01/30/2022
Where do you start strength training in early postpartum?
Definitely NOT 🙅🏼♀️with the exercise below 😜
-Should you jump into your regular pre-pregnancy routine without the core rehab (regardless of how you delivery went) ? NO❌
-Should you just do your rehab exercises laying on your back for months and months? NO ❌
The very first thing to start working on postpartum is re-connecting with your Pelvic Floor, Diaphragm and Transverse Abdominis (inner core muscles affected by pregnancy🤰🏻& delivery).
You do it through re-establishing those connections with breathing 😮💨. 360 breathing is a great exercise to start.
Another important thing to address is anterior pelvic tilt if you have it (An anterior pelvic tilt is when your pelvis tilts forward). Work on stacking ribs over pelvis so it’s in neutral alignment.
Because a lot of things went through a major change over those months of pregnancy - managing intra abdominal pressure will be the next thing to focus on - so when you start lifting weights, you won’t see conning or doming. It will help and support healing of Diastasis Recti (that 60% of women still have at 6weeks postpartum.
And lastly, it’s gonna take time mama! It took me time to be able to do fun things like this with my core. And going through all those steps helped me not only recover postpartum but have a stronger core than I did pre-pregnancy!