With the butterfly pose, you lay on your back with your knees bent up and feet together and you lower your knees out to the side to right before the point of pain. You then place pillows under each knee and hang out there. This stretch helps to lengthen and balance the adductor muscles with the goal of rebalancing the symphysis pubis joint. The book Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy by Cecile Roost, PT goes into greater detail about this pose.
Hi Lynn, Could you please elaborate more on the butterfly pose? It seems counter-intuitive for someone with SPD. Thanks
With the butterfly pose, you lay on your back with your knees bent up and feet together and you lower your knees out to the side to right before the point of pain. You then place pillows under each knee and hang out there. This stretch helps to lengthen and balance the adductor muscles with the goal of rebalancing the symphysis pubis joint. The book Relieving Pelvic Pain During and After Pregnancy by Cecile Roost, PT goes into greater detail about this pose.