Plus Size Pilates™ For the The Mummy Tummy
What has happened to my body?
As anyone who has had a child knows the physical after effects of pregnancy can endure with postpartum aches and pains, and resistant weight gain. These discomforts are linked to newly the enlarged breasts, rounder belly, and generalized poor posture caused by a altered center of gravity after delivery.
Muscles around the shoulders become tight from carrying, holding, and lifting the baby. Large breasts from breast feeding can also tire the shoulders pulling them forward. The addition of soft tissue in the breasts demands compensation as the center of gravity is shifted.
Low back aches and pain associated with lifting, and carrying the baby is caused by an changed center of gravity. Carrying the baby can also be the source a new hip alignment as the body balances itself sideways making one hip higher and causing the back, shoulder, and neck alignment to shift. A large, soft belly can also tilt the pelvis out of a healthy, comfortable position adding strain to the low back.
Firmer, Flatter, Stronger Belly
After delivery muscle imbalances should be brought into alignment before other types of exercise are begun to prevent complicating an already out of balance spine, shoulder and hip alignment. Plus Size Pilates™ sessions usually begin six weeks after delivery and are an excellent way to strengthen the core and to resolve the poor posture caused by the weight gain of pregnancy and the newly round belly and larger breasts. The new mother will feel better right away as her body gains core strength and finds harmony with gravity by doing the slow, controlled Pilates exercises.
As the mommy learns to invest time in herself in addition to the demands that a new child presents she is better prepared to take care of her new baby, the other children and her mate. Additionally the new mother feels better about herself and her image as her aches and pains diminish, she moves more comfortably in her freshly toned body.
Mary M. Gordon
- Certified Pilates Instructor
- American Council on Exercise, (A.C.E.) Certified Personal Trainer
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