Return to Running

The postpartum woman looking to return to running  may be one of the most complex clients in the healthcare and fitness industry. Postpartum women, and runners in particular, deserve programs developed by qualified professionals who not only have the expertise and  education, but the experience as postpartum moms. 

Running has a lot of impact on your body. Postpartum women have a  continually changing body, and we know there is a gap between being cleared for exercise and getting yourself back into the running you want to do. Many women just put on their shoes and go, but this can have lasting and long term effects on your body both with pelvic health and your muscles. Do you map out your run based on where you can find a bathroom or how long it’s going to take before you have to pee? 

Starting mileage too soon can lead to:

1. Leaking during your run

2. Pain in your low back and hips

3. Heaviness or pain in your pelvic region

4. Injuries such as achilles tendinopathy 

5. Poor core control and inefficient running

As moms and athletes, we care about your long term success and health. We aren’t going to tell you to run at 6 weeks postpartum because we know that’s not the best option for your body. You want to run and we want you to run without leaking or pain! Some women think leaking is a fact of life post baby. We’re here to tell you it's not. We have our clients returning to running without symptoms of leaking, heaviness, pain and other pelvic floor issues. We teach you how to manage your activity to find what’s right for your body.

We want you to start running, but we also want you to KEEP running. There is nothing worse than starting to run then being sidelined by pain or injury!

Fitpartum Return to Running Program is based on the latest scientific research, years of experience, and client success in the field of returning to exercise. We know your brain will feel ready to run, but we want your body to feel ready too. We made our program as simple as possible. We know you want to get out there and sweat, but also know the struggles of time, motivation, equipment, and cost. We made our program mom friendly because WE ARE MOMS! Our job as professionals is to give you the best program for long term success.

Our program will:

• Integrate running back into your workout safely with week by week progressions to build mileage

• Provide safe and effective exercises that help bullet-proff your pelvic floor and improve tension in your  diastasis rectus abdominis.

• Provide step by step videos and instructions for exercises and mileage progressions

• Give you the confidence to know when to progress or when to back off running

• Improve your running form postpartum