Low Back Pain and Headache During Pregnancy

摘要

One of the most frequent pain conditions which occur during pregnancy is low back pain, which sometimes is caused by the pregnancy itself. In a large-scale retrospective investigation with women in their post menopausa period, 66% of them reported pain in the lumbar vertebral region. (1). Ten percent of the women stated that pain developed for the first time during the pregnancy. Women with a positive back pain history have a 40% increased risk for postpartal back pain. In the opposite case, women with back pain, which ocurred for the first time during the pregnancy have a higher incidence of postpartal back problems. No connection could be proven between obstetrical epidural analgesia and postpartal back pain.