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Back pain during pregnancy peaks at week 24 to week 28, when abdominal enlargement reaches its maximum. Pregnancy and childbirth are natural processes that can cause pain. However, many women feel the pain more severely than they should because they are affected by panic and stress. This is known as the fear-tension-pain concept, where fear triggers tension or panic which causes muscles to stiffen and ultimately increases pain. Overcoming this discomfort requires non-conventional therapy, one of which is pregnant gymnastics. Based on this, the community service team conducted the implementation of pregnant exercises for third-trimester pregnant women with the aim that pregnant women can do pregnant exercises independently at home and reduce complaints of back pain they experience. This training method is carried out using lectures and demonstrations of pregnant exercises. Implementation was carried out 1x / once a week for 1 month at Puskesmas Lembang Lego Village, Lembang Kec. Lembang, Polman Regency in January 2021 which 20 pregnant women attended. The care method used is qualitative with case research (CSR) by collecting pre- test and post-test data with pain scale observation using Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) measurement. Physical training of pregnant women to prepare for their labor through pregnancy exercises is considered effective as a preventive measure for pregnant women in preparing for their labor. It can reduce the intensity of back pain in Trimester III pregnancy.

Low Back Pain (LBP) is one of the most popular health problem in society. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that there are 150 types of musculoskeletal disorders experienced by millions of people causing pain, inflammation, and functional limitation that will affect psychology and quality of life. Therefore, it is necessary to take steps for control the incidence of LBP and prevent complication due to LBP that can implemented to the community. This activity aims to increase the understanding of community members about Low Back Pain. Community service activities carried out in the form of physiotherapy counseling orderly with talkative method using power point and leaflets. Based on the response of the participants amount 8 respondents, it was found that before the delivered of material there were 3 people (37,5%) who had fair level of knowledge and 5 people (62.5%) had good level of knowledge about LBP. Meanwhile, after the counseling process, there were 8 people (100%) had a good level of knowledge about LBP. In conclusion, education and counseling had a good impact for increasing the knowledge of community members about Low Back Pain.

Low back pain merupakan salah satu gangguan musculoskeletal akibat dari ergonomi yang salah dan dapat didefinisikan sebagai nyeri yang terlokalisasi antara batas costae dan lipatan gluteus inferior yang berlangsung lebih dari sehari. Pada tahun 2018 di Indonesia, tenaga kesehatan pernah mendiagnosis sebanyak 11.9% kasus penyakit musculoskeletal  sedangkan  kasus  yang  terdiagnosis  menurut  gejala  yang  muncul  sebesar  24,7%. Persentase penderita LBP di Indonesia diperkirakan antara 7.6%-37% pada tahun 2018. Pada tahun yang sama didapatkan sekitar 26.74% penduduk Indonesia yang berusia 15 tahun keatas dan bekerja yang mengeluh mengalami nyeri di  daerah  punggung  bawah.  Hal  ini  diakibatkan  karena  seiring  bertambahnya  usia  maka  kekuatan  otot  akan mengalami penurunan sehingga rentan mengalami gangguan kesehatan. Kami berinisiatif untuk memberikan penyuluhan terkait nyeri punggung bawah pada Mahasiswa yang berada di Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta khususnya pada program studi fisioterapi angkatan 2019 kelas praktek E dan juga kegiatan pengabdian ini di support dengan pemberian leaflet, pre-test, post-test untuk mengukur tingkat pengetahuan dan penambahan wawasan responden terhadap nyeri punggung bawah baik gejala, faktor resiko, cara pencegahan serta penanganan secara mandiri maupun medis., agar kedepannya para lansia menambah pengetahuan perihal low back pain dan dapat menerapkan pola hidup sehat untuk mencegah penyakit ini. Berdasarkan hasil pengisian kuesioner pre- test dan post-test yang kami berikan, pengetahuan lansia tentang nyeri punggung bawah meningkat dari yang awalnya belum mengerti perbedaan nyeri lutut biasa dengan osteoarthritis menjadi paham, dan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan akan tanda dan gejala low back pain