Pelvic Girdle Pain survey findings and toolkit from the Pelvic Partnership
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 7th July 2022
Pelvic Partnership have shared the key findings of their 2022 survey of women with recent experience of Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP).
Earlier this year, the Pelvic Partnership asked women with recent experience of PGP to answer some questions about their pain and treatment.
Over 350 women responded between March and April 2022.
Here are some key findings:
- 67.5% were experiencing PGP when completing the survey (of those, more than 50% had been in pain for more than 6 months)
- Only 6% could walk normally without any pain, 13% needed to use mobility aids such as crutches or a wheelchair and 2% reported being bedbound
- Only 17% responded that they felt supported by their GP or midwife
- 80% had not been offered manual therapy on the NHS
- 59% had had private manual therapy (of those, 82% were either confident or fairly confident that it had improved their condition)
- Of those who hadn’t had private manual therapy, 76% said it was because they couldn’t afford it
- 63% had experienced a problem with their mental health during or after pregnancy (of those, 72% listed PGP as a factor)
You can read the full highlights of the survey in the resource at the bottom of the page.
Many women have said that they struggle to explain their pain to others who aren’t aware of PGP, especially health professionals. The volunteers at the Pelvic Partnership have created a toolkit which women can use to help explain their PGP. This can be taken along to appointments to help women advocate for themselves.
You can find the PGP Toolkit at the bottom at the page.
More information about PGP can be found on the Pelvic Partnership website (this link will take you away from our website).
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