While I am not expecting, I am interested in what might be good advice to give to a student or a possible student who is considering training while pregnant.
I think some thing would be common sense but it would be nice to have an M.D.'s opinion on what are and are not risky behavior for expecting moms.
(kata, partner sets, holding kicking shields, doing or not doing condtioning, throwing or not throwing full power techniques, ground work or no ground work, etc.)
Can anyone here speak to this or point to some info on the web that would be suitable to share?
cheers,
Dana
Training while pregnant
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Allen M.
Training while pregnant
While never having been pregnant I can relate the worst one of my observations as a bystander.
There was a woman TKD instructor who was so headstrong into the art, insisted in teaching and working out while pregnant. She taught until almost near the end, and from my standpoint was too rough on herself and was always offereing excuses. She was in class until sometime in her eighth month. I lived in Arizona another six months or so after she delivered, and she never returned to class except to visit on occasion. She over did it during pregnancy and had all kinds of problems as accompanied by severe back pain which were believed to be from her MA practice while carrying.
There is a time to let it go in anything.
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Allen Moulton from Uechi-ryu Etcetera
There was a woman TKD instructor who was so headstrong into the art, insisted in teaching and working out while pregnant. She taught until almost near the end, and from my standpoint was too rough on herself and was always offereing excuses. She was in class until sometime in her eighth month. I lived in Arizona another six months or so after she delivered, and she never returned to class except to visit on occasion. She over did it during pregnancy and had all kinds of problems as accompanied by severe back pain which were believed to be from her MA practice while carrying.
There is a time to let it go in anything.
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Allen Moulton from Uechi-ryu Etcetera
Training while pregnant
I agree -- training to hard to late into pregnancy is probably unwise.
Wouldn't be nice if there was a nice little articles somewhere to read about it.
hmm -- I'll dig a little and see what's out there. Since there are several women in my school this should be a concern. While it is foremost the concern of the expecting mother I would like to be a little more informed on some basic guidelines.
Dana
Wouldn't be nice if there was a nice little articles somewhere to read about it.
hmm -- I'll dig a little and see what's out there. Since there are several women in my school this should be a concern. While it is foremost the concern of the expecting mother I would like to be a little more informed on some basic guidelines.
Dana
Training while pregnant
Common sense is prevalent on this topic.
NOTE: I am not a doctor therefore anyone reading this must take this as knowledge that I have seen dictated in the past and may not be correct. Consult your gynecologist before attempting any exercise during pregnancy.
There are many woman athletes who continue to train while pregnant. Other than female boxers and kick boxers, it has been deemed that exercise and moderate aerobic training is actually good for pregnancy.
During pregnancy, a female karate student, boxer, or kick boxer should have no contact to the abdominal area at anytime. Even in the first month.
Aerobic exercise is OK up until the 6th month. This means that kata and technique practice is all that a pregnant woman should do.
Some things to avoid would be; Kotekitae, ashikitae, kumite, sparring, scenarios, and grappling.
In the third trimester, kata performed at a slower pace would be ok.
If there is any pain in the abdomen or lower back area while continuing training, one should immediately stop their training and consult a physician.
The worst thing that a pregnant woman could do is sit on the couch day after day watching soap operas and not exercise at all.
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Len
NOTE: I am not a doctor therefore anyone reading this must take this as knowledge that I have seen dictated in the past and may not be correct. Consult your gynecologist before attempting any exercise during pregnancy.
There are many woman athletes who continue to train while pregnant. Other than female boxers and kick boxers, it has been deemed that exercise and moderate aerobic training is actually good for pregnancy.
During pregnancy, a female karate student, boxer, or kick boxer should have no contact to the abdominal area at anytime. Even in the first month.
Aerobic exercise is OK up until the 6th month. This means that kata and technique practice is all that a pregnant woman should do.
Some things to avoid would be; Kotekitae, ashikitae, kumite, sparring, scenarios, and grappling.
In the third trimester, kata performed at a slower pace would be ok.
If there is any pain in the abdomen or lower back area while continuing training, one should immediately stop their training and consult a physician.
The worst thing that a pregnant woman could do is sit on the couch day after day watching soap operas and not exercise at all.
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Len
Training while pregnant
I AM a doctor, but not an OB-GYN, and certainly not one that's read on karate in pregnancy. I doubt there's much to do but get an OB-GYN's advice on exercise and leave the baby out of anything jarring. But, I can't figure out what would make kotikitae dangerous to mom or baby. Tough question. However limiting the condition is, there are always options. I learned dankumite in college balanced on one foot (the other ankle sprained) in a tiny cramped kitchen going through what I saw the more advanced students doing on the other side of the dojo....
