PRENATAL / POSTNATAL FITNESS CONSULT

PRENATAL

  • How to safely modify your current exercise routine (High Intensity Workouts / Spin / Pilates / Barre / Running / Weight Training) during pregnancy for better birth and recovery outcomes.

  • Identifying areas that could benefit from more attention and customized exercises to help (eg. tight shoulders / tight hips or hamstrings, proper core and pelvic floor engagement)

  • Tailored exercises to help minimize pain from injuries or from pregnancy (eg. exercises to minimize low back pain or sciatica, sacro-iliac pain or round ligament pain)

  • Preventative tips to avoid diastasis recti and pelvic floor issues

  • Tailored pelvic floor exercises

  • Are Kegels right for you? Advice based on if you have a hyper or hypo tonic pelvic floor

  • Getting the most out of your yoga class - How to get the most out of each pose and correction of alignment issues

  • Posture correction while sitting and standing

  • How to use props, yoga balls, straps and belly bands at home

  • Spinning Babies exercises & partner exercises and massage techniques at home

  • Customized resources and referrals to PTs, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, Cranio-sacral Therapists and more

POSTNATAL

  • Checking and correcting diastasis rectii

  • Making exercise recommendations for low back pain and rebuilding strength and flexibility

  • Physical check in before resuming (High Intensity Workouts / Spin / Pilates / Barre / Running / Weight Training) for better recovery outcomes

  • Posture correction while sitting, standing, feeding and carrying baby

  • Making sure abdominals and pelvic floor are correctly engaged during exercises

  • Knowing which exercises to avoid and modify for to promote diastasis and pelvic floor healing

  • Tailored pelvic floor exercises

  • Are Kegels right for you? Advice based on if you have a hyper or hypo tonic pelvic floor

  • Getting the most out of your yoga class - How to get the most out of each pose and correction of alignment issues

  • How to safely pick up baby from the floor and from the crib without hurting your back

  • How to use props, yoga balls, straps and belly bands at home

  • Tailored shoulder opening exercises and low back stretches you can do at home

  • Proper breastfeeding and bottle feeding posture

  • Setting realistic goals for a work out plan

  • Customized resources and referrals to PTs, Chiropractors, Acupuncturists, Cranio-sacral Therapists and more

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Sessions are 30 mins long