Back Pain During Menstruation Period

About 10% of all women suffer from low back pain around menstruation. Often this is accompanied by abdominal cramps or abdominal pain. Very annoying and especially very tiring. Often you no longer know how to sit or lie down in pain. Do you also suffer from back problems without menstruation, then it's a double party. High doses of ibuprofen often no longer help.

Pain in the lower back due to menstruation
Low back complaints that are not caused by your hormonal changes really belong to a physiotherapist. But if you suspect that this complaint mainly occurs around your period, the Care for Women specialist can help you. If you keep track of yourself when the back pain starts and ends again, you know who can best help you with the complaints. Low back pain caused by menstruation also attracts at least another week every month.

Pain in the lower back, how does it occur?
Low back pain around menstruation often occurs:

• The contraction of the uterus
• The release of a large number of prostaglandins

Low back pain due to the contraction of the uterus is also usually accompanied by severe abdominal cramps and radiation pain in the upper legs and hips. Shortly before menstruation, large amounts of prostaglandins are released from cells that lie on the inside of the uterus. Prostaglandins are hormones that have many different functions in the body. A very important function is to ensure the dilation and narrowing of blood vessels. At the beginning of menstruation, these prostaglandins cause the blood vessels of the uterus to narrow. This causes the uterus to contract. And that can then again suffer from the aforementioned abdominal cramps, radiation pain and low back pain.

But these prostaglandins also appear to have an effect on the support bands and the ligaments in the back. Ligaments are bands of connective tissue that run around a joint. These hormones cause the tires to relax, as a result, the lower back is slightly collapsed and that causes pain. If you are at the end of menstruation, these hormones will fall again and so the straps will become firmer and your back will straighten again, causing the pain to go away.

Low back pain due to menstruation, what can you do?
Pain in the lower back can be controlled in different ways. A warm jug or massage can help to relax. You can also put a bandage on the back for extra support. There are elastic bands available for pregnancy, which you can easily apply with Velcro and which can also provide relief during periods of low back pain due to menstruation. You can also think of anti-inflammatory drugs from the painkillers category NSAIDs.