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🏃🏻‍♀️ Postpartum Return to running part 1: 🏃🏻‍♀️ Whether you had a vaginal delivery or a c-section, 6 weeks postpartum is too soon to return to running. You may have figured that out the hard way when you peed all over yourself or felt pressure after you tried to run. 🫤DId you go back a little too early?? 🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️ 🏃🏿‍♀️The uterus may be healed but your pelvic floor IS NOT healed yet. Your muscles, ligaments and nerves were stretched so they need more time and need to be GRADUALLY loaded again before impact. This next series is one some movements to screen before you should attempt running. 🏃🏼‍♀️You should be able to do all of these without leaking before you go out for a run: ☑️Single leg stance - 30 seconds each side ☑️Single leg hops- 30 reps each side ☑️Double leg hops - 30 reps ☑️Single leg leaps with control- 20 reps each side ☑️Running in place- 1 minute ⚠️If you have any symptoms of leaking, pressure, pain with these, you are not ready to run yet. Keep in ...

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