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Release Summary: Sam Lee from www.6minutes.com.au
– Interesting stuff for doctors today reports on a support
garment helps pregnant women who get low back pain.
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Release Body: Pregnant women who want to avoid lower back pain could
do worse than get themselves a BellyBra, new research
suggests. The BellyBra is a nylon-spandex garment
that looks something like a camisole. It has a one-way stretch panel
across the thoracolumbar region, designed to provide support and
improve posture. It also contains a wide elastic band that sits
below the abdomen, supporting the uterus and keeping weight off
the pelvis. A study of 115 women in the third trimester showed that
the BellyBra reduced pain scores more during sleeping,
getting up and walking than did a control treatment with the more
commonly used tubigrip. “The BellyBra and tubigrip
were both associated with a reduction in the severity of pregnancy-related
low back pain,” Melbourne University researchers
write in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on Nov
12th. “The BellyBra was more effective than tubigrip,
however, in alleviating the impact of pain on a number of physical
activities that constitute daily life,” they note.
The BellyBra is available from stockists all over
Australia – for full listing refer to www.fertilemind.com.au.
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