Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

Many women have heard about prenatal massage or have seen it advertised, yet it remains a type of massage that is shrouded in mystery—or at least uncertainty. Frequently, expectant mothers want to be ...

You may think of massage as a luxury to indulge in on occasion. But one of the most beneficial times for massage may be during pregnancy. Pregnancy massage is a catch-all term for any hands-on massage ...

Pregnant women may enjoy many of the aspects of carrying a child. But sciatica during pregnancy is likely not an experience anyone remembers fondly. Sciatica is nerve pain as a result of an issue with ...

Kerrie Bodendorf had back pain ever since she could remember. At age 30, she also developed debilitating sciatic nerve pain during pregnancy. The pain that resonated down her leg would force her to ...

Pregnancy is a time for a woman when she’s having profound physical and emotional transformations. This is marked by hundreds of changes that lead to discomfort and fatigue. The body is undergoing ...

Women may experience sciatic nerve pain during pregnancy, when the pelvic bone or the growing uterus exerts pressure on the sciatic nerve. Though it can be very agonising, there are several exercises ...

What is Sciatica? Sciatica or "lumbar radiculopathy" is a common type of neuralgia, i.e. nerve-related pain that results from the irritation, inflammation, injury or compression in your body, which ...

Low back pain effects approximately 50 to 80 per cent of pregnant women. There are numerous etiologies for pregnancy-related back pain, such as mechanical effects of gravid uterus, positional ...