Abstract

Introduction. Postnatal Pelvic girdle pain (PGP) is common complaint in women all over the world and it has a major impact on health and functioning as it decreases quality of life. The start of PGP is typically by weeks 17–19 of gestation, with a peak of occurrence by weeks 24–36 postpartum continuation. Studies have shown that 5–27% of the women had persisting pain 1–3 months after delivery. Methods. Ninety postnatal women’s was randomly classified into three groups, Group (A): Contains of 30 women’s treated with pelvic stabilization exercises. Group (B): Contains of 30 women’s treated with low-level laser therapy only and group (C): Contains of 30 women’s treated with pelvic stabilization exercises and low-level laser therapy all groups remain twelve sessions over six week’s period by two sessions per week. Visual analogue scale, serum cortisol level, pelvic girdle questionnaire, Faber test and P4 test were measured and compared at 0 and 6 weeks after the treatment in the three groups. Results. All groups improved significantly from pretests to posttests score on both outcome measures of VAS, PGQ, cortisol level, Faber test and P4 test p = 0001. These data support the findings that when patients are unable to exercise, low level laser therapy is an appropriate alternative for pain reduction and increased daily function for individuals suffering from postpartum pelvic girdle pain. Conclusion. Our Results revealed that laser therapy accompanied with pelvic Stabilisation exercise is effective in improving postpartum pelvic girdle pain reducing, pain stress, decrease disability and improve activity of daily level.

Key words:

pelvic girdle pain, low-level laser therapy, stabilisation exercise