THERAPYPREG
For the health of the expectant mother and her unborn baby.
Scientific evidence fully supports the benefits of therapeutic exercise during pregnancy. For women who are usually sedentary, pregnancy can be an opportunity to make regular physical activity a lasting part of a healthier lifestyle. Exercise helps women adapt to the physiological changes of pregnancy and the postnatal period.
WHEN DOES IT HELP?
TherapyPreg offers significant benefits in managing and preventing pregnancy-related problems, including lower back pain, joint pain in the lower limbs, oedema and swelling of the limbs. It also helps prevent weight gain in mother and baby, reduces the incidence of gestational diabetes and hypertension, lowers the likelihood of premature birth and the risk of uterine prolapse and incontinence, improves sleep and reduces fatigue. Greater confidence also encourages women towards vaginal birth.
WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE, AND WHY IS IT SUITABLE FOR YOU?
A specialist physiotherapist assesses each woman before designing her TherapyPreg exercise programme, adapting it to her needs and trimester. Women can begin at any point in pregnancy, with or without previous exercise experience. Most join between weeks 24 and 30; participation is particularly important during the third trimester.
During pregnancy, TherapyPreg therapeutic exercise strengthens the abdominal and back muscles, improves pelvic floor muscle strength and flexibility, and develops posture, trunk and pelvic stability, balance and movement coordination. It also maintains normal blood pressure, supports breathing and helps manage pain during labour. After birth, the TherapyPreg programme adapts therapeutic exercise to the type of birth, starting with pelvic muscle activation and progressing gradually.
WHICH METHODS AND TOOLS DO WE USE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL?
TherapyPreg offers personalised programmes during pregnancy and the postnatal period, one-to-one or in groups of 2–3. Sessions last 50 minutes, 2–3 times a week. A specialist physiotherapist takes a medical history and assesses movement before designing the programme. It combines small equipment, including mat exercises with a SwissBall and resistance bands, with Clinical Suspension Training, Clinical Pilates Matwork and Clinical Pilates Reformer.
We introduce women to the programme gradually, according to their trimester and individual circumstances, to improve fitness and psychological wellbeing.