The pelvic-floor muscles are important for stability and support during pregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum recovery ...

SPD occurs when the ligaments that otherwise keep the pelvic bones aligned become too relaxed and stretchy. This happens ...

Pregnancy and childbirth are established risk factors. Current guidelines for exercise during pregnancy have no or limited focus on the evidence for the effect of pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) ...

Competing interests SB and SD deliver privately hosted educational courses on Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain. Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. Supplemental ...