Pre & Postnatal Exercise
Quality support for active women during pregnancy and postpartum. Safely return to strength training, running, and sport with our specialised multidisciplinary team.
What is Pre and Postnatal Active Female Care?
At the Active Female Hub, we support active women through the physical recovery, hormonal changes, and performance demands of pregnancy and the postpartum period. We focus on helping women return to movement safely, progressively, and confidently, keeping long-term pelvic health and athletic performance in mind.
Managing physical changes during pregnancy
Your body produces relaxin during pregnancy, which softens ligaments and shifts your centre of gravity. Safe movement strategies focus on stability, pelvic floor coordination, and managing gestational blood sugar.
Our collaborative approach means your sessions are tailored to your exact stage of pregnancy or recovery, using a systematic inside-out approach. You will receive targeted assessments and a progressive plan designed to bridge the gap between rehabilitation and athletic performance.
Internal assessments from a Women's Health Physiotherapist ensure your pelvic floor is ready for increased load, preventing long-term issues like prolapse or incontinence. For active women, the postpartum period can lead to pelvic floor symptoms during exercise, abdominal weakness, or hip, lower back, and pelvic pain. Specialised care also addresses diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) and scar management following a caesarean birth.
An Exercise Physiologist designs a baseline program tailored to your fitness level. We provide fatigue-aware exercise programming to safely accommodate the sleep disruption and physical demands of caring for a newborn
A Dietitian can provide a personalised nutrition plan to ensure you are hitting your increased caloric and micronutrient needs. This assists with recovery nutrition, muscle rebuilding, fatigue management, and sustainable nutrition strategies for breastfeeding mothers.
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Postpartum recovery is more than waiting six weeks, as pregnancy, birth, sleep disruption, and hormonal changes strongly influence how the body tolerates exercise. A multidisciplinary team specialising in postpartum recovery is critical to help women rebuild safely for higher-level activity.
The six-week clearance is a starting line, not a finish line. Our approach goes beyond simply getting cleared and focuses on preventing fear of leaking or heaviness during lifting and running.
Seeking treatment early prevents micro-tears and overload injuries from turning into chronic issues. Expert guidance is crucial when managing load for return to running, gym-based rehabilitation, and strength training progression.
Care should be sought when women experience pain, pelvic floor symptoms, or uncertainty around safe exercise progression after birth. Immediate clinical guidance is necessary for symptoms like vaginal bleeding, regular painful contractions, calf pain, dizziness, or a bulge sensation in the pelvic floor during exercise.
A successful recovery plan must be progressive, individualised, and adaptable to your personal lifestyle or sport. We provide personalised care tailored to your body, recovery timeline, and specific training goals.
Tailored programming includes progressive return-to-running plans, core and pelvic stability training, and cardiovascular reconditioning.
To ensure your routine is safe as your body changes, our team assesses your previous and current activity levels. We specialise in adjusting intensity levels and modifying movements as required to protect your bod
Individualised pathways help recreationally active women, endurance athletes, and CrossFit participants safely return to sport and competition.
Who treats this?
Our experienced team members are ready to help. See their bios below and book online when ready.
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FAQ
Recovery timelines are highly individualised and depend on birth experiences and training goals, but a progressive, structured rehabilitation plan must be adaptable to your specific stage of healing
If you weren't active before, pregnancy isn't the time for high-intensity novelties, however, starting a walking or prenatal strength program is highly encouraged under expert guidance.
Fueling is the backbone of recovery, and our Dietitian can provide a personalised nutrition plan to ensure you are hitting your increased caloric and micronutrient needs.
We use targeted pelvic health physiotherapy to improve pelvic floor strength, coordination, and pressure management during lifting and running.
Yes, our clinicians provide personalised support for core rehabilitation and Diastasis Recti Abdominis (DRA) to help you confidently return to higher-level activity.