2008 November 11 | Mom's Blog

Pilates Safety During Pregnancy

Many pregnant women are wondering how safe Pilates method of exercises is to continue or to start while pregnant. If they have already been practicing the Pilates method prior to becoming pregnant they already understand the benefits to their body and it just makes sense to continue these benefits as they relate directly to continuing to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles, which are the ones, used in labor and delivery.

Women who are investigating the benefits that they would receive for the first time while pregnant may have heard of the wonderful results other women experienced while working the Pilate’s method and want to reap the benefits for themselves.

Pilate’s benefits pregnant women especially because of the core strength built right into their exercises. This strength building benefits a woman’s abdominal, back muscles, and most importantly the pelvic floor muscles which pregnant women use when doing “kegel muscle exercises” as part of normal labor/delivery classes.

Having strengthened and toned kegel muscles supports a comfortable pregnancy and makes for an improved ability for the muscles to perform during labor and delivery. The great thing about Pilate’s is that the exercises can be modified for each individual pregnant woman to take into consideration her health and the stage of her pregnancy.

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Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Dee
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Going Green Can Add Years to Your Life

If you haven’t heard about the importance of everyone doing his part to save the environment, you probably haven’t watched the news, read the paper or surfed the Web in decades. The effects of our everyday actions on the environment can be devastating. They have contributed to pollution, global warming, animal extinction, and all sorts of other problems.

Going green has numerous benefits. Obviously it helps reduce our negative impact on the environment, and it can help turn around the damage that has already been done if we all work together. But did you know that going green is also good for our health? What’s good for the earth can also help us live longer, healthier lives. Here’s how:

* The more people eat organic, the more farmers will have an incentive to produce organic food. This will reduce the amount of pesticides and preservatives used, and it encourages more sensible and ethical treatment of livestock. And eating organic is also much healthier for us.

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