99 | Exercise & Therapy for Pregnancy & Post-Partum with Physical Therapist, Lashonda Jones

Curious about pelvic floor health? Need some pregnancy or postpartum core guidance? Heard Kegels are your one-stop solution? Loshonda covers it all from rehabilitating that core for pregnancy to diastasis recti to incontinence. As a mother of two, Loshonda talks about how she bounced back from her core and pelvic floor issues post-pregnancy. Moreover, she discusses her top tips on healing from diastasis recti and connecting with the pelvic floor, and her thoughts on Kegels and what they mean. Finally, she addresses how you can explore balance in the pelvic floor, distinguish between pelvic floor tightness and weakness, and how you know if you’re working your core enough. Through all her recommendations, she highlights the importance of education as the number one tool to empowerment and foundation of all her programs, emphasizing the importance of truly finding your individualized solution for your body. Listen in for the best of Loshandas tips! We also mention PaleoValley throughout the episode. Check out their all-new superfood protein bars and 100% grass-fed beef sticks. Grab yours using code “OPTIMAL” for a 15% discount at checkout. Click here: https://paleovalley.com/optimalbody What You Will Learn In This Interview with Lashonda Jones 3:33 – Lashonda’s passion. 8:35 – How did Lashonda bounce back after pregnancy? 11:28 – First steps to healing Diasthesis. 13:57 – Kegels. 14:20 – How to build Pelvic Floor Awareness. 17:24 – Exercises to try right now. 20:11 – The best breath pattern. 22:21 – How long and how often? Not 24/7. 25:22 – Distinguishing tightness, weakness, and more awareness. 29:45 – Beginning step to addressing diastasis rectus. 33:15 – How do you know if you’re working the core enough? 36:53 – Fear that comes with new experiences. 39:06 – Learning more with Lashonda. About Lashonda Jones: Lashonda Jones is a licensed physical therapist, certified personal trainer, pre/postnatal corrective exercise specialist & owner of Core Elevation Fitness & Wellness. She has 15 years of experience in outpatient & inpatient orthopedics with a more recent transition into women's health once she became a mom of 2. After working hard to heal her own Diastasis & seeing the lack of education moms were given about their postpartum healing she developed an online program that allows women to work 1 on 1 with her online to receive the individualized education & exercises. Items mentioned in this episode include: Lashonda’s Website: http://coreelevationfitness.com/ Lashnda’s free 5-day challenge: https://core-elevation-fitness-wellness.ck.page/free5daychallenge Lashonda’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ptrainershonda/ To learn more about Lashonda and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode95/ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to subscribe and leave a quick rating and review of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message