Prenatal & Postnatal Pilates
Prenatal Pilates and postnatal Pilates are excellent ways to help you prepare for natural childbirth and life after pregnancy. Pilates helps to realign and balance the body enabling it to function in a more natural state.
Benefits of Pre-natal and Post-Natal Pilates includes:
- Pelvic floor awareness and toning.
- Prevention of common pregnancy problems such as sacroiliac pain, upper and lower back pain, sciatica etc.
- Strengthening of deep abdominal muscles to provide stability for the pelvis and to endure pregnancy, labor and delivery.
- Improve the upper body strength and alignment in preparation for breastfeeding and caring for the new infant.
- Achieve a feeling of well-being and confidence.
The session will be done on all Pilates equipment and props (ball, theraband, Pilates arc, etc). Our aim is to provide a stimulating and challenging class yet staying within safety limits of pregnancy.
For pre-natal Pilates, we recommend that you are least 3 months into your pregnancy and obtain an exercise prescription from your gynaecologist before exercising.
For post-natal Pilates, we recommend that you start your exercise program 3 months after natural delivery or 6 months after c-section delivery.
If you are experiencing pain and any special condition before or after delivery, you should consult our women’s health physiotherapist for pre-natal or post-natal physiotherapy.