PRENATAL WELLNESS
Prenatal wellness
Prenatal physiotherapy is a set of medically-based physical exercises aimed at reducing pain during pregnancy and restoring a woman’s physical condition after childbirth. Positive results can be achieved only by properly assessing the woman’s well-being, prescribing the right program, and conducting proper instruction. Specialized lumbar stability programs created by physiotherapists for pregnant women alleviate back and pelvic pain, while pelvic floor exercises help reduce urinary incontinence issues before and after childbirth.
Prenatal physiotherapy programs are conducted in small groups (up to 5 pregnant women). The clinic’s physiotherapists are qualified to design individualized strength, flexibility, and stabilization programs for home practice and will provide consultations throughout the pregnancy.
Physical therapists also provide individualized treatment for more complex diagnoses (such as diastasis recti after childbirth or pelvic floor damage).
Before starting prenatal exercises, it is recommended to consult with your obstetrician-gynecologist.
Benefits of prenatal physical therapy
- Learning to perform exercises correctly;
- Learning to automatically coordinate physical exercises with deep, rhythmic breathing;
- Teaching pregnant women to breathe with the abdomen, chest, diaphragm, or a mixed method; to freely contract and relax muscles;
- Strengthening physiological systems that must adapt to increased physical strain;
- Creating better conditions for fetal development by ensuring good oxygenation and blood supply to the fetus;
- Preparing for childbirth by strengthening abdominal muscles, increasing pelvic floor elasticity, and building strength and endurance;
- Improving posture;
- Preventing venous stasis;
- Stimulating intestinal function;
- Maintaining the tone of the abdominal wall muscles;
- Increasing the mobility of the sacroiliac and hip joints, as well as pelvic and lumbar flexibility.