Matthew Fittolani

Fit, Strong & Pregnant (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Are you planning to have a baby or are you already pregnant...? This book can help you minimize pain and discomfort during your pregnancy and enhance your recovery after wards. Specific exercises will improve posture, pelvic floor muscle strength and minimize low back pain. Benefits of exercise during pregnancy.... Increased cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength and flexibility Women who exercise during pregnancy experience fewer prenatal discomforts, such as constipation, swollen limbs and leg cramps Exercise can help to prevent or control gestational diabetes and help prevent things such as incontinence and hypertension Improves posture and body mechanics, facilitates circulation, reduces pelvic and rectal pressure whilst increasing energy levels During pregnancy it is extremely important to correct muscular imbalances through stretching and strengthening exercise therapy Increased fatigue threshold and reduced emotional shifts Increased fitness Lower incidence of excessive weight gain, enhanced psychological well being, increasing confidence in changing body image Labor and delivery Women who exercise experience less problematic deliveries with a higher rate of uncomplicated, spontaneous deliveries and active labor. Recovery Women that exercise retain less weight and score higher on measures of maternal adaptation, experience fewer incidences of post-natal depression returning faster to "normal" living due to greater energy reserves. Back care in pregnancy The back and pelvis are vulnerable during pregnancy; they need special consideration when sitting, standing, lifting, bending and moving.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Matthew Fittolani
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781458032799
• Artikelnr.: 54232682

Autorenporträt

Qualified exercise physiologist working in elite sports, strength & conditioning and exercise rehabilitation. Total understanding of the changes the women's body goes through as a result of pregnancy this book has been developed with the sole intention of assisting both mother and baby through pregnancy, birth and post-natal periods. Personally worked with hundreds of women looking to achieve better health outcomes during pregnancy aiding in faster recovery times returning to activities of daily living quicker, with less discomfort.