30/05/2026
6 years, nine months since pregnancy and child birth forever changed the way my body moved, felt and functioned for me. Birth trauma, chronic niggling injuries, deconditioning that wasn’t going away, because of intense sleep deprivation, hormonal shifts and the beautiful beautiful competing priority of raising my two awesome kids.
It’s taken exactly this much time to be able to return to something I used to enjoy, with many many set backs along the way.
If the wave is going to push you under, and you’re going to go all the way to the bottom, don’t come back up without the pearl.
Unconditional gratitude to the healthcare team who put me through the rehab, ordered the tests, prescribed the therapy and never said ‘never again’ to feeling functional in my body again. It took a pit crew of physio, Pilates and a few awesome female GPs who believed me when I said ‘something isn’t right’:
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