Pregnancy Fitness and Massage Therapy

Please visit BABY BUMP SOCIAL for a guest blog post by experienced registered massage therapist Anna Lui. Anna has written a small post on the benefits of pregnancy massage. She is available for questions through the BABY BUMP SOCIAL site.

Make the most of your pregnancy, you may not feel like to have time to stop and smell the roses or even go for a massage. Whether you have 0 or 5 children right now, things will only get busier when your baby is born so please take an hour for yourself and try a massage by a registered therapist.

PREGNANCY EXERCISE AND PUBIC PAIN

One of many symptoms of pregnancy is pubic pain. Loosened ligaments increase the mobility of the pelvic joint and can cause pain and irritation. This irritation may be worsened by exercise, impact and weight bearing activities. If you suffer from this irritation while performing hip adduction, hip abduction (side lying leg lifts) and to a lesser extent hip extension you can modify these movement and perform the exercises from a standing position. If pubis symphysis irritation still persists you need to reduce weight bearing activities.

Change from a lying leg lift to a standing version.

10 Reasons Why You Should Exercise During Pregnancy

Please view my published article at the link below.
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1205591