What Is Clinical Pilates During Pregnancy?
Clinical Pilates is a suitable form of therapeutic exercise during pregnancy, with exercises designed for the physiological changes in a woman’s body. Following assessment by the Clinical Pilates Instructor, the programme is tailored to the pregnant woman’s needs and trimester.
When Can It Be Used, and What Is the Exercise Dosage During Pregnancy?
Women can begin at any stage of pregnancy, whether they have tried Pilates before. Most start between weeks 24 and 30, and it is particularly important in the third trimester. An 8-week programme has been shown to have a significant positive effect during pregnancy and after birth. Clinical Pilates sessions last 50–60 minutes, 2–3 times a week.
What Are the Benefits of Clinical Pilates During and After Pregnancy?
It has been shown to have significant effects in managing various pregnancy-related problems, such as lower back pain, joint pain in the lower limbs and oedema or swollen feet and can also help prevent these problems from developing.
Clinical Pilates exercises offer many benefits, including:
Clinical Pilates exercises offer many benefits, including:
Clinical Pilates exercises offer many benefits, including:
Maintenance of normal blood pressure levels
Improved breathing
Strengthening the abdominal and back muscles
Increased strength and flexibility of the pelvic floor muscles, with the aim of avoiding episiotomy
Increased strength and flexibility of the pelvic floor muscles, with the aim of avoiding episiotomy
Prevention of weight gain in the pregnant woman and baby, to avoid risks to the newborn during birth
Clinical Pilates during pregnancy aims to improve fitness and psychological wellbeing, adapting to each woman’s needs at every month of pregnancy.