The Tummy Team Journey

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Elif, Tummy Team client, who shares about her traumatic first birth experience and how The Tummy Team helped her redeem the birth of her second baby.  After experiencing brokenness and hopelessness, prenatal core training helped Elif have a pain free second pregnancy and a beautiful birth experience.  Related Links: Tummy Team Family PLUS M...

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, shares the big picture about Diastasis Recti.  Yes, this is a separation of the abdominal wall, but it is much more than just a gap in your belly. All the confusion is cleared up as Kelly shares in depth what really causes diastasis, why traditional physical therapy is not super effective at treating it, and how you can heal (and prev...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Core Foundations client, Noa, a mom of three. She was diagnosed with an 8-finger wide diastasis and was told that surgery was her only option.  Noa shares how she refused to settle for that answer, searched for more information, and discovered Core Foundations. Our online core rehab program helped her take her diastasis from an eight-finger...

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Jessica, Tummy Team client, as she shares about feeling scared and overwhelmed after learning about her diastasis with her first pregnancy and how prenatal core training changed everything.  She reports feeling stronger at 40 weeks than she was at 30 weeks.  Related Links: Prenatal Core Training is available in our Tummy Team Family PLUS me...

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Monet Noriega, Tummy Team client, who is also now an Endorsed Tummy Team Trained Practitioner.  Monet shares how emptiness and disconnect led her to seeking help for the weakness she felt in her core after birth.  Her journey to heal herself has motivated her to help others heal, too. Related Links: Monet's website Core Foundations is avail...

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, describes in detail the importance of client self assessment to fully understand your starting point in the functional core rehab process. We often ignore or minimize symptoms that give us valuable information about what our body needs and what it is lacking. Join us and spend some time being honest about what your body needs right no...

Kelly Dean, MPT  and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews online Tummy Team client, Jim, as he shares about how he first learned about diastasis recti in men and how The Tummy Team helped him realize that the separation of his abdominals was just one thing holding him back from being strong.  Jim is an older client who has a very similar story to many of the men we work with at The Tummy Team.  H...

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews 61-year-old Tummy Team client, Beth Forsberg, who shares her story of feeling strong and connected, and relieving her back pain so she can continue to do what she loves as she moves into the next season of her life. Beth shares how you are never too old to retrain your core and reclaim the strength you once had. Related Links: Core Foundati...

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Tummy Team Client, Jenifer, who is a mother of 9, doula and EMT. Jenifer shares her incredible motherhood journey which includes multiple traumatic births and how everything changed after baby #7 when she started our Core Foundations program. She now incorporates the knowledge she has gained through Prenatal Core Training and Core Foundatio...

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Tummy Team client, Jenika Johnson, who shares her journey through our Core Foundations and Floor of Your Core programs. Jenika has four kids and her youngest was seven years old before she realized her core and pelvic floor weakness was not normal.  She shares how empowered she is to be finally able to return to jogging without leaking. Rel...

Kelly Dean, MPT interviews Bethany Learn, founder of fit2b.us online fitness studio.  Beth shares her journey with The Tummy Team and how learning about her own diastasis recti impacted how she does fitness as well as  the entire direction of her business. Related Links: Fit2B Online Studio Tummy Team Family Membership Professional Training Programs

Kelly Dean (physical therapist and founder of The Tummy Team) shares her personal story of healing her core and how it unexpectedly lead to the building of The Tummy Team.  She answers questions that clients have sent in and talks about how her journey and her physical therapy training collided to create the holistic and comprehensive approach she now uses to help clients around the world heal the...