Return to sport after childbirth

During the nine months that preceded the birth, the female body has undergone significant aesthetic as physiological changes:
Accumulation more or less of fat in the chest, arms, hips, buttocks and thighs.
Formations of edema of the lower extremities and especially the calves and ankles.
Sagging midsection.
Formation of stretch marks ....

The list is not exhaustive. Some will keep none of their pregnancy, while others will find it difficult to lose the accumulated weight during these nine months. Every body is different, it is always important to consult a general practitioner or gynecologist to determine the proper timing of resumption of postpartum physical activity. Ideally, the day after delivery, the recovery of physical activity might be possible. Unwittingly, you resume light physical activity:

Travel to change the baby
Taken from bottle
Cleaning of the mom and baby
Meal preparation (when returning home) ...

Your body is moving so muscles contract as during physical exertion. The practice is obviously far from theory. Also, for everyone's health, it is best to wait a little longer.
Generally, it is advisable to wait 4-6 weeks after delivery by natural ways before resuming physical activity.
For a cesarean delivery, you should wait a little more with an average of 10 to 12 weeks.

How to Catch?

Before you worry about your aesthetic, discover in the early days and the first few weeks your new life with your baby. As long as we are not parents, we are not aware of the important work that is both physically and mentally.

When this cap fatigue is over, you can consider taking up a sport. The tiredness sports before back in shape. If you are very tired, you may further increase your level of fatigue.
If you practice a physical activity before and / or during pregnancy, the recovery will be a little faster. You know your body and especially the sensations provided by the sport. You know your limits and know how far you can go.
If you have never done any sport and want to get started, do initially of aerobic activities such as walking, swimming, biking .... activities without impact and without constraints.
In both cases, it is important to seek advice from a doctor.

What to do?

It will be interesting to resume gentle, comprehensive and aerobic activities such as cycling, swimming, walking ...

For activities of reinforcements, you can start with Pilates, yoga. For muscle building, wait a while before returning to the group classes as levels are often too intense, teachers will not correct you necessarily optimal (too crowded) and you could injure yourself.
When you spend part aches, fatigue, take a little more intense activities. At this level all sports can be taken apart very violent, see those with major impacts (water skiing, mogul skiing, horse riding, rugby, judo).

These sports will be studying with the coach especially if you have a cesarean birth. The risk of tearing may be significant during violent rotations (tennis).
conclusion

Be patient before resuming physical activity, even if after a few weeks you will want one thing: to find your pre-pregnancy body. Conversely do not wait too long because you never want back after 6 months. Usually it takes an average of two months. Why not take your baby swimming pool

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