I know what you are thinking, when am I supposed to rest with a newborn?! However, what I’m referring to isn’t sleep, but rest.

The first six weeks postpartum should be about resting, healing our bodies, and recovering from labor & delivery.

Almost every pregnant momma experiences Diastasis Recti (DR) as the baby grows, especially during the third trimester. Let’s look at what we can do to heal DR postpartum as well as minimize this during pregnancy. 

What is your core?

Major muscles include: Transversus Abdominis, Internal and External Obliques, Rectus Abdominis (6 pack muscle), Back Muscles (Multifidus, Erector Spinae, Longissiumus Thoracis), Pelvic Floor Muscles, and the Diaphragm.

Whether you are newly postpartum or even a few years postpartum, this one is for you! Low back pain is one of the most common things I treat! The good news is there are so many things we can do to relieve and even prevent it!

Postpartum low back pain is VERY common, but there are so many things we can do to relieve, treat, and even prevent it! Let’s look at some of the reasons postpartum low back pain occurs as well as some strategies to stop aggravating the low back.

Since 50-80% of women have low back pain during pregnancy, I want to give you the tools you need to relieve the pain as well as teach you prevention strategies.

It is estimated that 50-80% of women experience low back pain during pregnancy. It most likely occurs in the second half of pregnancy, but can occur at any time. Let’s look at a few common causes of low back pain as well as a few things you can do to prevent aggravating your low back.

As a new momma, there are countless tasks that you do over and over again, and sometimes before you know it, you have that nagging ache that turns into a pain. That is common with Mommy Wrist/Thumb, which affects the tendons of the thumb and wrist caused by repetitive motions.

This is an area that tends to be forgotten…the thoracic spine aka your upper back. This area needs to be able to move AND be strong! Often times one or both of these things are occurring which leads to that annoying upper back pain!

Neck pain and headaches are VERY common in pregnancy and postpartum.

Let me first introduce you to the diaphragm if you haven’t met this muscle already. This is your breathing muscle (yep, there is a muscle that helps you to breathe). This muscle lives up under your rib cage.

I hope I’m not the first to tell you, but this is something worth remembering. Stretching is just as IMPORTANT as strengthening. 

Wouldn’t it be nice to have less aches/pains in pregnancy, an easier labor and delivery, less aches/pains postpartum, and a quicker recovery?! Strengthening exercises are a key component for these things to happen.

This might just be one of my FAVORITE topics because it can make a MASSIVE difference in preventing and alleviating aches/pains in pregnancy and postpartum. Let’s dive in!

This is one of the BEST WAYS I have found for my patients to learn as well as practice becoming aware of their bodies…the BODY SCAN

I want to make this easy for you. I know you are probably running short on time and have a million and one things to do. But, let me take care of you and help you care for your body.