When to start light exercise after c section
Post C-Section Exercise: WHEN To Start Exercising After C-Section (SERIES VIDEO 1)
c-section mama i feel ya you don't know
when to start
what to do what exercises are safe after
having a c-section there's no guidance
other than
go home and rest and don't drive and
don't lift anything heavier than your
baby
you're scared you're fearful you just
had a major surgery
and you want to exercise but you have no
idea
when and what is safe and we're getting
into all that
in this c-section exercise series
today we're talking about the when
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name is denise and i am the founder of
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from the inside out
in pregnancy and in postpartum so if you
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because this is the stuff that nobody
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comment after comment on my videos i get
moms asking
when can i work out after he having a
c-section i had a c-section five months
ago
is this okay for me when is this safe
for me to start doing high intensity
i've had a c-section a year ago but i'm
afraid
so here's what we want to do so first
off
you always want to wait for your
doctor's clearance
or the all go ahead all clear to go back
to exercise
after having your surgery and that's
usually around six to eight weeks
post-op of course if you had some
complications it will be a little bit
um more time after that now hold up
just because your doctor said it's okay
for you to start exercising
doesn't mean you're gonna go back and do
exercises that you were doing
before you got pregnant or exercises
that you were doing in pregnancy
right you've just had a major surgery
you just burnt the baby
you've got to start to retrain your core
from the inside out so
before you start and want to go back to
the gym or lifting weights or doing
crossfit or whatever
let's start slow first so first let's
talk about the exercises that you can do
immediately after giving birth so you're
sent home
you're resting and eventually you're
gonna you know get up you're moving
around a bit more
you're maybe walking around your home
you're walking up and down the stairs
and maybe you start to walk around your
neighborhood as well so
between that you know immediate after
having your baby and before your doctor
gives you the green light is when you'll
also be working on some restorative
breathing exercises and this is so key
in helping you to
regain your strength in your deep core
because i know you're feeling like mush
whether you've had a c-section or
a vaginal birth this is where i start
all of my clients on just
restorative breathing exercises now i
want to get into the what does that even
look like
we'll be doing that in the next
c-section uh video series
so please make sure to subscribe and hit
the bell so you don't miss that one
and remember you are not a hero you
don't have to be
you know running up and down the stairs
or walking a mile
you do need to listen to your body and
what are you
what is okay with you what is okay
without causing any pain
when it comes to walking around the
neighborhood so stick within that
before your doctor gives you the go so
mamas i want you to comment down below
tell me what kind of exercises are you
really looking forward to getting back
to doing
after having your seat your c-section so
let's talk about
after your doctor gives you the
all-clear go-ahead
so we've got our restorative breathing
exercises and we want to
slowly add to them and before we pick up
any weights
we just want to retrain our body in
those movement patterns that we need
for daily mom life like things like
squatting
and lunging and pushing pulling
picking up stuff we're going to be doing
all that kind of stuff holding heavy
babies and car seats and
strollers and stuff like that so we need
to be retraining our body
without any kind of weight first
so that could look like 20 to 30 minutes
of exercise
a video perhaps um every other day
maybe three days a week and you're just
slowly building up
your endurance your stamina your
strength using just
body weight exercises only so if you're
looking for a good video to start with
check out this video here it is a bit
longer it's about
30 minutes but it's just using your own
body weight so check that out
and also i'll link below my c-section
workout playlist that you can also um do
some choose some exercises from there so
what about returning to
strength training like picking up
weights and stuff
so returning to strength training will
gradually come
you've you're doing your your body
weight exercises and you can slowly add
in some resistance training so
i love to use bands bands whether it's a
band with handles a theraband mini loops
those kind of things you could start
using a trx suspension trainer
and those things gradually come when
you're ready to kind of
level it up and eventually once you feel
like you're getting stronger once your
core has
gotten stronger um you'll gradually add
in
some weights perhaps if that's something
that you want to do
there's no one size fits all there's i
can't say at 12 weeks you're gonna
definitely be able to do this
everybody's body is different and
everybody's body
progresses and changes at a different
rate so now you know
that post-operation the first thing that
you can do
right after having baby is your
breathing restorative exercises
the next thing after that after your
doctor gives you the all clear go ahead
is that you can start to add in some
body weight
training after that you can add slowly
add in some resistance
training and then slowly gradually work
your way up to using
weights this is all fine and dandy you
say but
what does restorative breathing
exercises
even look like and how does this help me
get my core back my core strength i am
so glad you asked because this is
so important and the first exercise that
i teach to all of my clients so
we're getting into that in the next
video of the series
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you in the next video thanks for
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