Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy: How Women Can Heal Chronic Pelvic Instability
Physical therapist Cecile Röst developed the exercises in this book after suffering debilitating pelvic pain during her own three pregnancies. Her techniques help women to realign their pelvis so they can once against walk, sit, and lie down without pain; care for their children; and enjoy physical intimacy.
Clearly written and easy to read, Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy includes over 100 illustrations and the real-life stories of pelvic pain sufferers. Röst provides:
- A guide to pregnancy-related anatomy
- An explanation of pelvic pain and dysfunction and ways to prevent them
- Information on what to expect during and after delivery
- Ways to preform daily activities that will aid in the healing process
- Simple and effective to stabilize the pelvis, including symmetry exercises, stabilization exercises and pelvic-floor exercises
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Book details
- Author
- Cecile Röst
- Imprint
- Hunter House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 160
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Topics
- postpartum recovery · physical therapy · low back pain · therapeutic exercises · women's health
- ISBN-13
- 9780897934800 (Paperback)9781630266820 (Hardcover)
About the author
CECILE RÖST is a Dutch physical therapist, Orthopaedic Manual Therapist, and Clinical Epidemiologist with over ten years of experience treating chronic pelvic-girdle complaints. She is the co-author of Helping Hyperactive Kids: A Sensory Integration Approach and the author of Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy: How Women Can Heal Chronic Pelvic Instability.
Röst holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Amsterdam. She is also qualified in pediatric physiotherapy and sensory integration therapy.
When she’s not writing, Röst teaches Rost Therapy internationally and manages Centrum BTR in Leiden. Her work on pelvic girdle pain draws directly on her own experience of the condition during three pregnancies.
Cecile lives in Leiden, the Netherlands.