Pregnancy
If Pilates has already been a regular part of your fitness
routine, Center Flow Pilates encourages women to continue
participating, as long as it has been approved by your physician.
Pregnancy is not the time to begin a new exercise.
Since no two bodies or pregnancies are the same, each workout
will continue to be modified and adapted to the various changes
and stages the body experiences during pregnancy. Our goal
is to enable women to maintain the highest level of fitness
while maximizing safety.
Exercising during pregnancy helps prepare
the body for the physical demand of labor and motherhood.
Pilates aides in decreasing the complaints of pain associated
with pregnancy, particularly in the hip, back, and groin.
It is important to maintain an individualized exercise routine
that strengthens and balances the muscles that provide joint
stability and ideal body alignment while pregnant. Beyond
delivery, the body will continue to benefit from a Pilates
exercise routine, with the goal of regaining strength to
facilitate the ease of your daily living activities, especially
child care.
Pelvic Floor
Dysfunction
The bladder, rectum, cervix and prostate are supported in the pelvis by a set
of muscles referred to as the “pelvic floor”. Proper functioning
of these “pelvic floor” muscles is critical to the activities of
urination, defecation, and sexual intercourse. Pelvic floor dysfunction occurs
from an uncoordinated behavior of the pelvic floor musculature. There are 2 types
of pelvic floor dysfunction; weakness and pelvic floor tension(spasms). Symptoms
of pelvic floor dysfunction include; pelvic pain during activity, incontinence,
constipation, and discomfort during intercourse. Chronic abnormal posture with
weak core musculature, pregnancy, complicated vaginal delivery, abdominal or
pelvic surgery, and hernias are all possible causes of pelvic floor dysfunction.
One treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction involves neuromuscular re-education,
in which you learn to correctly contract the pelvic floor muscles with proper
timing and force. Anyone who suspects or has pelvic floor dysfunction should
be followed by a specialized physician and have physician approval to participate
in a Pilates exercise program. Pilates can be an effective exercise regimen for
pelvic floor weakness. Pilates exercises combine pelvic floor lifts(Kegels),
with movement and core strengthening to re-educate the pelvic floor during static
and dynamic activities. |
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