Get immediate relief from your hip pain when pregnant with these easy pregnancy hip stretches.

Pregnancy can be one of the most exciting times in a woman’s life. But as your baby grows and your body expands, you may start to experience aches and pains in places you didn’t even know could hurt.

One area you may experience this pain is your hips. What causes hip pain during pregnancy? What are safe ways to relieve it? Keep reading for answers to all of those questions!

Hip pain during pregnancy is a common complaint, and it has various causes. Some women have pelvic girdle pain (PGP), a condition that may have been present before pregnancy and tends to worsen from the first trimester. Pelvic Girdle pain is a common condition unfortunately. Pelvic girdle pain is defined as pain anywhere between the top of your pelvic bone down to the bottom of your buttocks.

Other pregnant women simply get hip pain as their belly grows and other body parts start shifting around to make room for the baby.

During pregnancy, your pelvis widens and the hormone relaxin increases, which causes ligaments to loosen to accommodate for childbirth. This means that the stability of your pelvis is at risk and exercises should be performed to stabilize. When your body senses that things are not stable, your muscles start to tighten to compensate and protect itself and this can cause hip pain when pregnant.

Whatever the cause, one thing is certain: Pregnant women can experience intense hip pain. And while there’s no one cure for some of these conditions, there are things you can do to minimize hip pain when pregnant.

In this class we practice stabilizing exercises to get relief from your hip pain. The class focuses on strengthening weak stabilizer muscles and correcting postural imbalances to help bring you back into proper pelvic alignment.

The pregnancy hip stretches in this class focus on all areas of your hips to releases tension and get you some relief.

Hip pain is common in the third trimester when your center of gravity shifts due to your growing baby. This causes you to lean backward to compensate for the weight. This shift puts stress on your back and hips. If you’re also experiencing back pain during your pregnancy, which is extremely common, check out this class you help you relieve pain.

Hip pain can also be caused by sleeping on your side and pressure from your belly. I very much recommend you sleep with a pillow between your legs to keep your hips and pelvis in good alignment. There are special maternity pillows you can get which are lovely, but if you don’t want to buy something new, just get an extra pillow and pop it between your legs. This will help with pain as well.

Let me know in the comment section down below which exercise helped the most.