When you’re expecting, it’s not just the hormones that are raging. Due to your growing tummy and breasts, your posture takes a hit, too.
It’s common to see women rounding their shoulders and shifting their weight forward as their pregnancy progresses, observes Audrey D’Cotta, founder and principal director of The Moving Body Group, which offers pilates classes and physiotherapy services for pre- and postnatal women. And there’s more than a hunched posture to deal with. “With the pelvis being pulled forward, there’s a tendency for the back to arch, which may lead to back pain,” she says.
To nix these potential problems, Audrey recommends this low-impact but powerful workout that targets the crucial muscle groups: abdominals, glutes, arms and back. “The abdominals play an important part in working against the weight of…
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Shape Singapore (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2018