Lose Your Mummy Tummy

by Tupler, Julie; Gould, Jodie

• ISBN13: 9780738209814
• ISBN10: 0738209813
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-13
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr

Summary

This guide shows new moms how to flatten their stomachs, regardless of when they had their baby.

Table of Contents

Preface by Elie Macpherson	ix
Foreword by Dr. Gae Rodke, OB-GYN	xi
Introduction	xiii
1. What Is a Mummy Tummy?	1	(10)
Anatomy Is Destiny
Frequently Asked Questions
2. Using the Tupler Technique in the First Two Postpartum Weeks	11	(34)
Getting Started
The BAKS Basics: Breathing, Belly Dancing, Abdominal Work, Kegels, Squatting, Stretching, Strengthening
The Fifteen-Minute Tupler Workout
3. Using the Tupler Technique When Recovering from C-Sections, Episiotomies, and Other Physical Traumas	45	(18)
Cesareans
Hemorrhoids
Episiotomies
Breast-Feeding Problems
Incontinence
Uterine Prolapse and Other Pelvic Floor Conditions
Pubic Bone Separation
Sacroiliac (Lower Back) Pain
4 Using the Tupler Technique to Care for Other Achy Parts	63	(14)
Your Last Nerve
Chest-Opener Exercise
Sitting Pretty
Watch Your Wrists
Needy Knees
Your Best Foot Forward
Rankled Ankles
5. The Day-to-Day Stuff: Incorporating the Tupler Technique to Protect Yourself from Injury	77	(18)
Eating and Sleeping
Getting Out of Bed
Brushing Your Teeth
Getting Out of a Chair
Sneezing
Changing, Nursing, Carrying, and Bathing Your Baby
Picking Up After Your Baby
Getting Your Baby In and Out of Car Seats, High Chairs, Cribs, Portable Cribs and Play Yards, Swings and Bouncy Seats, and Strollers
Carrying Diaper Bags and Purses
Talking on the Phone
Child Gates
Groceries
Getting In and Out of the Car
6 Getting Your Life Back: Protecting Your Newly Reduced Mummy Tummy When Doing Other Exercises	95	(6)
Aerobics
Stabilization Balls
Sit-Ups and Crunches
Swimming
Yoga
Pilates
Strength Training
Biking and Spinning
Step
Stretching
7. The Thirty-Minute Tupler Workout	101	(18)
8. Post(partum) Script	119	(2)
Acknowledgments	121	(2)
Index	123