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Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year
A Guide to health and comfort before and after a baby is born with emphasis on the musculoskeletal structure.
Develop your full therapy potential with this illustrated guide Understand the changes women's bodies undergo with childbearing Learn how to prepare, use and restore the key muscles involved in pregnancy, labor, and postpartum Follow this preventive program for optimal recovery of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles Assist clients to avoid back pain, to maintain bladder control, and keep fit and flexible now- and for the rest of their lives "Essential Exercises undoubtedly presents the role of physical therapy during pregnancy and postpartum in the most complete fashion." Raul Artal, M.D., Author, ACOG Guidelines for Exercise During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. "Elizabeth Noble is a writer and teacher extraordinaire." Jane Frahm, P.T., President. Section on Women's Health, American Physical Therapy Association
BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
Fourth edition revised 2003, 286 pages, soft cover bound, with pictures and illustrations