Couldn't agree more 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 #Repost @drsarahduvall (@get_repost)
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There are numerous classes out there for new moms, but just because you can bring your baby doesn't mean that the class is safe for you. Last summer, I was at the park with my daughter. There was a group of moms in what looked like a mom and baby bootcamp class. At first, it looked ideal. Moms exercised, chatted, cheered one another on, while babies sat nearby in their strollers. The next circuit of exercises began – push ups, squat jumps, a run around the pavilion, repeat
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I couldn't help but wonder if any one was leaking while they ran and jumped? Had they healed their diastasis to a functional degree before doing push ups? Why wasn't anyone doing ANY modifications!? I know that I wouldn't have been able to do that class safely even a year postpartum
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After the class ended a few moms came to the playground where we were. I casually asked what the class was, and what certifications the instructor had because I was a trainer... the response I got was “I don't know, I know she's certified though because she's great.” Being “great” doesn't qualify someone to work with postpartum bodies. A postpartum body is a vulnerable body. A vulnerable body requires a specialist
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I want to teach postpartum women how to return to exercise, prevent women from unnecessarily experiencing incontinence, help their diastasis heal, give them a safe space to learn and get strong again, and teach them to identify red flags in the future. To provide quality training to postpartum women, I became a Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist. The certification course is a 12 week program teaching all the things necessary to give individualized programming to postpartum women, even if they are experiencing pelvic floor dysfunction and/or diastasis recti
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Don't be afraid to ask for your trainers qualifications, it can be the difference between getting fit and getting injured. If a trainer is qualified to be working with you, they'll be more than happy to share what makes them qualified! #PCESgrad @drsarahduvall
