Copyright © 2025 Authors retain the copyright of this article. This article is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

@article{173580,
        author = {Rasika Shaliwan Lokhande and Dr. Gloria Naik and Dr. Archana Methe},
        title = {CORRELATION OF BREASTFEEDING POSTURES AND POSITIONS WITH LOW BACK PAIN IN POST-NATAL WOMEN},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {10},
        pages = {749-754},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=173580},
        abstract = {Background: Low back pain is one of the most common health problems and has significant economic, social and personal cost worldwide. Back pain occurs in 5-40% after childbirth and continues for a long time after childbirth. The position adopted during breast-feeding can vary greatly between mothers. Previous          studies have mentioned that nursing mothers have good information about the correct baby carrying position, but they have poor knowledge and attitude about the proper breastfeeding position. Therefore, adjusting the abnormal breastfeeding position and posture for a certain period can affect neck and low back pain. Methodology- A cross- sectional study was conducted with 95 participants aged between 25 to 35. Each participant had taken part in single session of assessment for breastfeeding posture, position and low back pain, and was assessed using self-administered questionnaire and MODI. Patient was asked to choose an option to answer in relation to breastfeeding postures and positions. For assessing low back pain MODI was used all the outcome measures was assessed on same day for each participant by the same examiner. Result- Chi-square test was used to find the co-relation of Breastfeeding postures and positions with Low Back Pain in Post-natal woman. The results of the study were generated using SPSS version 28, MS Excel 2016.The study showed no co- relation exist between low back pain and breastfeeding posture and position. Conclusion- 	The study revealed that breastfeeding posture and position is not only the leading cause of low back pain in post-natal women. Along with it there are multiple factors that may lead to post-natal low back pain.},
        keywords = {Low back pain, breastfeeding postures and positions, Modified Oswestry Disability Index, post-natal mothers.},
        month = {March},
        }