What causes joint pain after childbirth?

Joint pain is quite common. Most women experience severe joint pain after giving birth, and they cannot normally engage in physical labor, which has a great impact on mothers. This also makes many mothers not understand why they have joint pain. So, what is the reason for joint pain after giving birth? Let’s take a brief look at it below!

After a pregnant woman gives birth, the hormones in her body change, resulting in a decrease in the tension of the joint capsule and its surrounding ligaments, causing joint relaxation. At this time, if you do too much housework, or hold children too much, or come into contact with cold water, it will put too much burden on the joints, tendons, and ligaments, causing pain in the hand joints that will not heal for a long time.

In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, especially after 7 months of pregnancy, numbness in the hands and swelling of the fingers may occur due to increased circulation and poor venous blood return. The countermeasures that should be taken are to eat a low-salt diet; move your fingers frequently; get adequate rest, stay in bed more often, and do more exercises such as bending and straightening your fingers (i.e. making fists); eat more foods containing vitamin B1, such as nuts, whole-wheat cereals, green leafy vegetables, etc. In addition to eating more high-calcium foods such as milk and yogurt, you also need to supplement some calcium supplements appropriately.

Pregnant women often experience cramps, back and leg pain, bone and joint pain, edema and other symptoms in the second trimester. Pain in the hand joints of pregnant women is caused by calcium deficiency. In severe cases, it may even turn into high blood pressure, dystocia, osteoporosis, rickets, pelvic deformity, loose teeth, insufficient milk after delivery and other diseases... The way to prevent hand joint pain is: during the postpartum period, the mother should pay attention to rest and not do too much housework. To reduce the burden on your fingers and wrists, avoid contact with cold water too early.

After giving birth, you must supplement more calcium. You can drink some bone soup. Drinking bone soup regularly can also be a good supplement of calcium, thereby relieving joint pain. You should also pay attention to rest after giving birth. Try not to use cold water to wash clothes. It is better to rest in bed, otherwise it will have a greater impact on mothers.