Why enormous confusion about post-birth exercise awaits new mums | CE_Zielinski
, experts acknowledge we have limited knowledge when it comes to knowing just how exercise in the period after birth affects women.
“There aren’t even clear definitive guidelines on when women should start driving after having a C-section ... it shows you how neglected the area is.”In general, gentle exercise encompasses activities such as Pilates, yoga, walking and swimming. Think “low intensity, non-weight bearing exercise”, says Griffith University’s Associate Professor Clare Minahan.
“If you look throughout history, males were professional athletes before women. Exercise for women was seen through the incidental physical activity sense, stuff you do to keep the house running,” she says. “We need to develop more resources around that: currently, there is no research that backs up how much exercise you can do as an elite sports woman during and post-pregnancy,” Harris says.
“There aren’t even clear definitive guidelines on when women should start driving after having a C-section – if we don’t know something as simple as that, it shows you how neglected the area is,” he says.
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