1. Kegels and Toning After Pregnancy
Can you really recover the muscle tone in the stomach after childbirth? And can you really lose
those pounds you gained? Yes.
I recently spoke at length with a good friend of mine who is a gynecologist. I found out that there
are physiological changes that occur throughout a pregnancy that stretch your abdomen. During
the weeks of gestation, the stomach muscles literally lengthen. Due to this increase in length,
there is some loss of muscle activation and a loss of force produced during abdominal
movements.
The Journal of Physical Therapy published research that looked at several pregnant women
and the rectus abdominis muscle in pregnancy. That's the group of muscles often referred to as
six pack muscles. This group is actually a package of eight muscles in front of your intestinal
area that allows forward flexion. While this muscle which is stretched during pregnancy, by 4
weeks after the birth of a child, the muscle can almost always contract fully back to normal.
Whether they can recover completely, though, is up to you as an individual and what you do in
order to recover.
What can you do? Return to both categories of activity: Cardio and strength training that you
were doing before and even during pregnancy.
Exercises such as Kegel exercises in which you lift your pelvic floor - there is the feeling of
controlling the bladder, are very effective after pregnancy.
Kegel exercises are important simply because they help reduce problems such as incontinence
after giving birth.
The first few weeks of post-pregnancy is likely going to be a bit of a wild time. Still it is important
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2. to exercise a few times each week. Start taking walks along with any other exercise programs
that you doctor recommends.
You want to regain muscle activation in the abdominal muscles and you want to get that toned.
And this can be done, even if you need to start in very small increments of activity.
Incidentally, if you had a caesarean, your muscles may have shrunk and you may want to
approach your exercise routine a little differently - Every woman is different.
Before becoming pregnant, you should work on getting a strong core and aerobically be strong,
too. During the course of your pregnancy, it is important to stay active.
And after the birth, the sooner you can get active and do some exercises to consolidate the
basic muscles the better. As a new mom you may find it hard to concentrate on yourself - but
give your body what it needs - you can lose those extra inches and get that tone.
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3. Pregnancy can cause incontinence and this syndrome is often referred to as stress
incontinence. Find out more with a presentation on incontinence at this site:
You Are Not Alone - Stress Urinary Incontinence
Patient presentation by Caldera Medical on dealing with and treatment options for stress urinary
incontinence
A leaky bladder after your childbirth is not unusual. To learn more about this subject and on how
kegels can help you, visit this webpage:
Using Kegel Exercises to Prevent a Leaky Bladder after Pregnancy
www.hivehealthmedia.com11/27/12
Women, who experience stress incontinence, or a leaky bladder, after pregnancy, can
strengthen their weakened pelvic floor muscles through kegel exercises.
What exactly is the pelvic floor? To get a better understanding check out the graphics on this
site:
kegel exercises
After pregnancy it hangs loosely, much like a rubber band that has been overstretched. But
unlike a rubber band this is living tissue which responds to exercise. Doing Kegel exercises is
easy. Locate the correct muscle the next time ...
Publish Date: 11/18/2010 7:19
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4. http://www.sensuality-sexuality-pleasure-advice.com/kegel-exercises.html
Pelvic Floor Exercises and Bladder Scans
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