Pilates & Body Conditioning with Heidi

16/04/2025

Tennis coaching starting soon at Alderley Park. Click below to find out more! 🎾

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16/04/2025

Our bodies are amazing, ladies!!

Just think about what your pelvic floor does when you go through childbirth...

The pelvic floor muscles undergo a huge stretch during a vag.inal delivery.

It is estimated that they stretch to over 3 times their resting length as baby passes through 😳

As well the muscles stretching, the nerves and connective tissue stretch too.

More stretching (and unfortunately, sometimes trauma) can occur if:

- The baby is bigger

- An instrumental delivery takes place (forceps, ventouse)

- If the delivery position of the baby is OP (this is where the baby is born lying on its back and looking up)

- There is a prolonged second stage of labour (2nd stage = pushing phase)

Our bodies really are wonders of nature! 🥰

16/04/2025

Lessons from a pelvic floor physiotherapist 👩‍⚕️

Around 1 in 7 deliveries in England involves an episiotomy.

But what exactly IS an episiotomy, and why do they happen?

👉 Episiotomy is a procedure in which an incision is made to widen the va**nal opening during childbirth.

A doctor or midwife will make a small diagonal cut from the back of the va**na, directed down and out to one side. The cut is stitched together afterwards using dissolvable stitches.

- If your baby develops foetal distress (where the baby's heart rate gets faster or slower before birth), an episiotomy may be carried out if a quick delivery is needed.

- It may be necessary to widen your va**na so instruments (such as forceps or ventouse) can be used to help with the birth.

- It may be necessary if you're having a breech birth where the baby is being born with their bottom or feet first.

- It can be helpful if you have been trying to give birth for several hours and are tired after pushing.

👉If you have a serious health condition, it's recommended that delivery should be as quick as possible.

👉Research shows that in some births (particularly with forceps deliveries), an episiotomy may prevent tears that affect the a**l sphincter muscles.

If one of my patients has had an episiotomy, I will assess the area, checking closure of the site as well as formation of scar tissue.

Scar massage can sometimes be helpful if the episiotomy scar is tight and/or painful. The episiotomy area needs to be fully closed before you safely begin massage down there.

18/02/2025

18/02/2025

🏋️‍♀️Lifting for Women🏋️‍♀️

NEW DATES for February

No need to book, just turn up and meet in the Gym with Shannon. Any questions, please email her on [email protected]

04/02/2025

04/02/2025

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04/02/2025

FIVE CONCEPT- What is five?

• Movement Preparation • Mobilisation • Recovery & Regeneration • Flexibility • Stretching

Exclusive to Alderley Park, with five, our everyday bending positions are broken up by backward movements. Already four to five backward movements per day can change the physical sensation. We understand five as a kind of body hygiene such as "brushing your teeth". If you use five intensively, not only as personal hygiene or prevention, it optimizes the entire muscular system with its training approach and can influence it. Combining five with an intelligent strength training programme, you get an incredible power development of the muscles. And without, that the muscles get thicker. If you want to learn more, book in with one of our fitness experience leads.

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