Running to the Core Podcast

Recorded at the time where the restrictions start to ease in Australia, this podcast gives pregnant mums specific advice to help during this unusual time in our lives. Dianne Edmonds speaks with Angelina Lee from PhysioForward in Tasmania, and together they go through 9 Pregnancy tips. For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre. For online Physio led Pregnancy classes visit FitRight Physio ....

During this time, stress and challenges facing postnatal Mums,  means sometimes it's not easy to fit in aspects of fitness into your 'routine'. Dianne speaks again with Angelina Lee from PhysioForward in Tasmania, and together they have 9 Postnatal tips for mums at this time. For more information on early postnatal fitness options visit The Pregnancy Centre. For online Physio led Postnatal classes...

Simone Kay from Cairns, PT at Train for Life, talks with Dianne back in January about fitness and returning with focus for postnatal mums. Interoception is an area to explore further, with quieting down required to tune into and connect to what your body is saying to you at that moment of time. Simone talks about her own running and journey with Spartan, which is a progression of challenge that so...

Dianne talks to Theresa Prior, PT from Westmeadows in Melbourne, Victoria about motherhood guilt. She advocates snippets of movement throughout the day and Theresa shares aspects of her personal story in changing professions from being a teacher to becoming a PT and some insights she gained through her own postnatal return to fitness. Pearls of wisdom for mums struggling to find time for themselve...

Mags O'Leary became a Personal Trainer to help her own postnatal recovery, looking for the skills to modify her training to protect her pelvic floor. Mags talks about how her body was affected by the birth of her son, and some of the unexpected complications that came following an "easy" pregnancy. After her 6 week check she started running again, only to find that she experienced leakage and then...

Angelina Lee from PhysioForward in Penguin Tasmania joins podcast host Dianne again to continue the discussion about postnatal return to fitness and running. Incidental exercise ie fitting in fitness during activities involving babies and young children is one thing Angelina found very helpful in her own postnatal fitness recovery. She also dives deeper into the need for support during recovery, i...

Kylianne Farrell is the founder of Move for Mental Health and shares her background with Dianne in this podcast, and how it has influenced her work in fitness and mental health advocacy. Kylianne is an Ambassador for the Gidget Foundation raising funds through Cape to Cape Hikes and fundraising events to help provide counselling services for families experiencing perinatal anxiety and depression t...

Angelina Lee, Physiotherapist and owner of PhysioForward in Penguin Tasmania, talks to host Dianne on aspects of postnatal fitness and   return to running strategies. She harnesses the time Mum's have to enhance the benefits of incidental exercises during the day, and optimizes pelvic floor recovery choosing positions to focus on the front aspect of the pelvic floor during daily activities. As a r...

In part 2 Dianne talks with PT Sam Kirker who owns Iron Sisters in North Brisbane about resistance training both during and after pregnancy, and how strength training programs helped two of her running clients hit their personal bests. In her studio Sam offers both small group and one on one training, enabling progressions for each woman at the level best suited for their individual training needs...

Dianne talks with Sam Kirker who is a PT and owner of Iron Sistas in North Brisbane about how she started in fitness working with women, including pregnancy and postnatal training. In her studio she offers both small group and one on one training, enabling progressions for each woman at the level best suited for their individual training needs. To connect with Sam via Facebook visit Iron Sistas Fo...

Tara Ruscoe, PT and Coach from Feel Good Fitness in Mandurah WA, talks with Dianne about the short and longer term effects of training and coaching, sharing some of her personal insights through her fitness journey as a mother of four. She highlights the importance of postnatal factors to consider including sleep and the energy demands of being a new mum, and how watching out for warning signs is...

Bobbie Wright is a personal trainer, who in this podcast shares her insights on the stages of recovery in her postnatal journey and return to running. She talks to podcast host Dianne Edmonds about some of the obstacles a new mum can experience, such as adjusting to a new routine and fitting in training time, and how small gains play a part in the step by step process of postnatal return to runnin...

