Data shows that 50-80% of women report back pain at some point during their pregnancy. This is an extremely common pregnancy symptom, one that’s unavoidable and commonly expected, and most women will just grit their teeth until the day their baby is born and hope the back pain will subside.
However, 50% of women report back pain continuing after pregnancy, in the first 3 months after childbirth. With such a high percentage of new mothers experiencing back pain after pregnancy, we thought it was a good idea to look into what exactly causes postpartum backpain, how long back pain after pregnancy commonly lasts, as well as looking into what you can do to treat your back problems and how you can prevent postpartum back pain in the future.