From the WBWC Blog:

Free Class: Your Pregnant Body/Your Postpartum Body

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

Click here to register

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