A IMPORTÂNCIA DA FISIOTERAPIA NO PÓS-PARTO

Abstract

Introduction: During the period of pregnancy and postpartum the woman's body countless changes. In view of this, one of the strategies that can be used is postpartum physical therapy, so this work presents the role of the physical therapist, some modifications and the benefits of physical therapy treatment. Objective: To describe the main benefits of Physiotherapy on women's health during the postpartum period. Methodology: Search of a bibliographic nature, with selection criteria where 50 articles were selected through the keywords, the exclusion criterion was given through the compatibility of the objectives and with the required theme, totaling 27 articles used for the bibliographic review and 23 discarded articles. Conclusion: Postpartum physiotherapy is of paramount importance for a better recovery, re-educating respiratory function, stimulating the circulatory system and preventing thrombosis, helps to reduce intra-abdominal pain, decrease urinary incontinence, relaxation or muscle toning, improvement of local circulatory flow, fluid drainage, healing of different tissues and encouraging their regeneration.