Your best pregnancy
Subtitle: the ultimate guide to easing the aches, pains, and uncomfortable side effects during each stage of your pregnancy
By: Jill Hoefs, MPT, Denise Jagroo, DPT, MTC, WCS
Contributors: Jagroo, Denise
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781936303618
Subjects: Pregnancy; Popular works; Exercise for pregnant women
Description: Have a safe, healthy, "and" comfortable pregnancy. Written by two physical therapists with over twenty years of combined experience helping women ease sore feet, aching backs, incessant peeing, and many other uncomfortable conditions, "Your Best Pregnancy" provides simple solutions and easy exercises to help women feel their best from head to toe. Through detailed photographs, illustrations, and down-to-earth advice that is both medically substantiated as well as easy to understand, you will learn how to: Treat the most uncomfortable symptoms during pregnancy, such as back and shoulder pain, bladder issues, night cramps, sciatica, swelling, and varicose veins. Maintain a healthy pregnancy, even while on bed rest. Correctly strengthen the pelvic floor and core to prevent diastasis recti. Nurse, lift, and care for a baby (or babies) using proper body mechanics to avoid strain and injury.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ouch! What Is Happening to My Body? Help!; title: Back Pain; title: Lower Back Pain; title: Upper Back and Shoulder Pain; title: Bladder Issues; title: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; title: Constipation; title: Heel and Bottom of Foot Pain (Plantar Fasciitis); title: Lightheadedness; title: Lower Abdominal/Groin Pain (Round Ligament Pain); title: Night Cramps; title: Pelvic Pain; title: Pubic Symphysis Pain/Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction; title: Sacroiliac Pain; title: Sciatica; title: Separated Abdominal Muscles (Diastasis Recti); title: Shortness of Breath; title: Sleeping Pains; title: Swelling; title: Tailbone Pain (Coccyx Pain); title: Varicose Veins; title: Additional Help from Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine; title: It's Not Time to Put Your Gym Membership on Hold; title: "Don't Exercise, You Will Hurt the Baby!; title: "If You Have Pain While Exercising during the Beginning of Your Pregnancy, Stop Everything Because It's Only Going to Get Worse.; title: "Don't Let Your Heart Rate Get Higher than 140 Beats Per Minute When Exercising and Don't Exercise for More than 15 Minutes.; title: "It's Not Safe to Ride a Bike after Your First Trimester.; title: "Too Much Exercise Will Take Nutrients Away from Your Baby.; title: "If You Never Exercised before Pregnancy, Don't Start Now."; title: Avoid All Forms of Prenatal Yoga.; title: "You Shouldn't Stretch during Pregnancy.; title: Your Joints Are Too Loose.; title: "Running Is Too Jarring for the Baby; title: "Don't Lift That, It's Too Heavy."; title: You Should Be Able to Maintain a Conversation While Exercising.; title: "Drinking Eight Glasses of Water Is Enough, Even When You Exercise.; title: Help for the Pelvic Floor; title: What's a Kegel?; title: Pregnancy and the Pelvic Floor; title: How to Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor; title: Between the Sheets during Your Pregnancy; title: Orgasms Will Help My Pregnancy?; title: Pelvic Rest; title: Bed Rest: Survival Tips; title: Who Is on Bed Rest?; title: What Is Bed Rest?; title: Is Bed Rest Necessary?; title: The Emotional Toll; title: Let's Get Physical; title: Planning for Labor and Delivery; title: Perineal Massage; title: Birthing Positions; title: Relaxing the Pelvic Floor during Delivery; title: Labor; title: Safe and Helpful Ways to Take Care of Your Newborn(s); title: Lifting; title: Breastfeeding or Bottle Feeding; title: Carrying; title: For Moms Taking Care of Twins; title: When Carrying the Infant Carrier(s); title: Taking Care of the Postpartum Mama; title: The Postpartum Check-Up; title: Pelvic Floor Strengthening; title: Work Those Abs; title: Posture in the Office; title: Sex? Now? Didn't You See What I Just Pushed "Out" of There; title: The Baby Came Out Already, Why Does My Pelvis Still Hurt?