Fascia-Focused Healing Perspective in Teaching Pregnant and Postnatal Women

fascia for teachers Oct 01, 2020

The past 25 years have been very exciting in the area of learning HOW our body works most efficiently, with the volume of information that has been published on our fascinating fascia.

Understanding fascia and it's impact on how we train pre and postnatal women has been a game-changer in helping women most efficiently.

Pressure-related conditions during and after pregnancy, such as:

diastasis recti (DRA),
pelvic organ prolapse (POP), and
incontinence (not being able to hold in urine)

are the result of the body being unable to support the pressure and weight demanded of it.

→→First of all, the fact that a woman's body can create a human, transforming to accommodate the weight and pressure, is AMAZING.

There are a handful of hormones that support this expansion.

So pressure is to be expected.

These pressure-related conditions arise when:

that pressure is not evenly distributed,
and begins to push on the weak areas of the body

The most common areas of weakness include:

the linea alba (the connective tissue between the rectus abdominals),
the pelvic floor muscles and fascia,

Tight, inflexible muscles and fascial tissue (myofascia) actually become the weak points.

The advice of "do your Kegels" is well-meaning, but not well explained.

This is why woman are experiencing these pressure-related issues more and more today - their OBGYN's are still telling them to do Kegels- unless their doctor is up-to-date with their information.

Why Kegels, or Pelvic Floor Tightening is Not the Answer to Pelvic Floor Issues:

In a recent workshop given by Tom Meyers of Anatomy Trains, he explains how the muscle in the middle of the pelvic floor (the iliococcygeus) is connected to the obturator internus, which envelopes the inside of the ischium.

So when the iliococcygeus is too tight from women diligently doing their Kegels, the muscles are actually pulling the pubis APART, contributing to the problem.

The remedy that helps prevent or heal abdominal separation (diastasis recti) after pregnancy, and other pressure related issues is:

Healthy everyday movement patterns that include tension-free breathing patterns, and are set forth with supportive, practical posture (Resource: Research Report - Establishing Expert-Based Recommendations for the Conservative management of Pregnancy-Related Diastasis Recti - A Delphi Consensus study - Dr. Sinead Dufour)
Pregnancy & Postpartum specific Pilates program or other exercise regimen.

You are in the perfect position to be helping your pre and postnatal clients prevent or heal these pressure-related issues.

And you are most-likely the ONLY one who will be able to properly educate her how to keep her body in the most optimal, well-conditioned state.

Thank you for your dedication to this special population!

I have created a teaching guide for you on the #1 Pilates-based concept that covers the fundamentals of the practical posture necessary in helping to prevent or heal pressure-related issues.

I emphasize helping, because we know that so many other factors effect healing such as rest, nutrition, and positive, healing thoughts and language.

In a printable PDF format, this guide includes:

✧ A teacher copy for you

✧ A client copy with room to add your contact information.

✧ Benefits to practical posture

✧ Conditioning and toning from a whole-body, fascial perspective.

✧ How to encourage a positive body image in pre and postnatal women

(and encouraging a positive body image is NOT about asking your clients to repeat in a mirror the cliche' "I love my body" affirmations. Affirmations don't work unless we ACTUALLy believe them, by the way.)

I can't wait for you to pick up this guide, and start implementing this concept into your sessions, now!

Thank you for your dedication to this special population!

We need more dedicated teachers like you helping our pre and postnatal women.

Fascia-Focused Healing Perspective in Teaching Pregnant and Postnatal Women

The past 25 years have been very exciting in the area of learning HOW our body works most efficiently, with the volume of information that has been published on our fascinating fascia.

(and encouraging a positive body image is NOT about asking your clients to repeat in a mirror the cliche' "I love my body" affirmations. Affirmations don't work unless we ACTUALLy believe them, by the way.)

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