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Did you know your uterus pushes your baby? Not your pelvic floor! Your pelvic floor needs to yield, lengthen and move out of the way to let baby through. These prenatal yoga positions are useful at all times, but especially helpful in the third trimester as your body preps for birth: 1. Yogi Squat - practice on a bolster or 2 blocks 2. Puppy Pose with feet apart - use a blanket or pillow under knees for more support 3. Supported Lizard- place your hands on bolster, block or even a chair. P...
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Movement for Week 6 Postpartum from a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist
Your pelvic floor is designed to work with your diaphragm, low back, glutes, and a few others, which is why performing 1000 kegels a day can still leave you with leakage, diastasis or prolapse. Plus, many women actually have a lot of pelvic floor tension, so too many kegels can actually make your symptoms worse because you are just continuing to create tension rather than allowing the pelvic floor musculature to both ascend and descend. Join my Movement Through Early Postpartum 12 level rehab program to help you recover, reconnect and rebuild your full body postpartum 🖤 www.drmaehughes.com
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Increase Hip Mobility For An Easier Birth With Prenatal Yoga
Prep your pelvis for birth with HIP MOBILITY! Many people think of the pelvis as a fixed bony structure when in fact, the pelvis has joints and movement. Especially during pregnancy with the influx of hormones, the pelvis has a fair amount of mobility. Remember - mobility is different than flexibility! When it comes to birth, we want the different levels of the pelvis to be able to open as baby descends. Here are some hip mobility exercises that can help prepare your pelvis for birth: ❤️ 90/90 with heel lift: I love 90/90 because it offers both internal and external rotation of the hips. Add a heel lift of the back leg and you wake up your glutes! ❤️ Asymmetrical cat/cow: This can feel so good for releasing the QL muscles in the lower back! ❤️ Side lunge: Great for opening the mid
Whether you are nursing or bottle feeding, your upper back is likely taking a beating from all of the funky positions you are sitting in!  Perform 10-15 reps of each movement a few times throughout the day to really notice a difference.  Remember, your posture plays a huge role in pelvic floor health because of the intimate relationship of your diaphragm and pelvic floor.  If you want more movement like this, join my Movement Through Early Postpartum program that contains 12 weeks of progressive rehab of your pelvic floor, core and full body whether you’ve had a cesarean or vaginal delivery ❤️ Go to:  www.drmaehughes.com
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Movement for Upper Back Pain with Breastfeeding from a Physical Therapist
Whether you are nursing or bottle feeding, your upper back is likely taking a beating from all of the funky positions you are sitting in! Perform 10-15 reps of each movement a few times throughout the day to really notice a difference. Remember, your posture plays a huge role in pelvic floor health because of the intimate relationship of your diaphragm and pelvic floor. If you want more movement like this, join my Movement Through Early Postpartum program that contains 12 weeks of progressive rehab of your pelvic floor, core and full body whether you’ve had a cesarean or vaginal delivery ❤️ Go to: www.drmaehughes.com
Easy Safe Pregnancy Workouts To Prepare Your Body For Labor | Fit Pregnancy Workouts | Body by Bree
Save these safe 3rd trimester pregnancy workouts to prepare your body for labor! Body By Bree shares her prenatal exercise plan just 3 weeks away from delivering her baby. Follow Body By Bree for the best fit pregnancy workouts!
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Movement for Week 1 Postpartum | Save this for baby's delivery!
Week 1 with my baby boy 🩵 As a pelvic floor physical therapist and mom of 2, these are some gentle movements I perform myself as well as prescribe to my patients in those early postpartum days. The goal with these movements is to reconnect with your new postpartum body that often feels foreign. Try each of these movements for 10-15 reps once per day and notice how you feel after each session. You may feel calmer & less tense — which is the goal after delivery! Want a 12 week pelvic floor, core and full body rehab program developed by a pelvic floor physical therapist? Join my Movement Through Early Postpartum program via the link in my bio 🖤 #postpartumrecovery #postpartumrehab #pelvicfloorrecovery
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