How do I Know if my Core Strength is Good Enough?

Bird/dog is one of my favourite exercise as it's great for warming up, can be made harder by adding a resistance band and works well in pregnancy as well as in the early postnatal period.

You may be used to seeing people at the gym pushing out butterfly crunches, mountain climbers and Russian twists and thinking: is that what I should be doing? For me as a non-gym goer, core strength has always been about function. Can I walk on a log in the forest without losing my balance? Am […]

How do I Heal a Diastasis Recti?

Abdominal separation or diastasis recti in women post-childbirth.

I wanted to dive into one of the two most common postnatal topics that I get asked about: diastasis recti (DR) (the other one is pelvic floor dysfunction). They are linked as a DR can cause pelvic floor weakness and pelvic floor weakness can worsen a DR. It can also be accompanied by lower back […]

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