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Tips For Conditioning The Muscles During Pregnancy

by: Parul | last updated: June 30, 2009
Category: Just for Mom: PreNatal | Tags: conditioning the muscles during pregnancy

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Tips For Conditioning The Muscles During Pregnancy

The abdominal muscles are the muscles most obviously stretched during pregnancy. Keeping them in good condition helps you maintain good posture, avoid backache, push the baby out more easily and hasten the full recovery of your figure after the birth. In this guide, I am going to tell the exercise that conditions the muscles without causing excessive strain.

To strengthen the abdominal muscles, improve posture and relieve backache. Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Flatten the small of your back onto the floor by contracting your abdominal muscles. Hold the abdominal muscle contraction for a count of five as you exhale. Relax.

Get on your hands and knees. Keep your back straight, not hollowed, swayed and arched and your knee comfortably apart. Tighten your abdominal muscles to arch your lower back. Hold for a count of five. Relax and return your back to the starting position.

After you have mastered the pelvic tilt leaning against wall, try it while standing upright. By flattening your back and raising your public bone in front, you can maintain good posture and help relieve or even prevent backaches.

Tailor sitting or sitting cross-legged is a comfortable way to keep the lower back rounded and relaxed.

Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Draw one knee up toward your chest and hold it behind the thigh with one hand. Bring the other knee up and hold it, letting your knee spread apart around your abdomen.

Stand or sit with your back straight, your arms relaxed, and your chin level. Raise your shoulder toward your ears, then slowly roll them forward, down, back and up again. Think of making large circles with your shoulders