How to Regain Core Strength Postpartum #shorts #corestrength #romavanderwalt #womenshealth

Name: How to Regain Core Strength Postpartum #shorts #corestrength #romavanderwalt #womenshealth
Uploaded: 2023-08-26T12:30:14+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short video, the presenter emphasizes that the back is an integral part of the core and that core training should include the posterior muscles…

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In this short video, the presenter emphasizes that the back is an integral part of the core and that core training should include the posterior muscles. She introduces the bird‑dog movement—a gentle, low‑impact exercise performed on all fours where the opposite arm and leg are extended, optionally adding weight or a dynamic elbow‑to‑knee motion. The speaker highlights that this exercise is safe and appropriate before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and after delivery, even for women experiencing abdominal separation (diastasis recti). She encourages viewers to begin a structured exercise program that incorporates such back‑focused core work.

your back is part of your core. So if you're working your core, it doesn't just mean working your front. And there are really gentle exercises you can do for your back at home, which include things like bird dogs, where you're on all fours, extend one arm and the opposite leg and add some weights to it or add movement, bringing the elbow to knee to it. And that's one exercise that I would say bird dog you can do before pregnancy, during and postpartum. And it's safe for even if your abs have slipped. So I would say start an exercise program,