Postnatal Pilates at St Clements, Oxford
Join our postnatal Pilates Classes in Oxford (st Clements)
Monday Mornings 9.30am & 10.45am
Current Term: 13th July – 10th August – 5 week course – £53.75
Our Oxford based Postnatal Pilates helps you to restore core strength after pregnancy and childbirth. Our postnatal Pilates classes are smaller, more focused classes that babies, and young children are welcome to attend with you.
In our postnatal classes, our expertly qualified physiotherapy team design, flowing, tailored exercise programmes with a emphasis on core strength, pelvic floor health and self care for Mums at any stage of their postnatal journey.
Babies from 6wks – 5 year olds are welcome to attend our St Clements postnatal Pilates classes with you.
Venue Information
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Location: St Clements Family Centre, East Oxford
Between Pilates classes, 10:15am – 10:45am, join our physios for coffee and postnatal conversations. This terms postnatal conversation topics are:
wk1: Pelvic floor muscles: what they are, where they are and how to strengthen them.
wk2: Abdominal core muscles: find out what happens to your core muscles in pregnancy and discover how to restore your core postpartum!
wk3: Back care: common postnatal back problems and what you can do about them.
wk4: Diastasis recti: find out about this common postnatal problem and practice some exercises that can help.
wk5: Pelvic floor problems: join us as we talk about the problems that can occur when pelvic floors don’t work so well. A supportive and welcoming space to find what you can do about bladder leaking, prolapse symptoms or pain.
wk6: Returning to running and other sports: find out all the things you need to consider before you returning to running or high impact sports.
Upcoming schedule for our Postnatal Pilates Oxford (St Clements) on Mondays:
We run our Postnatal Pilates Classes in Oxford all year around in course blocks of 6-8 weeks. General sign up opens roughly 1month before the course start date but advance booking for those on our waiting list often opens earlier. Contact us to join our waiting list.
How our Postnatal Pilates courses work?
Our postnatal classes last 45mins with coffee time before or after. Postnatal Pilates classes are a specialist and tailored programme of mat based Pilates exercises designed for the postnatal period. Your instructor will led you through a warm up, your exercises and a cool down, offering individual support and adaptations all the way through.
Our physios design a bespoke Pilates programme for each course. Physio led Pilates also means that our instructors make adaptations, modifications and adjustments for each and every individual in our classes, so wherever you are in your postnatal recovery you are most welcome. Our postnatal physios are happy to support Mums recovering from pelvic girdle pain, Mums with lower back pain, Mums with pelvic floor dysfunction or weakness and Mums with diastasis recti, as well as Mums who would just like to feel a little more like their pre-pregnancy self.
Babies and toddlers are welcome to attend postnatal Pilates with you. We supply toys, play gyms and mats for your little ones to enjoy next to you if you wish to bring them along.
Our classes run as part of a course programme. They aren’t drop in, meaning you don’t have to repeat the same things each week. Gradually your programme will build up, helping you get fitter, stronger, and more in tune with your body as the course goes on. Courses are usually 6-8 weeks long and run consecutively. Each term your exercises will progress with you.
Before or after the class we offer coffee, biscuits and postnatal wellbeing talks. Here you will find a safe space to discuss pelvic floor muscles, back problems, returning to exercise and to chat to a specialist physio about any concerns you have.
If you are new to Pilates we recommend booking in with us for a pre-class introduction before your first class. This gives you some 1:1 time with your physio so they can understand your delivery, assess for recti divarication and go over the basics of Pilates one-to-one. Find out more about pre-class assessments here.
New clients are welcome to join us at the start of each course block (normally in week 1 or 2) but sometimes we can accommodate new clients in a course in progress. Contact us, we would love to help.