Providing clinicians with a comprehensive evidence-based summary of musculoskeletal health in
pregnancy and postpartum this is the first book of its kind to describe the physiologic
changes prevalence etiology diagnostic strategies and effective treatments for the most
common musculoskeletal clinical conditions encountered during this phase of life. Lumbopelvic
pain upper and lower extremity diagnoses labor and delivery considerations including the
impact on the pelvic floor and medical therapeutics will be discussed. Additionally the
importance and influence of exercise in pregnancy the long-term implications of
musculoskeletal health in pregnancy and current and future directions for research will be
addressed.The childbearing period is a time of remarkable reproductive and musculoskeletal
change predisposing women to potential injury pain and resultant disability. Musculoskeletal
Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum offers musculoskeletal medicine specialists obstetricians
and any clinicians involved in the care of pregnant or postpartum women the tools necessary to
prepare for treat and prevent these concurrent injuries during an already challenging time.
