SPD-Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction - The Whitchurch Clinic

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Symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD), or now referred to as Pregnancy-related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PPGP), is very common. It is pain, caused by either too much or too little mobility in any of the three pelvic joints, the Sacroiliac joints (right and left) or the symphysis pubis. A 2011 review of the research found that between 16% and 25% of women report suffering from SPD/PPGP during pregnancy. Over the same large samples of pregnant women, they also found that clinically persistent SPD/PPGP symptoms were present from the post-partum stage to 2 years after childbirth, in 5% to 8.5% of women. Even now I still have patients coming to me who have been told it is normal to experience these type of problems and that they will go away after the baby is born but as you can see that is not always the case. Follow this link for the full article: Pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain: An update Nikolaos K Kanakaris, Craig S Roberts and Peter V Giannoudi