View videos for women who are pregnant or just gave birth. Topics include perineal mobility, exercises for pregnancy and delivery prep, diastasis recti, and c-section massage techniques.
For future videos, hit the subscribe button below to follow our YouTube channel.
For future videos, hit the subscribe button below to follow our YouTube channel.
|
Diastasis Recti
Diastasis Recti (or abdominal diastasis) is the separation of muscles in the abdomen that can remain after pregnancy. Join Connect PT's Michelle Dela Rosa, PT as she describes the factors that put women at risk, diastasis screening, and how to start exercising. |
Taping for diastasis recti: criss-cross method
Watch Bryn Zolty demonstrate the criss-cross method with kinesiotape to support the diastasis and help activate your abdominal muscles correctly. |
C-section massage techniques
Physical therapist, Bryn Zolty, walks through four different Caesarean section massage techniques. |
|
Coughing with Your Pelvis
Coughing increases pressure in the pelvis. Bryn Zolty, PT, teaches you how to decrease that pressure by a simple adjustment in your posture. |
"Dolphin on the table" and "skier" stretches
Marzena Bard, PTA walks you through how to perform the "Dolphin on the table" and “Skier” stretches. |
|
Perineal mobility
The female perineum is the area between the vulva and rectum. Watch Aisling Linehan, PT show how physical therapy can help this tissue remain soft and flexible for vaginal penetration, delivery, or healing after episiotomy scars. |
Exercises for pregnancy and delivery prep
Physical therapy supports women during pregnancy. Hear Aisling Linehan, PT demonstrate safe exercises that can minimize pregnancy-related pain and prepare women for delivery. |