EXERCISE THERAPY FOR WOMEN
PREPARING FOR, DURING & AFTER PREGNANCY:

Are you planning on having a baby or already pregnant?
Let us help you minimise pain & discomfort during your pregnancy & enhance your recovery afterwards. Specific exercises will improve posture, pelvic floor muscle strength & minimise low back pain. BENEFITS OF EXERCISE DURING PREGNANCY!
• Increased Cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength & flexibility.
• Women who exercise during pregnancy experience fewer prenatal discomforts, (e.g. Constipation, swollen limbs, leg cramps etc).
• Exercise can help to prevent or control gestational diabetes & help prevent things such as incontinence, hypertension etc.
• Improves posture & body mechanics, facilitates circulation, reduces pelvic & rectal pressure whilst increasing energy levels.
• During pregnancy it is extremely important to correct muscular imbalances through stretching & strengthening exercise therapy.
• Increased Fatigue threshold & Reduced emotional shifts.
• Increased Fitness, maintaining a lower resting heart rate, higher stroke volume & higher VO2max (cardio-respiratory fitness).
• Lower incidence of excessive weight gain, Enhanced psychological well being, increasing confidence in changing body image.

LABOUR & DELIVERY
Women who exercise experience less problematic deliveries with a higher rate of uncomplicated, spontaneous deliveries & active labour.

RECOVERY
Research suggests women that exercise retain less weight & score higher on measures of maternal adaptation, experience fewer incidences of Postnatal Depression returning faster to “normal” living due to greater energy reserves.

CONTRAINDICATIONS & RISK FACTORS
• Healthy women with uncomplicated pregnancies need not limit exercise
• Extreme training is not encouraged as with High risk exercise; ie. Snow & waterskiing, rock climbing, snowboarding, diving, bungee jumping, horseback riding, ice skating, cycling and any other high impact / contact activities.

BACK CARE IN PREGNANCY!
The Back & Pelvis are vulnerable during pregnancy & need special consideration when sitting, standing, lifting, bending & moving. Mr. Matthew Fittolani Grad Dip Exercise Rehab. Ba. App. Sci. Phy.Ed.
Exercise Physiologist with Musculo-Skeletal Rehabilitation Specialization (MAAESS)

Functional Training Perspectives Group
By Appointment Only: tel: 1300 20 20 27
Services provided by Functional Training Perspectives Group are proudly recognized by Medicare Australia,
Victorian WorkCover Authority and various private health insurers. Rebates may apply.

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