Help us spread the word about pelvic girdle pain

Join us in raising awareness about the impact of pelvic girdle pain by writing to your MP. 

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Email to your MP

Copy and paste the below text into your email app, adding in any personal information where we have written XXXX.  

Dear XXXX

My name is XXXX and I am a resident of your constituency, at XXXX.

I am writing today to raise awareness about pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain, a severe, debilitating yet treatable condition affecting up to 1 in 2 women during and/or after pregnancy.

I am one of the 1 in 2 women, experiencing pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain during my pregnancies. 

I am a volunteer with the Pelvic Partnership, a national charity offering support and information to women and birthing people experiencing pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain. The Pelvic Partnership receives no government funding but our team works tirelessly to raise awareness about this condition, supporting women to get the care, support and treatment they need to become pain-free.

The Pelvic Partnership did a survey of women with recent experience of pelvic girdle pain in 2024, with more than 230 responses. Please find a short summary of the findings below:

• 41% of respondents had been in pain for more than 12 months (NHS definition of chronic pain is more than 3 months)
• Only 1 respondent (0.4%) could walk normally without pain
• 27% of respondents needed to use crutches or a wheelchair to get around
• 73% shared that their ability to work had been affected by their pelvic girdle pain
• 61% experienced a problem with their mental health associated with their pelvic girdle pain
• 82% had not been offered hands-on treatment for their pelvic girdle pain on the NHS, forcing many to seek private treatment options at great cost
• Of those who didn’t access private treatment, 78% said it was because they couldn’t afford the cost of private treatment

These statistics give a snapshot of the impact of this debilitating condition. Please see a full report of this survey here:

https://pelvicpartnership.org.uk/who-we-are/reports/

To see the human impact of this condition, the Pelvic Partnership also shares blogs written by women about their own experience, which you can read here:

https://pelvicpartnership.org.uk/about-pgp/womens-stories/

The Pelvic Partnership raised these issues in previous letters to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and in our recent submission to the NHS 10 Year Health Plan – please see links below:

https://pelvicpartnership.org.uk/our-letter-to-wes-streeting-secretary-of-state/

https://pelvicpartnership.org.uk/pelvic-partnership-submission-to-nhs-10-year-health-plan/

I look forward to hearing from you.

XXXX