Postpartum hypopressive gymnastics for women.

Holistic method that considers the body as a whole and conceives training globally, integrating posture and breathing, with special attention to the body of women.

Some of its postpartum benefits for women are as follows:

• Postural recovery.
  

Repositioning of the projection of the axis of gravity, reduction of lumbar curves (so accentuated in pregnancy) and greater sensation of postural comfort after the practice of a regular program of hipopressive gymnastics by women.

• Reduction of back pain.
  

The origin of back pain is related to physiological, anatomical and mechanical changes during pregnancy.

It usually appears in the lumbar or anterior region of the pubis, due to the change in the stability of the pelvis and systems of muscular and ligament attachments. Therefore, it is highly recommended the toning of the abdominoperineal muscles and postural reeducation.

• Improves intestinal transit.
  

Hypopressive gymnastics aid in visceral mobilization and decrease of intra-abdominal pressure.

• The effects of labor surgical interventions decrease.
  

After caesarean section, hypopressive exercise would affect the reduction of intra-abdominal pressure and myofascial tissue pull, helping to reduce tissue adhesions and internal scarring.

• The symptoms of urinary incontinence decrease.
  

The practice of hypopressives for 30 minutes three times a week over three months allowed a significant reduction of symptoms of urinary incontinence in a group of 45-year-old middle-aged women.