Physiotherapy – exercises for pelvic fracture
1. mobilization 2. strengthening of muscles 3. stretching 4. mobility 5. stretching 6. mobility
- For this exercise, lie on your back and place a rolled up towel under your knees. Now alternately pull the left or right side of your pelvis towards the respective shoulder. Try to achieve a fluid motion sequence.
Make 3 passes of 20 seconds each.
- Lie on your back and relax. The legs and arms are lying loosely beside the body. Now tense your buttocks as if you wanted to restrain your urge to go to the toilet.
Hold the tension for about 15 seconds. 3 passes.
- Lie on your back and place your feet close to your buttocks. Now push your buttocks towards the ceiling so that your thighs and spine form a straight line and you feel a stretch in the front part of your pelvis.
- Stand on one leg and lift the other from the floor.
For safety, you can support yourself against a wall or the edge of a table during the exercise. Now swing your leg slowly and in a controlled manner back and forth. Change sides after about 30 seconds.
- Stand with your legs apart for this stretching exercise.
Now shift your weight to one leg while bending it. You will now feel a stretch on the inside of the thigh. Hold this stretch for 20 seconds and then change sides.
- Lie on your back and bend your legs 90° in the air.
The arms are stretched out to the sides of the body.Now tilt your legs slowly and controlled to one side until they almost touch the ground. From there you return to the starting position and to the other side. 5 repetitions per side.
Symptoms of a pelvic fracture
The symptoms of a pelvic fracture are very varied and also depend on the type and extent of the fracture. A stable pelvic fracture usually causes less pain and occurs with fewer accompanying symptoms than an unstable pelvic fracture. With an unstable pelvic fracture, the complex fracture may also damage nerves or even organs.
For example, damage to the nerves can be accompanied by urinary or fecal incontinence, and damage to the bladder can be indicated by blood in the urine. Of course, the affected persons are usually also more or less restricted in their freedom of movement as a result of the hernia. Since a pelvic injury is usually caused by an accident or a fall (especially in older patients), there are usually other injuries as well, which make the symptoms very unclear.
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