A prática de exercícios físicos durante a gestação:quebrando mitos

Abstract

The objective of this article was to investigate what are the real benefits that the practice of physical exercise can provide to the pregnant woman with the intention of breaking the myths that involve this relationship. In the literature there are still few studies related to physical exercise in the gestational period.During this phase the pregnant woman goes through several adaptations physiological changes that require trained professional guidance. And several benefits were also highlighted as: the cardiorespiratory improvement and muscular endurance control in weight gain, decreased fatigue and anxiety and better postpartum recovery, among others. With that, evidenced that the practice of physical exercise as long as it is well guided by a trained professional only has to provide benefits to pregnant woman.For this, a bibliographic review was carried out that, through studies, it has been observed that are considered myths some restrictions of physical exercises for pregnant women in situations of low back pain; physical stress; risk of premature birth; sedentary and or no aerobic exercise.