Welcome to Fit Body Happy Joints. My name is Shannon. I'm a doctor of physical therapy. I'm a fitness instructor and I'm the owner of Evelo Fitness. I'm happy you're here today. Today I'm releasing the second part of my interview with Dr. Emilia Pontr who is a pelvic health and women's health specialist physical therapist and this episode this

portion of the episode is focused on pregnancy and postpartum. We talk about

things that women can do to prepare for pregnancy. We talk about how to work your

core during pregnancy and she kind of debunks a mess about how you shouldn't be doing

crunches during your pregnancy and all the things.

And then we talk a little bit about diocese recti, we talk about the mom pooch, which is something

that drives both of us crazy, but we talk about the mom pooch which is something that drives both of us crazy but we talk about like

can you get rid of your mom pooch what is that how to train your abs after after pregnancy so I introduced

Amelia last week but I'm going to read her introduction again just in case

you didn't listen to last weeks.

So Amelia May, previously Amelia Ponscher, is a doctor of physical therapy specializing in Women's Health and Pelvic Health.

She is the Director of Physical Therapy at Genesis, PT, and Wellness in Dallas, Texas, where

she also treats patients throughout the week.

She has a background in sports and orthopedics,

previously working with high school athletes

and adult Olympic weightlifting athletes.

So I love this episode because she really understands people who love to exercise.

She also loves helping folks return to exercise after injury and pain,

pelvic floor dysfunction, and or pregnancy and postpartum.

She holds a certification in functional dry-nealing

and has completed a multitude of pelvic floor and women's health-related

continuing education courses over the years.

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