Over the years all sorts of stats have been quoted, usually suggesting that c. 80% of women are wearing the wrong sized bra. I’ve no idea if there’s actually any research behind this, but I raise it because many of my clients struggle with back pain during pregnancy and their postnatal recovery. Back pain is typically attributable to the extra …
Running: getting it right from the ground up
I know that many of you are following Couch to 5k programmes as you get back into running after having your baby. And as long as you’ve done the ground work in terms of core and pelvic floor rehab and are working on your strength, you know that I’m 100% behind you. We’ve previously talked about physiotherapy guidelines on returning …
Breathing: what should happen?
Pregnancy can have a huge impact on our breathing patterns due to the growing baby and this can have a potential impact on our core and pelvic floor* muscles. When you breathe in, your diaphragm (your breathing muscle) contracts and moves downward to increase the space for your lungs to expand and fill with air. And this downward pressure should …
Like a really good sports bra…for your core
Your core and pelvic floor muscles are typically something that you only learn about and focus on when they let you down. And if you’ve experienced this firsthand, you’ll know just how big an impact this can have on your life. This is certainly true of Yvonne Brady, the Founder of EVB Sport. In a well intentioned attempt to get fit …
How well do you know your post-baby body?
Us moms are amazing at caring for our families, but notoriously bad at looking after ourselves. We’d never dream of encouraging them to do something that could potentially damage them or slow any healing processes, yet we overlook the massive physiological changes that our bodies go through giving birth and we race to the 6-week post birth point raring to …