This 6-week program is designed to help you strengthen your core and pelvic floor post-birth. When we go through pregnancy and childbirth it is normal for our abdominals to stretch apart (diastasis recti) and make room for the growing baby. In addition, our pelvic floor takes on a much heavier load and becomes weakened by pregnancy and delivery. If we do not strengthen these muscles after birth, a host of problems can occur including, but not limited to, a tummy “pooch”, back pain, incontinence, pelvic floor tightness and/or weakness, neck and shoulder tightness, and more! Our program includes 6 weeks of short follow-along workouts that will help you strengthen your core and pelvic floor. We also include short education videos to help you understand how to move better throughout your day to support healing and avoid common aches and pains. It is never too late to begin this program, even if your children are grown!
Since most of the exercises are no impact and very gentle, most women may begin the program as early as they like postpartum. However, we recommend you check with your health care provider to make sure they are safe for you, as everyone is different. Remember you are responsible for your own safety and not all exercises are suitable for all people.
Our program is designed to help improve diastasis (the separation in the abdominal wall that occurs during pregnancy), re-strengthen and tone the abdominals, and re-strengthen the pelvic floor post birth. Pregnancy and childbirth place a tremendous strain on our body, and we develop postures and movement mechanics that are difficult to break unless intentionally dealt with. These movement patterns can cause a host of undesirable symptoms such as an excessive abdominal pooching, back pain, pelvic pain and heaviness, lack of strength and coordination in the body, neck and shoulder pain and tightness, pain with sex, leaking, pelvic organ prolapse, tight hips, and even more. our goal is to teach you how to move and strengthen your body so you can eliminate and or prevent these symptoms and get back to the activities you love.
Everyone's journey is different. Some women will be able to prevent or heal pelvic floor symptoms and diastasis simply by following this program, others, who have more severe symptoms, may need the support of a pelvic floor Pt. Our program will work alongside what you are doing with your pelvic floor pt, if you are seeing one, or if you plan to see one. You can find a directory for pelvic floor pts by visiting the following website: www.pelvicguru.com (none of the practitioners on this site have been personally vetted by Sculpt Daily, so be sure to do your homework on their qualifications and customer reviews). If you are local to the Greater Seattle area, feel free to contact us directly for local recommendations. We truly believe Pelvic Floor Physical Therapists are an excellent resource!
This program requires minimal equipment. We recommend a yoga mat, Theraband, a Swiss exercise ball, and a barre/yoga ball.
As you are working on healing your core and pelvic floor, we recommend that you stay away from any exercise that is high impact or front loading (running, burpees, planks, jumping, or any kind of plyometric movement). Walking is a great compliment to the program as is other low Impact exercise that does not put too much strain on your core and pelvic floor.
You may contact us with questions by e-mailing Info@sculptdaily.com.