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Pregnancy brings some pretty spectacular experiences, the first and most important being a baby, but also the showering of love and support from those around you. But with the good comes the bad and, in this case, it’s a weakened and less stable pelvis. As a runner you know the importance of strong, stable hips–unfortunately, mother nature required things down there to stretch and relax in order to accommodate the arrival of your tiny human.
The primary role of the pelvis, or pelvic girdle, is to transmit the weight of your upper body to your lower body while also maintaining stability and alignment. It is formed by a pair of hip bones, known as coxal bones, and the sacrum. The coxal bones meet in the front of your pelvis at the pubic symphysis. The sacroiliac, or SI, joint connects the sacrum bone on either side to the adjoining coxal bones. These bones are held together by…
