Benefícios da fisioterapia a mulheres no ciclo puerperal

Abstract

The benefits of physiotherapy in the puerperal cycle are multiple, but little known and used. The puerperium popularly known as shelter or quarantine begins on the day of delivery and lasts until the day of the return of the woman's menstrual cycle, tends to last from 40 to 45 days. The essential interventions for the functionality of this patient are the re-education of respiratory functions, stimuli to the circulatory system, retreat of diastasis, incontinence, sexual dysfunctions, among others, which are carried out from techniques and managements appropriate to this woman. This work aims to: demonstrate the functional benefits of physiotherapy to women in the puerperal cycle. It is a descriptive exploratory study, with a qualitative approach. Thirty postpartum women present in the maternity beds were used for the study.3 questionnaires were used: quality of life, urinary incontinence and female sexuality, in addition to the basic sociodemographic characterization of the sample. The results were tabulated and then graphs were performed to observe the percentages between the patients who underwent physiotherapeutic follow-up and those who did not. Thus, it is observed that 46.6% presented cases of urinary incontinence, 60% abstain from sexual intercourse due to some sexual dysfunction and 43.3% presented low functionality. It is concluded that physiotherapy has much to contribute to the improvement in the condition of life in postpartum women, bringing to itself its totality, demystifying social paradigms and contributing to a society aware of the benefits of physiotherapy to women in the puerperal cycle.