The Pregnancy Centre's Core and Pelvic Floor Podcast for Fitness Professionals Episode 5 - with Elisa Bellairs from Embraced Mama, part 1
Release Date: 09/04/2018
Episode 60: Does Your Pelvic Floor Go Up or Down?
Running to the Core Podcast
Studies have shown that not all women will do their pelvic floor exercises effectively, and in fact, sometimes the muscles have been shown to be going down, instead of up, for some women. As you can't see your pelvic floor muscles, it can be hard to tell, so when it is possible, seeking further advice from a pelvic health physiotherapist, especially if you are unsure, can help you to clarify how well you are using your muscles. In this solo podcast, Dianne outlines some basics that you can use as a starting point to connect to your pelvic floor awareness. While there are many other...
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Episode 59: How is your pelvis levelling?
Running to the Core Podcast
Often postnatal mums when asked to stand on one leg or test a lunge out for the first time, are surprised at how wobbly or unsteady they feel. As a starting point, gaining awareness, either during your pregnancy or after the birth, of your pelvis position is one step towards postnatal returning to fitness and running. One of my friends who returned to running triathlons after she had fully rehabilitated, had a photo taken early in the running leg and again later and the position of her pelvis when she was starting to fatigue more, was a lot more dropped from side to side with each step....
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Episode 58: Preferential Recruitment. What is it?
Running to the Core Podcast
In this solo podcast episode, Dianne talks about the term Preferential Recruitment. Preferential recruitment suggests that when you are lying down on your back to do a sit up or curl up, the rectus abdominis muscles, especially the upper segments, will work "preferentially" when you lift your head up. This is a term Dianne first heard over 20 years ago in a presentation by Physiotherapist Caroline Dowd, in South Australia. Consider how much your whole abdominal muscle wall has changed during your pregnancy, with the weight of your growing baby or babies inside the uterus being taken by...
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Episode 57: Postnatal Tension Releases using a Breathing Out Focus
Running to the Core Podcast
After a summer pause break, Dianne returns with some solo podcasts to give practical tips for instant use. Being a Mum often means that you need to be in a state of awareness and alertness on what's going on in your family with your children and / or baby, a lot of the day. Daily stressors can build up and last year in a podcast with Dr Cate Howell (number 54), on her book The Flourishing Woman, Dr Cate talked about "stress buckets". Carrying these "stress buckets" around can lead to muscle tension, tiredness and "stress effects" when they get full to overflowing, where "one more drop"...
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Episode 56: How to be a 'cycle breaker' in your parenting with Mindfulness at Play, with Psychologist Angela North
Running to the Core Podcast
Angela North joins Dianne for a second podcast about Mindfulness at Play: Parenting healthy, happy children with old wisdom and new science, a book co-written with Dr Stephen McKenzie, published by Exisle Publishing in 2023. With 30 years of experience working with children, adolescents and their families, Angela employs play therapy, and is passionate about sharing strategies with parents, so that they may respond therapeutically to their own children’s needs. We discuss “Our child, our mirror”, which Angela writes about in the book. If we had a difficult time in our childhood, then we...
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Episode 55: The first 40 postnatal days impact the next 40 years - with Kate from The Mamas Alchemist
Running to the Core Podcast
In this podcast Kate Thomson from The Mamas Alchemist talks about how in her role as a Registered Midwife and a Chinese Medical Practitioner, she supports women holistically during their pregnancy and after the birth. In Chinese Medicine, the first 40 days after the birth are considered to impact the next 40 years of a mother’s life. Honoring the value of rest, harnessing support from partners, friends, family and available services and nutrition all play an essential role in postnatal recovery. Kate suggests from 34 weeks of pregnancy to double batch when cooking, to place one meal in...
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Episode 54: The Flourishing Woman - A mental health and wellbeing guide with Dr Cate Howell
Running to the Core Podcast
Dr Cate Howell talks about her new book The Flourishing Woman - A mental health and well being guide, recently published by Exisle Publishing. Dr Cate Howell is a GP, therapist, researcher, educator and author with over 40 years of training and experience in the health sphere. She is passionate about the areas of mental health, wellbeing and counselling and currently, Cate is mostly involved in education and writing related in these areas. She has travelled internationally to present research findings and has been published in a number of academic journals. The author of five books, Cate was...
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Episode 53: Mindfulness at Play with Psychologist Angela North
Running to the Core Podcast
Parenting affects every element of our lives, and in this podcast Psychologist and author Angela North, gives insights into how mindfulness can lighten the load of being a parent. Angela North and Dr Stephen McKenzie have written the book Mindfulness at Play: Parenting healthy, happy children with old wisdom and new science, recently published by Exisle Publishing. With 30 years of experience working with children, adolescents and their families, Angela employs play therapy, and is passionate about sharing strategies with parents, so that they may respond therapeutically to their own...
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Episode 52: Untethered with Nathan James Thomas
Running to the Core Podcast
This is a podcast that takes a deviation from our usual focus, and explores the book Untethered, Living the digital nomad life in an uncertain world, as Dianne talks to the author Nathan James Thomas. Untethered was published earlier this year, by Exisle Publishing. Nathan James Thomas bought a ticket for 20,000 kilometres on the Greyhound Bus network in Australia when he was seventeen years old. Over the next decade, he lived in China, Spain, Poland and Hungary, visiting and experiencing dozens of other countries along the way. In 2014, Nathan founded the digital travel magazine Intrepid...
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Episode 51: Posture and Your Voice with Dr Abby Halpin, PT
Running to the Core Podcast
Dr Abby Halpin is a Physical Therapist and Coach, and runs Forte Performance and Physical Therapy. Abby helps musicians, instrumentalists and performers feel and sound their best. She also works with athletes. With a doctorate in physical therapy and 13 years of clinical experience as a PT and personal trainer, Abby has carved out her path to include everything important – movement, music and making a difference. Abby is the host of the Play Life Loudly Podcast. In this podcast Abby talks about her role in this area, working with the pressure management...
info_outlineInterview with Personal Trainer and owner of Embraced Mama (Part 1)
Elisa is a personal trainer who coaches mums to restore and reclaim themselves after having children. She runs Motherhood Movement Classes from the studio at The Little Aussie Café in Erskine, Mandurah WA. From her personal experience of transitioning into fitness and of having pain post childbirth for 10 years, Elisa discusses how she has developed her business to meet the special needs of mums of varying ages through their journey.
Embraced Mama is now closed.
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