Restore your core and pelvic floor, gain strength and understanding of your body and receive expert advice and support about your wellbeing.
Let’s work together to address leaks, reduce prolapse symptoms, close abdominal separation and get rid of back pain.
Whether your baby is 6 weeks or about to turn 16, every mum needs a core rehab programme. If you are leaking when you jump on the trampoline or stopping for a “wild wee” when you go for a run, it’s time to stop accepting this as normal and get your body working properly.
When you start to tune into your body you can make changes that you wouldn’t believe! We will work together to help you to gain strength, release tension, improve pelvic floor function, rid yourself of the aches and pains of motherhood and get your body feeling like YOU again.
Pelvic floor health and core function is a vital part of your overall health but issues such as leaking, heaviness and discomfort are often accepted as part and parcel of motherhood. It doesn’t have to be that way. Whether you are pregnant, postnatal, with toddlers or have teenagers, you need to address your pelvic floor health and core function.
You are not alone if you feel your core has never got back to where it was before you had children. A 2002 study found that 32% of women in the UK had symptoms of urinary incontinence in the previous 30 days* and unfortunately not much has changed since then. Even for those who don’t have children, stress incontinence is common in athletes – occurring in as much as 80% of female athletes who don’t have children! (Almousa et al 2015).
You are also not alone if you have been wondering if you should do something about your core but haven’t got around to sorting it out. In 2004 an American survey reported that women wait 6.5 years after beginning to experience bladder control problems before seeing a healthcare professional.**
And annoyingly these issues don’t usually just fade away on their own. As we age and our hormones change, many women who didn’t experience problems postnatally start to have pelvic floor issues. 50% of women over 50 who had a vaginal delivery have a prolapse BUT only 15% are symptomatic so it’s important to get ahead of the game and get your pelvic floor functioning well ASAP!
Don’t freak out here. There is so much you can do to support yourself and simply by accessing this information you are giving yourself a head start.
*Hunskaar, S., Lose, et al. (2003) Prevalence of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women in Four European Countries, 2002. ICS: UK)
** From: https://www.allaboutincontinence.co.uk/incontinence-statistics
Hi I’m Grace, Founder of Centred Mums. I’ve spent 12 years helping women with their pelvic health and I love my work! After suffering from a prolapse, I’ve used the skills I’ve spent years honing to heal myself to a point of strength where I’m now marathon training.
As a busy mum of two I know how hard it is to create time for yourself but I have also seen the benefit to both me and my children since I have stopped putting myself at the bottom of the pile.
Centred Mums was created because I want to teach as many women as possible how to look after their bodies, and how to connect to themselves so they can exercise safely, effectively and in a way that is sustainable. It’s not a quick fix, it’s about creating the awareness and knowledge that leads to lasting change. I want to empower you to feel confident in your body again, to stop you worrying about whether your pelvic floor is going to do it’s job properly and to be able to live your life the way you want to.
Every muscle and motion in your body is connected. And the way you breathe as you move can make a big difference to how your core functions. Pilates creates lasting results by bringing your breathing, alignment and movement patterns together as one. All my classes and programmes include an element of breath work, both for the core benefits and the impact on your nervous system; leaving you feeling calm and centred.
I take a holistic approach to pelvic floor health and encourage you to look at how you can manage all aspects of your lifestyle to feel better in your body. Enjoyable and nutritious food will sustain you through the challenges of motherhood and aid your body’s natural healing process. My programmes include access to practical and tasty nutritional advice, along with ideas for simple, wholesome meals that will help to rebuild your tissues, reduce bloating, and balance your blood sugar to reduce cravings.
Your body needs support to function at an optimum level whilst keeping up with the challenges and demands of motherhood. Our combination of restorative Pilates, deep strengthening, myofascial release techniques, mindfulness and nutritional guidance will help you to connect with your body in a way you never have before. Moving your body more, creating new movement habits and increasing your awareness will have untold benefits for your overall wellbeing.