{"id":11436,"date":"2025-09-09T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/?p=11436"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:34:38","slug":"ordem-dos-fisioterapeutas-sublinha-importancia-da-natalidade-em-portugal-e-destaca-contributo-da-profissao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/noticias\/ordem-dos-fisioterapeutas-sublinha-importancia-da-natalidade-em-portugal-e-destaca-contributo-da-profissao\/","title":{"rendered":"Order of Physiotherapists emphasises the importance of birth rates in Portugal and highlights the contribution of the profession"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11436\" class=\"elementor elementor-11436\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97a7c22 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"97a7c22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc50105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc50105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the day <strong>9th September<\/strong> the <strong>World Pregnancy Day<\/strong>celebrated in Portugal as <strong>National Birth Day<\/strong>. In a country facing significant demographic challenges and where motherhood is happening later and later, this event values motherhood and emphasises the importance of making it available. <strong>qualified healthcare<\/strong> that accompany women through all stages of the perinatal cycle.<\/p><p>This date is thus an opportunity for the <strong>Order of Physiotherapists<\/strong> underline the importance of the intervention of specialised physiotherapists in pregnancy and postpartum care. Their contribution is crucial to<\/p><ul><li>promoting women's quality of life and the baby's well-being;<\/li><li>prevent complications;<\/li><li>support functional recovery and resolve dysfunctions associated with the perinatal cycle.<\/li><\/ul><p>In the context of <strong>Physiotherapy in Pelvic and Women's Health<\/strong>specific competences that enable:<\/p><ul><li>assess the pregnant woman's physical condition and prescribe appropriate exercise;<\/li><li>guide pain control and reduction strategies (low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, sacroiliitis, etc.);<\/li><li>promoting healthy sexuality<\/li><li>intervening in women's sexual and pelvic dysfunctions<\/li><li>empower women and their carers in the different stages of pregnancy and postpartum.<\/li><li>monitor physical recovery after childbirth;<\/li><li>promote and support breastfeeding;<\/li><li>supporting women in situations of greater risk;<\/li><\/ul><p>The presence of the physiotherapist in this journey is therefore an essential element in ensuring <strong>integrated, safe and evidence-based care<\/strong>These contribute to the health and well-being of families and to boosting the birth rate in Portugal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 September is World Pregnancy Day, celebrated in Portugal as National Natality Day.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}