So I went to the Physical Therapist my doctor prescribed for my lower back pain today. I was a little skeptical that it would do any good and thought a deep tissue massage sounded much more appealing.
Boy was I wrong! The physical therapist, Kevin Hansen, specializes in OB PT and knew exactly what the problem was in my back. The weight of the baby has been pulling my pelvic bone on my right side forward, tilting it out of alignment with where the pelvic bone fits into the spine bone like a puzzle piece, which has been causing the pain and numbness in my lower back and right leg. (This would be a lot easier to visualize with the skeleton model he showed me!) Anyway, all he needed to do was have me bring my knee toward my chest and perform some magic stretches to get my pelvic bone to rotate back into its correct position and - voilá!
I will do that stretch morning and night and also ice that area for 10 minutes each night to heal and re-strengthen the ligaments holding my pelvic bone to my spine in the right position. Kevin also showed me how to avoid having it slip back into that misaligned position - how to lift things, stand, and sit correctly. I go back in a week to make sure it's still where it's supposed to be or if he needs to re-align it. Walking out of the office I could really tell it already felt a lot better! Yay!
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