they don't break their wrists when they do silly things like walk on their hands. Once you become err older and your weight sits round your middle, your poor wrists can't quite handle that sort of thing!)

yes swimming recommended but can you believe our local council run pool only has one night totally dedicated to lane swimming, one night where you can swim in the pool but not in lanes and the rest of the time, is dedicated to clubs etc. so you can't swim then grrr.

I just wonder if once you have SPD you're destined to a life of no cartwheels or err anything that might stress it out .

Yes, best to tie your legs together I guess.

(Sounds nasty, seriously - hope you get advice from someone who knows what the hell they're talking about, ie not me.)

Pmsl at policywonk's forward roll.

I had and still have pelvic issues from pregnanacy, though I have had back problems since my early twenties. I have a couple of pals who had SPD, but my pain was SI joint, so very closely related.

It is quite common to have this kind of tenderness. What treatment did you get when you had the SPD? A good practitioner, be they physio, osteo or chiro with a SPECIALIST knowledge of pelvic issues is the best bet to keep on top of things. Could you get a recommendation from anyone local? I had my pain badly aggrevated by fully qualified, but utterly clueless people until I found someone good through a friend. ALso, building up core muscle strength is paramount. Again though, you need someone who knows what they are doing and not just any old yoga/pilates/whatever instructor. FInally, if you are going swimming, stick to crawl - breststroke is really bad for pelvic instability. ANd btw, your granny was right - never cross your legs - it is bad for your pelvis. Oh, and no one-leg-standing either, eg whan you are putting on trousers, sit down to get the legs in.

JEEZO, I am out of breath now!
Sorry, didn't mean ot ramble so. It is a subject close to my heart. Well, pelvis anyway.

There are many SPD sufferers on here. Most have recovered fine like yourself. Long term problems do occur, but if you have been fine for the last few years, then you probalby just need a little tweaking.

And stop it with the cartwheels already!

You aren't destined to have it forever, no.

The right treatment should knock it on the head. Of my pals with dodgy pelvises, I'd say the majority are fine a few years on.

Ther is a bloody fantastic website that someone linked to once from here, but I am buggered if I can find it. Grr.
Maybe try an archive search? I've had a quick trawl but have to pop off again atm. WIll look again later.

"demonstarting an arab spring"

Serves you right!!

I had very mild SPD (I assume that's what it was) with all 3 of mine. Nothing major, just pain in that area. I've recently been doing more walking and after a long walk it's just like being pregnant again (but without the huge bump). DD is only 3 and I only stopped feeding her 6 months ago so I wonder if my body still needs to settle down though. I'd hope it would be better after 8 years though! worth seeing a physio I'd say.

Well my ds2 is only 10 months old and I'm still struggling with pubic symphysis and SI joint pain, but with the help of a very good physio it's slowly improving.

I'm in South Wales, if you're near here I can give you her details.

I had dodgy pelvic issues with DC4 (born nearly 7 years ago), and can no longer cartwheel merrily like I used to be able to.

But I put that down to advancing years and decreptitude, rather than pelvic issues - you may just have been unlucky and pulled the wrong muscles, and it's a coincidence that you had pelvic problems, IYSWIM.

IishIwasmoreorganised - anywhere near Bridgend?

I suffered a little bit with ds1, then a lot with ds2 and got referred to phyisio through GP/MW. Physio was fab, and encouraged me to go back after ds2 was born, to give me different exercises. 2 years on, I don't do the exercises as much, it can still ache a bit. Has got better with time though.

Def agree with the others, and get yourself off to a good physio.

ah thanks everyone

I had physio which didn't do much tbh but the exercises were ok so I've started doing those again.

have also left out the fact that I've put a bit of weight on recently which I'm sure is making it worse grrrrr but I can't bear the thought that this might be what it is .

Woman living opposite me had to have an operation and have her whole pelvis wired back together . I think this has put the fear of death into me.

runnyhabbit The physio I see works privately at The Vale Clinic which is in the Vale Hotel, Miskin and they also have a Cardiff Bay clinic so not far from you at all.

I'm a physio but I don't specialise in musculo skeletal problems and even a lot of the physios who see out-patients don't have a lot of knowledge or experienc in treating pregnancy related pelvic problems so I'm chuffed to bits to have found her. I really do have confidence in what she's doing and saying.

If you want any more details, let me know.