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2. Perineal massage - Wikipedia

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   Antenatal perineal massage (APM) or Birth Canal Widening (BCW) is the massage of a pregnant woman's perineum – the skin and deep tissues around the opening to the vagina (or 'birth canal' – when a baby is in this passage), performed in the 4 to 6 weeks before childbirth, i.e., 34 weeks or sooner (Reference 7, as more births are occurring at around 28 weeks) and continued weekly until birth.

3. Episiotomy - Wikipedia

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   Vaginal tears can occur during childbirth, most often at the introitus as the baby's head passes through, especially if the baby descends quickly. Episiotomies are used in an effort to prevent soft-tissue tearing (perineal tear) which may involve the anal sphincter and rectum. Tears can involve the perineal skin or extend to the muscles and the ...

4. Pudendal anesthesia - Wikipedia

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   A nerve block is the use of local anesthetic (e.g lidocaine) to inhibit the sensation of pain caused by one or multiple nerves. [2] A nerve block can help doctors confirm what nerve is causing the pain to support a diagnosis. A nerve block can also be used to prevent pain before a procedure, or relieve chronic pain. [2]

5. Pudendal nerve entrapment - Wikipedia

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   The pain typically gets slowly worse over the course of the day. [14] The pain is positional and typically provoked or aggravated by sitting and relieved by standing, lying down or sitting on a toilet seat. [15] If the perineal pain is positional (i.e. changes with a person's position, for example sitting or standing), this suggests a tunnel ...

6. Childbirth - Wikipedia

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   Tears can involve the perineal skin or extend to the muscles and the anal sphincter and anus. Once common, they are now recognised as generally not needed. [15] When needed, the midwife or obstetrician makes a surgical cut in the perineum to prevent severe tears that can be difficult to repair.

7. Why Walking 3 Times A Week Can Reduce—And Prevent—Back Pain

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   Being immobile or avoiding activity when you have back pain can actually make things worse, according to Neel Anand, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon and director of the Cedars-Sinai Spine Center ...