Laurel Proulx, DPT, PhD | Hit Your Pre- and Postnatal Movement Goals

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4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

During pregnancy, your blood volume and energy expenditure can roughly double, your heart rate increases 10 to 15 beats per minute…and there are even more changes after you give birth to the human inside of you. So how do you navigate exercise during the endurance event of a lifetime? Enter Laurel Proulx, DPT, PhD, the founder of FEM Physical Therapy and a Nike (M)ove Like a Mother advisory board member. On this episode, she explains the inner workings of the pelvic floor and deep core and how to keep them strong. She also sets the record straight about pre- and postnatal myths and shares how to get back into movement after delivery.

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0:00.0	This is John Benoit Samuelson and you're listening to Trained Body and Mind.
0:05.0	Oh, hello, welcome to Trained Body and Mind, a podcast exploring the cutting edge of
0:10.7	holistic fitness.
0:11.7	I'm your host Jacqueline Byer.
0:14.1	Each episode I connect with the world's leading experts and athletes to talk about mindset,
0:18.5	movement, nutrition, recovery, and sleep.
0:21.9	What we like to call the five facets of fitness.
0:25.2	Our guest today is a physical therapist whose research and clinical work focuses on women's
0:29.8	health, including exercise, during, and after pregnancy.
0:36.7	Keeping in mind that this is a season of our life where things do change and we want to
0:43.4	keep you towards your goals and your identity and your strength and your fitness as much as
0:48.0	you would like.
0:49.8	And there are real changes that happen with pregnancy that we have to respect.
0:55.8	That's Dr. Laurel Prill.
0:57.4	And I just had to get around the podcast because I love how clear and real she is when it
1:01.3	comes to talking about fitness and the pregnancy journey.
1:04.8	The conventional wisdom floating around about exercise and pregnancy can get really confusing
1:09.5	and sometimes it's misleading.
1:11.6	I've been there.
1:12.6	A lot of us are left wondering if we're exercising too little, too much, or even crossing into
1:17.1	risky territory.
1:18.8	Then there's all the conflicting guidance about what movements are safe or not and why.
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