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From the experience of becoming a new father this year, I couldn’t help but look into the reasons why pregnant women experience low back and SI pains. My

professor in therapy school referred to a hormone called skelaxin, which is released into the bloodstream of pregnant mothers. Skelaxin is what makes our ligaments go slack. Ligaments hold our bones together, and are

normally tight like a guitar string.

Considering ligaments are responsible for holding our pelvic bones together, it is helpful for them to be more slack for childbirth. What is helpful for childbirth can also cause aches and pains for the mother-to-be. Preg-nant mothers commonly have displacement in their SI joints due to loose ligaments. This will manifest as low back pain and pelvic pain clinically.

How do we minimize the aches and pains of pregnan-cy? My wife found a pool

exercise program helped to manage her symptoms, and had a relatively pain-free pregnancy. Furthermore,

a massage to bring relief to the tight muscles of the low back and SI region is helpful along with strengthening of the core and pelvic support muscles. Common methods for core strengthening can be done through aquatic therapy or shown to you by your therapist or trainer. Northshore physical therapy is beginning a women’s health program this month, run by Zhenia Umbers, MA PT to address such concerns. Please call Zhenia at (425) 487-3142 to answer any ques-tions on our program.

Common aches and pains with pregnancy Dentists Are First Line of Defense in Diagnosing Diabetes

Thankfully, many of us have dental insurance al-lowing us to visit the dentist twice a year. Most of us take advantage of this oppor-tunity because it’s paid for by our employers. We go because we want our smiles bright and white. We go for the free toothbrush.

But now, we’re learn-ing there’s a much more important reason to visit the dentist regularly: our overall medical health. Your mouth, teeth and gums are connected to your general well being in ways that you may not be aware. Dentists are increasingly becom-ing the first line of defense for many systemic dis-eases including, respiratory diseases, heart disease and diabetes.

Over the past decade, Washington Dental Service and the Group Health Research Institute, both Seattle-based organizations, have teamed up to sponsor innovative research regard-ing the links between diabe-tes and periodontal disease. These studies, many of them conducted by the University of Washington, have proven that the two diseases have a symbiotic relationship and neither can be solved without address-ing the other.

One of the most signifi-cant discoveries has been the link between dental care and diabetes and with the number of Type 2 diabetes cases reaching epidemic proportion, dental health has to take an even greater part of our overall health.

The 21 million diabet-ics in the United States, along with the 57 million labeled “pre-diabetic,” face numerous long-term health consequences, including a greater risk of cardiovas-cular disease, chronic renal failure and retinal disease.

Not only are people with diabetes more susceptible to these diseases, but dia-betes is a major risk factor for gum disease, which can affect blood glucose levels making it more difficult to control diabetes. In fact, a

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...healthy livingrecent 2010 National Health and Nutrition Examina-tion Survey concluded that periodontal disease led to poor glycemic control, thus increasing the chance of diabetes.

Warning signs for periodontal or gum disease include bleeding, swol-len or tender gums, loose permanent teeth, receding gums and changes in the way your teeth or partial dentures � t.

� ankfully, shared studies like the ones the Washington Dental Service and Group Health Research Institute are conducting have begun to push dentists and physicians to collabo-rate more on diagnosing and treating periodontal disease and diabetes. In 2007, a conference on dia-betes and dental care, many of the papers delivered at the conference advocated for greater cooperation between physicians and dentists and concluded that improved collaboration between medical and dental would not only positively a� ect patient care, but also

provide employers with reduced healthcare costs while still providing their employees with increased wellness. � e ability to diagnose diabetes or gum disease early will save more invasive and expensive treatments later.

What should you do? For starters, be proactive and keep brushing and � oss-ing. Schedule, and keep, your twice-yearly visits to the dentist and make your

dentist and hygienist a critical component of your medical team. � e more we keep the mouth and body connected, the better o� all of us will be and we can hopefully slow the rate of new diabetes cases.

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