PGP (Pelvic girdle pain)

Hi, I’m currently 32 weeks and for about week and a half now I have been having horrible pgp, I’ve been doing lots of stretches on a ball & mat but that always just helps for a few hours.

Anyone else who’s dealing with it and could tell me what they’ve been finding helpful ?

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Ive had it since around 24 weeks. Stretching in child's pose is super nice, or clam shell exercises. If you ask your midwife you should be prioritised to see a physio, i got a guide for exercises from the physio that helped and now I have almost no more pain. As a pregnant person you skip the queue for physio for pgp. The other things that help me, probably more than physio, are just adjusting my lifestyle a bit unfortunately. When I get up I do it slowly with breaks in between, and legs are always together, knees glued, not one leg at a time. Lean on things heavily when putting on socks / doing anything requiring support from one leg only. Get a hand when I get up. Super duper helpful: a pregnancy belt, it lifts the weight off your pelvic muscles and redistributes it on your back and hips too. I wouldn't go outside the house without one these days, for any walk more than 1 minute long. And I walk very slowly, faster pace makes it hurt too.

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