Pilates for Pregnancy
If you are wondering if doing Pilates will help you
in pregnancy and childbirth the answer is in most cases yes, if you are already
studying the method. Many people find that they can keep training through much
of their pregnancy with guidance and modifications.
We do not recommend that you take up pilates for the first time when you are pregnant, and would suggest that you wait until after childbirth before starting. Pilates really comes into its own post pregnancy, when it helps to reshape your body after the joyful trauma of pregnancy and childbirth. |  |
Pilates After Pregnancy
Carrying another life for 9 months takes a huge
toll on the body: it can cause all sorts of physical problems including lower
back pain, pelvic instability, “kyphotic/lordotic” posture (the S shaped back),
chronic tightness in your hip flexors, thighs, sides, chest, and weakness in
the bottom, hamstrings, abdominals and pelvic floor.
Pilates works to bring your body back into balance, stretching tight areas and strengthening the weak ones, improving your posture and reshaping your body after baby has pushed everything out of place.
There is not set amount of time you need to wait – ask your health care provider if you are ready to start exercise and if your linea alba has closed. When it has, you should be able to start doing Pilates without problems. Most people are OK to start about 6 weeks after giving birth.
Pilates works to bring your body back into balance, stretching tight areas and strengthening the weak ones, improving your posture and reshaping your body after baby has pushed everything out of place.
There is not set amount of time you need to wait – ask your health care provider if you are ready to start exercise and if your linea alba has closed. When it has, you should be able to start doing Pilates without problems. Most people are OK to start about 6 weeks after giving birth.
