Sam Faiers says she has been suffering from "really painful" tension following the birth of her third child Edward three months ago.
The former TOWIE star, 31, has been left with a sore back and has tension in her neck and shoulders after looking after her youngest child. She has since enlisted the help of a sports therapist to try and relieve the pain.
In the latest episode of the Sam and Billie Show podcast, the mum-of-three said she had a massage which she described as far from relaxing.
Speaking to her sister Billie, Sam said: "Paul uses this sports therapist and he’s amazing. It’s like my first one since having the baby and my back’s been really hurting me and all of my shoulders and my neck with the tension.
"It’s definitely just the way I’m sleeping, feeding, holding the baby. Just all of it.”
Sam said Edward is "really heavy", which hasn't been helping with the pain.
"It was getting to the point where in the night and just throughout the day, it was actually really painful. And I don’t want to take painkillers, so I was like maybe I need to have some massages.
"I can’t say that it was relaxing, it was so painful, but I needed it."
Sam said the therapist had warned her that it wasn't going to be "a relaxing massage".
"I said, 'No I know, just do what you've got to do.' It was literally like, you know when it takes your breath away. Even now, I feel sore but I just know in the next couple of days I’ll feel better."
Billie suggested her sister just needs to release all of her tension and said she should try an Epsom Salts bath.
Sam recently said she hasn't ruled out the idea of having another child, after her partner Paul Knightley told her they've "got to have a fourth".
The couple share Edward, Paul Jnr, six, and Rosie, four.
Having initially ruled out the idea, Sam said she is coming round to the thought. In a previous episode of her podcast, she said: "At first I think three is probably enough but straight away Paul was like 'we've got to have a fourth'."
She added: "Now he's settled in and I'm like 'I've got this', yeah I can juggle with three now, maybe I would have a fourth. But I just don't know. We haven't hit toddler stage just yet."
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