Personal Trainer Bobbie Wright talks with podcast host Dianne Edmonds, about how her pregnancy training changed as her pregnancy progressed. She found she needed to stop running from listening to her body, and used breathing and pregnancy abdominal bracing with walking to focus on her fitness in the later stages.   For more information visit The Pregnancy Centre      

Holistic PT from Hobart, Tasmania, Jo Cordell-Cooper talks about why "runners love running" and the benefits for postnatal Mums in getting back safely to running. Prevention of injury is a key aspect after taking a break during the "postnatal recovery season", so Jo outlines what is important to focus on around the core and pelvis, as well as the leg muscles in training. Jo also shares some new ve...

Katie Drage from Total Concept Physiotherapy in Halls Head, Mandurah, Western Australia, talks with Dianne Edmonds, Director of The Pregnancy Centre, about some of the challenges for Mums returning to netball after pregnancy and birth. Katie has a special interest in Women's Health and Continence, and outlines 5 key points to assist return to netball and minimize the risk of injury. Katie is a nat...

Jo Cordell-Cooper is a Holistic PT from Hobart, Tasmania with a special interest in women's health, and pregnancy and postnatal fitness. In part 3 of this interview Jo talks with host Dianne from The Pregnancy Centre about her experiences in working closely with a postnatal mum through a very difficult recovery journey. To read about Marg's story on Jo's website visit https://jocc.com.au/inspiring...

Jo Cordell-Cooper is a Holistic PT from Hobart, Tasmania with a special interest in women's health, and pregnancy and postnatal fitness. In part 2 of this interview with Jo, she talks with host Dianne from The Pregnancy Centre about the turning points in her career that led to her drive in working in with women during and after pregnancy. To find out more about Jo visit https://jocc.com.au/exercis...

Jo Cordell-Cooper is a Holistic PT from Hobart, Tasmania with a special interest in women's health, and pregnancy and postnatal fitness. Jo talks with host Dianne from The Pregnancy Centre about how she became passionate about this area of fitness. Jo also talks about the major shifts in lifestyle that happen after having a baby and areas of focus that require attention when rehabilitating the bod...

The Running to the Core podcast now replaces The Pregnancy Centre's Core and Pelvic Floor Podcast for Fitness Professionals. Here Dianne the Director of The Pregnancy Centre talks about her introduction to developing Pregnancy and Postnatal Guidelines following a long term interest in postnatal return to sport, exercise and running.

When working with women with weak pelvic floor muscles or pelvic floor muscles that are not working well, the onset of fatigue can bring in a number of patterns that are not desirable in their training. These patterns can include breath holding or using accessory muscles. It takes time for pelvic floor recovery post birth, with some women taking longer than others to recover. As you train women du...

In talking about the ABC's of the pelvic floor, the letter E is for Effort. Many women put a lot of effort into their pelvic floor training, but for each client where are they putting their effort?  Sometimes effort can go into using the wrong muscles, like the gluts, the adductors or the abdominal muscles.  It takes effort to find, feel and focus on the pelvic floor muscles for clients who are le...

What direction does the pelvic floor go in when your client works their pelvic floor? The answer is that it should lift, ie go up, when seen on real time ultrasound, but sometimes, it does the opposite, and goes down. This can be unexpected, when a woman thinks that she is doing her exercises correctly, and then finds out that the muscles are not working well or in the right way. Sometimes it is b...

Podcast Interview with Bobbie Wright, Personal Trainer, Mandurah WA Bobbie has been a Personal Trainer for 7 years and has worked with pregnant and postnatal mums throughout their journey. Now that she is pregnant herself, she shares some of her own early pregnancy experiences in working with her core and pelvic floor as the changes of pregnancy begin to show. Considering new factors into her trai...

Podcast Interview part 4 with Elisa Bellairs, from Embraced Mama, Mandurah WA Elisa is a personal trainer who coaches mums to restore and reclaim themselves after having children. In part 4 and the final part of this interview Elisa talks about bridging the gap between regular fitness programs and providing specific movement programs for mums. This ensures that in her programs she and her team can...

Interview part 3 with Elisa Bellairs, from Embraced Mama, Mandurah WA Elisa is a personal trainer who coaches mums to restore and reclaim themselves after having children. In part 3 of this interview Elisa describes the importance of a thorough assessment. This ensures she and her team can build personalized and specific training programs so that within her Motherhood Movement Classes, the individ...