Musculoskeletal Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum An Evidence-Based
Providing clinicians with a comprehensive, evidence-based summary of musculoskeletal health in pregnancy and postpartum, this is the first book of its kind to describe the physiologic changes, prevalence, etiology, diagnostic strategies, and effective tre
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Musculoskeletal Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Colleen M. Fitzgerald • Neil A. Segal Editors
Musculoskeletal Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum An Evidence-Based Guide for Clinicians
Editors Colleen M. Fitzgerald Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Loyola University Maywood, IL, USA
Neil A. Segal Department of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Kansas Kansas City, KS, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-14318-7 ISBN 978-3-319-14319-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14319-4
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Preface
Pregnancy is an absolutely miraculous ride that forever alters a woman’s life. Ask anyone who has carried a pregnancy or their partners. It is transformative and wondrous, can be easy or difficult, or can be novel or old hat, but inarguably memorable. There is nothing more powerful in the study of medicine than the natural process of the generation of life and the physical experience of pregnancy and the postpartum state. Because the life moment of pregnancy is so common, glorious, and shared, many of the hardships that accompany it get lost in the periphery. Women hear stories, witness friends and family, and relegate the words of advice surrounding it to dogma. Motherhood starts here. The expectation is that this tremendous rite of passage brings with it pain and bodily change coupled with joy. But what is common is not necessarily healthy. The dynamic musculoskeletal changes that accompany pregnancy and the postpartum state are just beginning to be recognized and understood. For many women who develop chronic musculoskeletal pain, the mechanism of injury often starts during the gravid phase, delivery, or postdelivery. Thus, there is a great need for prote
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