The Healthy Post Natal Body Podcast

Peter Lap
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The Healthy Post Natal Body Podcast

With Post-natal expert Peter Lap. Peter waffles on about everything related to Post-Natal health and exercise. I answer any question listeners send in and regularly have great, expert, guests on. From exercise, diet and mindset all the way down to the smaller things (such as congratulating you for not yet having thrown your tantrum throwing toddler out of a window) Not suitable for kids :)

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Are health and lifestyle supplements worth the money? Part 1; Protein, Creatine, vitamins and Bladder supplements

    Send us a textIn a 2 part episode I am discussing some of the supplements that you might have seen promoted online. Next week I'll cover NMN, NAD, CBD etc but this week I'm focusing on supplements much more common in the health and fitness world;Protein, Creatine, Vitamins and some bladder supplements (like Jude).Are they safe, even pre and postpartum?Are they useful?Are the more expensive ones really better than cheaper version?Are there alternatives?IOW, should YOU be taking them or ar...

    39 min

  2. DEC 1

    How will you know when your diastasis recti is healed?

    Send us a textI had a wonderful email from someone in Mexico asking me the, seemingly straightforward, "When will I know my diastasis is healed?" so in this episode I spend 30 minutes answering that very question.The issue with this question is that diastasis recti has a specific definition (one that isn't wide enough, in my opinion) and therefore quite often women get told that their diastasis is "healed" when it actually really isn't.And you can also have the situation where the diastasis (...

    33 min

  3. NOV 24

    Insights with Dr. Jessie Hehmeyer on Functional Medicine and Lifestyle Transformation

    Send us a textThis week I am joined by Dr Jessie Hehmeyer.She is a functional medicine practitioner and the founder of Well Empowered.We are talking everything Functional Medicine;Why functional medicine gets a bad rep, how it works and how it should work.Why a good practitioner does more than just order a barrage of tests and sell supplements.The problem with the "quick fix" approach and why real improvement in your health often takes time.How there is no miracle cure, and much, much more.It...

    48 min

  4. NOV 17

    Essential Strategies for Navigating Postpartum with Dr. Emilie Wilson

    Send us a textIn this week's episode I have the pleasure of being joined by Dr Emilie Wilson.Emilie is a Naturopathic doctor and, more importantly, she's also the author of "POST: The Essential Guide to Creating Your Postpartum Self-Care Plan in Pregnancy" .We are talking about the importance of planning for your postpartum life during your pregnancy.As I've mentioned before; the more you plan for things going well, and things potentially not going great, the easier your postpartum life...

    57 min

  5. NOV 10

    Irregular menstrual cycles, energy availability and RED-S with Allison Yamamoto

    Send us a textDid you know that overtraining/undereating and and the exercise/food balance can impact your menstrual cycle, bone health, and mental health?Especially for women who's body has just gone through an intense, and often traumatic, experience like pregnancy and giving birth this can really have a huge impact on your health.You're seemingly doing "everything right" yet feel like you're struggling all the time and even your menstrual cycle can get messed up.RED-S (Relative Energ...

    59 min

  6. NOV 3

    Exercise for postpartum back pain. W David Jeter

    Send us a textYou keep asking about postpartum backpain so we keep talking about it :)This week I have the pleasure of being joined by David Jeter who is an awesome physical therapist. We're talking post-partum back-pain and the benefits of physical therapy and exercise generally.We discuss many, many things including;What is post-partum back pain and what causes it?Is surgery THE solution?Why is post-partum backpain soo often ignored by both the medical community and those suffering from it?...

    59 min

  7. OCT 27

    Stop commercialising postpartum care and "pelvic floor or diastasis recti"?

    Send us a textWouldn't it be nice if postpartum recovery was included in the NHS services, as they should be? Rather than NHS GPs making Instagram commercials for private, and expensive, postpartum recovery programs we should ALWAYS be pushing for FREE access for women.The Americanisation of British healthcare is a real problem and, the truth is, we would not accept this if this was happening for anything other than postpartum recovery?Imagine NHS GPs advertising for people to get catara...

    32 min

  8. OCT 20

    Calming the Chaos: Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider on Mastering Stress, Anxiety, and Emotional Resilience

    Send us a textOn this week's episode I have the pleasure of talking to Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider. Gina is the author of Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology (Central Recovery Press, March 2022). She is a licensed psychotherapist, executive coach, and corporate trainer. She serves as codirector of Schneider Counseling and Corporate Solutions.Dr. Schneider is a coping skills expert with more than 25 years of experience hel...

    56 min
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With Post-natal expert Peter Lap. Peter waffles on about everything related to Post-Natal health and exercise. I answer any question listeners send in and regularly have great, expert, guests on. From exercise, diet and mindset all the way down to the smaller things (such as congratulating you for not yet having thrown your tantrum throwing toddler out of a window) Not suitable for kids :)

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