Bodywork after pregnancy: why abs and pelvic floor aren't enough

Pregnancy reorganizes the entire body. Pelvis, diaphragm, pelvic floor, abdominals, ribcage, hormones. Everything shifts to create space and sustain life. The question is what happens after.

The standard approach and its limits

Most postpartum recovery programs focus on abs and pelvic floor. Hypopressives, Kegels, activation drills. That's not wrong, but it's incomplete. The body is a system, not a collection of isolated parts.

If the ribcage hasn't returned to its pre-pregnancy position, the abs won't recover properly. The ribcage is the upper anchor of the rectus abdominis. If that anchor is displaced, the muscle works at a mechanical disadvantage. You can do hypopressives for months and plateau.

The pelvis sets the foundation

If the pelvis shifted during pregnancy or birth — and it almost always does — the pelvic floor can't stabilize properly. The pelvic floor depends on the position of the bones it anchors to. If those bones are displaced, the pelvic floor works with altered geometry. No exercise compensates for that.

The same applies to the sacrum, coccyx, and sacroiliac joints. Birth mobilizes them, sometimes significantly. If they don't reorganize afterwards, everything built on top remains unstable.

Reorganize, don't “bounce back”

This isn't about getting your pre-pregnancy body back. Your body changed. It did something extraordinary. The goal is to reorganize the system for its new reality. A centered pelvis. A diaphragm that moves well. A ribcage with its full mobility. A pelvic floor with the structural foundation it needs to function.

In my work, I address all of this as a system. Ribcage, diaphragm, pelvis, sacrum, pelvic floor, abdominal and pelvic viscera. Not separately. In relationship.

From someone who experienced it

“Ferran Moreno is a great professional. I just gave birth and thanks to his method... I noticed a radical change in my body.”

— Bianca Porcar

Real postpartum recovery doesn't start with exercises. It starts with reorganizing the structure that supports them.