Other pain

380 women with pelvic girdle pain (mean age 34 years) were questioned thoroughly about pain and symptoms in other parts of the body. 128 women were pregnant, including 38 who were pregnant with the first child. Of the 259 women who were not pregnant but who still had pelvic complaints, 44 women had children who were older than 5 years.

Women were asked whether they had pain sometimes – often – or always. 

Here are the answers from the survey: 

Of the pregnant women, 89% consider their health to be good to excellent, despite the fact that 88% of these women also had low back pain, 54%  upper back pain, 59% coccyx pain, 41% head / neck /or arm pain, 46% leg / foot pain, and 33% also had abdominal pain.

In women who were not pregnant, 79% consider their health good to excellent, despite the fact that 90% of these women had low back pain, 63% upper back pain , 76% coccyx pain, 70%  head / neck / arm pain, 63%  leg/ foot pain, and 38% also had abdominal pain.