After giving birth, many women will have varying degrees of pelvic floor muscle relaxation, which will affect their normal life and work. Doctors remind that the prevention of pelvic floor muscle relaxation is not only limited to the postpartum period, but also before childbirth, after childbirth, and even during pregnancy, expectant mothers need to exercise their pelvic floor muscles.
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The pelvic floor muscles are the muscle groups that seal the pelvic floor. This muscle group acts as a "hanging net" that holds the urethra, bladder, uterus, rectum and other organs tightly to maintain their normal position in order to perform their functions.
Du Yingmei, the chief therapist of the rehabilitation department of Weihai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that due to the gradual enlargement of the uterus, the pelvic floor muscles will be stretched bigger and bigger, and the production of relaxin during pregnancy will make the joint ligaments more and more relaxed.
The majority of pelvic floor dysfunction in women arises from pregnancy and childbirth. According to domestic epidemiological surveys, about 30% of women will have varying degrees of urinary incontinence after childbirth; About 45% of postpartum mothers suffer from pelvic floor dysfunction. In severe cases, symptoms such as urinary leakage may occur when laughing, sneezing, coughing, or exercising. Pelvic floor dysfunction is a lifeless but "very fatal" disease, which is difficult to talk about, and seriously affects the physical and mental health and social activities of patients, so it is called "social cancer".
Du Yingmei, a therapist in charge of the rehabilitation department of Weihai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the training of pelvic floor muscles should be carried out before and after childbirth, and even during pregnancy, some pelvic floor muscle training should be carried out. It is generally recommended to do some postpartum gynecological examinations 42 days postpartum, and after the examination, some special training will be carried out on the pelvic floor muscles, such as Kegel exercises.
The doctor reminds that although the pelvic floor muscles will have a process of self-recovery after childbirth, due to the impact of childbirth, the pelvic floor muscles will inevitably be damaged to a certain extent, so some women after childbirth, even if everything is normal when they are young, but often with age, pelvic floor muscle problems will become more and more serious.
It may be that when you are young, the pelvic floor muscles have been relaxed, but it has not yet reached the point of urine leakage and stool leakage, but as you get older, the pelvic floor muscles will gradually relax, and it is likely that you will leak urine when you sneeze, so you should train your pelvic floor muscles as soon as possible during pregnancy and after childbirth.