5 Mobility Exercises for Mothers with Birthing Complications
All mothers and their bodies are different. It is important to consult your doctor after giving birth to see if your body is ready to beginning exercising again. Normally, mothers who experienced birthing complications are often instructed to wait a longer time before exercising again to allow their bodies to properly heal.
Walking
This is a great way to ease the body back into routine exercising. Walking is a low-impact workout and easy to cater it to your specific limits.
Kegels
After giving birth, a mother’s pelvic floor is weakened. This exercise helps build up strength. You have to squeeze your pelvic floor muscles, hold for 10 seconds and repeat.
Planks
Mothers in their postpartum stage have unwanted excess skin. Targeting your core can tone and define your abdomen.
Bird Dog Holds
For a lower intensity option, this exercise can be done on a swiss ball. This exercise helps strengthen back muscles to decrease lower back pain.
Cat-Cow
This yoga position is a great way to relieve tension and pain for your entire back. This is an extremely low intensity workout and can be done as desired throughout the day.
It is important to only do as much as your body tells you it can handle. Listening to your body is a key aspect of your postpartum phase.
Citations:
Healthline. 2022. Safe Pregnancy Workouts: Best Exercises by Trimester. [online] Available at: <https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/pregnancy-workouts#second-trimester> [Accessed 8 March 2022].
Right as Rain by UW Medicine. 2022. How to Safely Exercise After Birth. [online] Available at: <https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/life/parenthood/exercise-after-baby> [Accessed 8 March 2022].
