Stretches for Pregnant Women

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Stretching is very important for pregnant women. You will find that as you get bigger and as the baby gets bigger and so on you will find that you have many aches and pains and muscle tightness. This can get very painful at times and make you wish you had some way to alleviate it the pain since you are limited to what you can take. So, here are a few stretches that you can do.

The first one that we are going to describe how to do is called the Tailor's Seat. When you try this, you will find that it helps you to develop your pelvic muscles which will help you for when you start going into labor. What you do is sit on the floor. Make sure that your feet are close to your body. Then you cross them at your ankles. Once they are crossed you then start to apply pressure. You will apply them to your knees or you can put the pressure to the inside of your thighs. Now, hold this position and count to ten. You then relax and then repeat. You'll want to do this four to five times.

If you find that you have upper back pain, chest pain, or want to just get strength in your arms and relieve some of the stress that you might get in the lower legs, we have a stretch for you. This exercise is called the Wall Pusher. This is similar to doing a push up, but it's safe for all you pregnant ladies. What you do is stand away from the wall. You want to face the wall. You place your feet side by side and then put your hands on the wall. Then you lean forward. As you do this, you bend the elbows and make sure that you keep your hands flat. Your heels should also be flat on the floor. Then you push away. Repeat this ten to twenty times.

Now some women when they get pregnant, look in the mirror and the weight they see is all in a few different areas. These areas are the hips, butt, and the thighs. So, if this is your issues, then you might want to try doing Leisure Lifts. Here is how you do them. To do this, you start by laying on your left side. Make sure your body is in perfect alignment. Now with your left hand, cradle your head. Put your right hand on the floor and keep that in front of you. This will balance you. Now, inhale and relax. As you exhale, you will then raise your right leg. Make sure you do this slowly so as not to give yourself a leg cramp. Take it up as high as you can without bending your knee or any other part of your body. Make sure you also keep that foot of yours flexed. Then lower your leg. Do this to each side of your body ten times.

Getting your legs circulating is always hard to do. That is why we are going to teach you how to do the Fencing Stretch. You'll need a chair for this. What you do is stand in front of the chair. Place both hands on the chair. Now, what you will do is lean forward place the left leg on the floor and stretch. Then, you bend the right leg and push back the left leg. Hold for a few seconds and repeat a few more times. Now, work the right leg. We hope that you find this stretch and all the other stretches very helpful. They can be done after pregnancy too to help tone your body back to shape.