A Women's Pelvis and Pelvic Floor™

This course is included in our prenatal and postnatal courses.This workshop is also geared towards anyone involved with caring for women during their pregnancies, birth and the postpartum period. You will learn about the function of the pelvic floor during this time and how you can help prepare your client for her birth and help her recover after the birth using movement and breath.

No knowledge of any exercise program is necessary although is helpful.

 We welcome
    ·  Doulas
    · Childbirth educators
    · Yoga, Pilates and Fitness instructors
   · Pregnant and postpartum women

This course will cover the following topics
   Lecture
       · Physiology of pregnancy/postpartum, the changes and how they affect the pelvic floor
       · The anatomy of the pelvic floor muscles- includes ligaments and fascial attachments
       · The function of the pelvic floor muscles
       ·The changes that occur during pregnancy, birth and postpartum
        ·The importance of correct exercising of the pelvic floor
        · Medical interventions and the pelvic floor

  Practical
         · Finding the pelvic floor muscles using movement
         · Using bony cuing to activate the pelvic floor
         · Releasing and stretching the pelvic floor
         · Toning and strengthening  the pelvic floor
         · Sample movement class to show how the pelvic floor is incorporated
         · Discussion of exercise design to include both strength and flexibility of the pelvic floor

Course length - approx. 6 hours

PMA Approved 6 CECs 

Fee: $350

Healing Exercises for a Diastasis Recti and C-Section™

This four hour workshop is open to all inculding postpartum women who would like to know about this condition.

Prerequisites

• Open to everybody

Course outline (appx. 4 hours)

What is a diastasis

• How to recognize one during pregnancy, post partum and any other time
• How to test for one
• Pilates based exercises that will help heal this condition

You will leave this workshop with more than information on what this condition is all about. You will learn how you can prevent it from happening when you exercise, how to heal it after a birth or after repeatedly performing abdominal exercise incorrectly.

Course length - approx. 4 hours
Fee: $250

Have questions? Please contact me anytime!

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