Lesson 8: Exercise For Low Back Pain in Pregnancy 

Learning pathway:

Learning pathway of the topic in the field of physiotherapy:

In this course, appropriate physiotherapeutic approaches will be shown to improve muscle strength, maintain flexibility and facilitate mobility in pregnant women suffering from low back pain. It is important to modify the exercise as the fetus grows and the mother’s body physiological changes. Therefore, red flags that are contraindications to exercise will be explained. Aerobic exercises and resistance training and stretching exercises focusing on the upper body, lower extremities, core and pelvic area will be demonstrated.

Learning pathway of the topic in the field of intercultural communication:                  

In this course, it will be shown how to communicate with an individual in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy who presents to the physiotherapist with a complaint of low back pain, who does not receive support from her family and social environment and does not want to participate effectively in rehabilitation.

Field of physiotherapy – Women’s health