BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Abdominal and pelvic pain is a prevalent condition among women in the immediate postpartum period. Non-pharmacological therapies are of great importance for the treatment of this condition since they do not cause systemic side effects, such as drowsiness, irritability, and changes in the composition of breast milk. This article aims to identify and evaluate the efficacy of non-pharmacological analgesic therapies used in the immediate puerperium in abdominal-pelvic pain. CONTENTS: Searches were carried out in the main databases from September to October 2017 using the following descriptors "treatment" AND "pain" AND "postpartum"; "Treatment" AND "pain" AND "postpartum" AND "analgesics" AND "non-pharmacological". Controlled and randomized clinical trials published between January 2007 and August 2017, in Portuguese, English, and Spanish were included. Of the 1737 studies found in the databases, 42 were selected by the title. According to the eligibility criteria, 13 studies were included. The total sample size of the studies ranged from 21 to 266. In the intervention groups, the sample ranged from 11 to 126 women who underwent cryotherapy, transcutaneous electrical stimulation, LASER, acupuncture and ear acupressure. CONCLUSION: Interventional practices such as transcutaneous electrical nervous stimulation and cryotherapy presented significant data relevant to the reduction of abdominal and pelvic pain. The techniques of acupuncture and ear acupressure still present inconclusive data. Despite the relief of perineal pain, laser therapy showed no statistically significant effect on pain relief when compared to the placebo group.

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