PRENATAL EXERCISE AND PILATES CLASSES

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The Pelvic Studio are strong advocates for exercise during pregnancy. In order to encourage this, we offer pregnancy-friendly functional group classes that will help compliment your tailored home program.

Classes are suitable at any stage in your pregnancy, and can be attended until 38-40 weeks if appropriate and you’re feeling comfortable!

Our classes include:

Functional group exercises using our cable machines, weights, kettle bells, medicine balls, bags
Pilates-inspired exercises using our reformer machines, yoga, mats, resistance bands, slider boards,
Stretching and yoga poses to improve range of motion and reduce muscular tension
Specific pelvic floor and deep core exercises

Pregnancy Pilates/Exercise Classes:

Our ‘pregnancy classes’ are group sessions, of 8-10 participants, each week your physiotherapist will take you through a group warm up, including pelvic floor muscle training, a series of exercise "pods”, and a group mat series. You will also receive pregnancy related pelvic floor education throughout the class weeks, including information on pelvic floor and core in pregnancy, managing pelvic girdle pain, labour TENs, labour positions and more.

Timetable:

Thursday 5:00pm
Thursday 5:45pm

Join at any time

Pricing:
$40.00 / session
OR
$35 / session
for 8x class pack ($280.00)

Invoices are provided for private health claiming with rebates up to $25.00 depending on your health fund!

Small Group Sessions:

Our 4:1 sessions are smaller than our larger pregnancy group sessions allowing for more individualised programs, and are available to all patients, creating a mix of participants! During these sessions more specifically tailored exercises will be prescribed for you that address your particular needs and goals. These sessions may be a great starting place for those wanting to optimise their technique and stability prior to progressing to a larger class setting or for those at the end stage of their rehabilitation and are seeking a higher level more intense program. There also a great opportunity to slow things down, and many of our pregnancy patients join these sessions in their late third trimester to focus on pregnancy aches and pains, and mobility for labour.

Timetable:

Our small group classes run year round! You can join whenever a space becomes available in your preferred time. These classes also offer flexibility so you don’t have to attend the same time every week, or each week in a row.

Monday: 11:45am / 4:15pm / 5pm

Tuesday 1:30pm

Wednesday 1:00pm

Thursday: 10:45am / 1:45pm

Friday 9:00am

Can’t see a time that suits? Our timetable is always growing, email our friendly reception team to request a class time!

Pricing:
$50.00 / session
OR
$45 / session
for 4x class pack ($180.00)

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) recommends muscle strengthening exercise at least 2 days per week (on non-consecutive days).

Our TPS classes tick this box! If you’re wanting to do 2x classes a week to meet this recommendation, see our class packages below:

Pricing:
1x pregnancy exercise class + 1x small group class per week:
$70/week
$560 / block of 16 sessions
(enquire at reception for split payments)

2x small group classes per week:
$40.00 / class
$320.00 / block of 8

Pre-Class Requirements

In order to attend our classes you need to complete a prenatal assessment with one of our pelvic floor physiotherapists. We strongly believe an assessment is a ‘standard’ part of antenatal care. In other words, we believe all women who are pregnant should have a pelvic assessment at some point in their pregnancy - preferably in the early stages from 12 weeks onwards - irrespective of whether you experience any issues or dysfunction. This assessment is to prevent rather than treat the common issues that occur during and after pregnancy.

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