Attention, new moms! Embrace postpartum fitness to enhance both your mind and body. Engaging in light exercises promotes healing, increases energy levels, and helps alleviate stress—potentially ...

During pregnancy, eating a healthy diet and staying active is a top priority. But once baby is here, many women put their own health on the back burner. Even for those who want to prioritize movement, ...

The three months after giving birth are often referred to as the fourth trimester. Why? As Abby Erker, founder of the Materra Method, or any other mom can tell you, it requires just as much tender ...

I don’t come from a fitness background. When I was in high school, I would get a doctor's note to get out of running the mile in gym class. In college I worked out a little, but a trip to the gym ...

2) Schedule A Fitness Assessment Even if you plan to work out solo, booking at least one 1:1 with a personal trainer to do a fitness assessment can give you a baseline for where you are on your road ...

Dr. Margaret Archer is a pelvic floor physical therapist with Mère Health and a mom of two boys. She specializes in pregnancy and postpartum recovery, with a fitness-forward, evidence-based approach ...

Objective To examine the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis. Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis. Data ...

As a mom of a 10-week-old baby, my life can best be described by a few words: breastfeeding, exhaustion, emotional rollercoaster, and frumpiness. This time is about survival, with the best-laid plans ...

In the review, researchers found that targeted pelvic floor exercises in the first year postpartum lowered the risk of urinary incontinence by 37% and of pelvic organ prolapse by 56%. Any ...

My fitness journey began when I was 24, the same year I gave birth to my son, Anderson, in 2014. About four months after giving birth, I found myself at a postpartum checkup, tears streaming down my ...