Jill Miller

So you think about creating vectors of pressure that don't necessarily scrub over the midline, but they move from the side to the middle and doing that in a variety of different ways with different breathing exercises and then with tension-based exercises to try to rebuild tension on axis.

So you think about creating vectors of pressure that don't necessarily scrub over the midline, but they move from the side to the middle and doing that in a variety of different ways with different breathing exercises and then with tension-based exercises to try to rebuild tension on axis.

So this is not something that's easy to describe in a podcast, but it's very personal because each woman will have a different level of stretch. Some people have just more of their right side moved away from the midline. Maybe it's not both sides that moved away. Maybe the baby was sitting in a way because babies sit weird in your uterus, man. They just do weird things.

So this is not something that's easy to describe in a podcast, but it's very personal because each woman will have a different level of stretch. Some people have just more of their right side moved away from the midline. Maybe it's not both sides that moved away. Maybe the baby was sitting in a way because babies sit weird in your uterus, man. They just do weird things.

you know, just sort of jammed up against the right side of your abdomen with a little bottom there for the last two and a half months. And it just puts so much stretch load on, you know, the external abdominal oblique and the transversus. Maybe the, you know, you don't have that much gapping. Anyway, there's different ways to measure this with fingers and you definitely need to get

you know, just sort of jammed up against the right side of your abdomen with a little bottom there for the last two and a half months. And it just puts so much stretch load on, you know, the external abdominal oblique and the transversus. Maybe the, you know, you don't have that much gapping. Anyway, there's different ways to measure this with fingers and you definitely need to get

Get it checked out by a pelvic floor PT. They're the ideal people to diagnose and to give input on that. But these things are a fascia-based injury.

Get it checked out by a pelvic floor PT. They're the ideal people to diagnose and to give input on that. But these things are a fascia-based injury.

Yes, and I would also, if you know you're pregnant or you want to get pregnant, I would get Diastasis Erecti, the book by Katie, because she talks about exercises pre, during, and post. It's an excellent book.

Yes, and I would also, if you know you're pregnant or you want to get pregnant, I would get Diastasis Erecti, the book by Katie, because she talks about exercises pre, during, and post. It's an excellent book.

I consider the pregnant body on the hypermobility spectrum. And when we have pregnant students, we treat them like a hypermobile client. And there are differences in terms of rolling with a hypermobile body than a non-hypermobile body, for sure. I love working with the hypermobile population. And just FYI, according to Jessica Eckel's research, 20% of people have some degree of hypermobility.

I consider the pregnant body on the hypermobility spectrum. And when we have pregnant students, we treat them like a hypermobile client. And there are differences in terms of rolling with a hypermobile body than a non-hypermobile body, for sure. I love working with the hypermobile population. And just FYI, according to Jessica Eckel's research, 20% of people have some degree of hypermobility.

This is not to say that it's pathological. It's not to say that it's Ehlers-Danlos or Marfan syndrome, but like 20% of the population is pretty loose. So I've come up with a framework for rolling with hypermobility. And one of the Other clinicians I follow, I love her work. I wrote the foreword to her book is Libby Hinesley.

This is not to say that it's pathological. It's not to say that it's Ehlers-Danlos or Marfan syndrome, but like 20% of the population is pretty loose. So I've come up with a framework for rolling with hypermobility. And one of the Other clinicians I follow, I love her work. I wrote the foreword to her book is Libby Hinesley.

She wrote Yoga for Bendy Bodies, and she's got great information in there for practicing if you are hypermobile. And so I would include the pregnant cohort in here also. Number one is breath. use a conscious breathing practice while you're rolling because it will tune you into interoceptive feedback. It'll also put you in touch with a calmer nervous system.

She wrote Yoga for Bendy Bodies, and she's got great information in there for practicing if you are hypermobile. And so I would include the pregnant cohort in here also. Number one is breath. use a conscious breathing practice while you're rolling because it will tune you into interoceptive feedback. It'll also put you in touch with a calmer nervous system.

Hypermobile bodies tend to be higher in anxiety in general. And there are changes in brain regions. This is the work of, like I mentioned, Jessica Eccles and Hugo Critchley. You When you're rolling, if you know that you are hypermobile, you should stay towards muscle bellies. So these are all Bs. We've got breath, belly. Stay in the belly. Don't go rolling at the joints.

Hypermobile bodies tend to be higher in anxiety in general. And there are changes in brain regions. This is the work of, like I mentioned, Jessica Eccles and Hugo Critchley. You When you're rolling, if you know that you are hypermobile, you should stay towards muscle bellies. So these are all Bs. We've got breath, belly. Stay in the belly. Don't go rolling at the joints.

Why don't we just want to roll at the joints? Because...

Why don't we just want to roll at the joints? Because...