Introducing “Your Body” Series of FREE Classes developed by Dr. Lori O’Neill, PT, DPT from Vitality Physical Therapy, LLC.
These 1 hour free classes are taught the first Sunday evening every month and include information not likely presented in any other childbirth/parenting class on how to proactively optimize your transforming body during the childbearing years.
Class highlights include:
Your PREGNANT Body
- Strategies for encouraging baby positioning and why it matters
- The biomechanics of a birthing body
- Protection of vulnerable areas to prevent/relieve common pain patterns
- Proactive habits to optimize postpartum physical recovery
- Advantages and disadvantages of various delivery positions
Your POSTPARTUM Body
- Immediate perineum care and scar healing (perineal and c-section)
- Protective movement strategies for the first month
- What is “normal” bowel/bladder/sexual functioning after birth?
- Breastfeeding implications to vulvar tissue and body mechanics
- Safe return to exercise recommendations including “core muscle” training
Questions:
www.VitalityPT.org