
Johanna Linnell
- nationality
- Sweden
- occupation
- Physiotherapist
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Diastasis recti
During pregnancy, the abdominal muscles stretch to accommodate the growing uterus. As this happens, ...
Pelvic pain - Why do I get it?
Pelvic pain is common in pregnant women and involves pain in the posterior pelvic joints (SI joint) ...
Exercise during the first trimester
Many changes take place in the body early in pregnancy, even though it often takes some time before ...
Exercise during pregnancy
There are plenty of benefits to staying physically active during pregnancy. Regular exercise reduces...
Your pelvic floor after pregnancy and birth
The pelvic floor is a muscle plate that sits at the bottom of our pelvis, which, together with suppo...
Exercise after vaginal birth
During the pregnancy the muscles in the pelvic floor are put under more pressure than normally. At t...
What is Diastasis Recti?
During pregnancy, the stomach gradually expands to make place for the growing child in the uterus. T...
Don’t 'squeeze' your pelvic floor all the time
There’s lots of talk about the importance of kegel exercises both during and after pregnancy - we ha...
Exercise after a cesarean birth
A cesarean birth or C-section is a major surgical procedure causing scars to many different tissues ...
Exercise during the second trimester
For most women, both nausea and fatigue have subsided during the second trimester, therefore many fe...