80. Safe Exercise for Mums, Pelvic Floor & Preventing Injury with Jen Dugard

Filly is joined with the trail-blazing Jen Dugard, a fitness professional passionate about serving mums and exercise trainers. I came across Jen back in 2021 - she was one of our coaches in a business program we were doing back then. What drew me to Jen was her fierce passion and advocacy for mums to receive safe exercise advice and prevent pelvic-floor related injuries that are rife in the exercise world. I had my own personal experience of a horrible injury 6-months postpartum in the gym, which caused ongoing chronic pain for years and fed other body burnout symptoms. I don’t want any other woman to experience this, so I knew we needed to get Jen onto the podcast. Get ready for sooooo much gold insight into your body - especially the unknown regions of your pelvic floor! (Oh, and a VERY personal story about how I peed my pants in public recently - eek!!!).

About Jen Dugard

Jen Dugard is the founder of MumSafe™️, creator of the Pre & postnatal certification Safe Return to Exercise™️ and author of the book “How to Love your Body as much as your Baby.”

With over 17 years of industry experience, Jen is dedicated to enhancing the standards of care for mothers within the fitness community and beyond.

Jen’s dual mission is to serve both mothers and exercise professionals. She ensures that exercise professionals are thoroughly educated and up-skilled in working with pre and postnatal clients while also empowering mothers with the knowledge and resources they need. Through MumSafe™, Jen connects mothers with certified trainers, fostering a supportive network across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and the UK.

She also serves on the board of AUSactive.

In today’s episode, Jen talks to Filly about:

• Her post-natal depression after becoming a mum, rooted in a conflict of “identity” and worthiness
• How Jen is creating a safe space for mums & exercise professionals to connect and exercise safely
• The 5 imbalances that can occur in mums that every woman should know before exercising
• Hypotonic and hypertonic pelvic floor - signs and symptoms
• Jen digs into Filly’s pelvic floor, and a recent “wet pants” incident
• How you can support your pelvic floor 
• Adaptations you could make in your exercise, if you are recovering from postpartum imbalances
• How to love your body

Show Note Links: 

Check out Jen & her Safe Return To Exercise certification & mentoring here

Find a Mum Safe Trainer or pelvic floor physio here

Take Chris & Filly’s Ending Body Burnout Assessment here

Check out how you can work with Chris & Filly Functional Medicine here

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