Frequently Asked Questions

I suggest waiting at least three weeks after giving birth before beginning this program.  This gives the body some time to rest and heal - you may even need longer and that's ok, but really listen to your body and honour rest.  

More details to follow for the Rebalance the Mother- During Pregnancy program. 

Absolutely not.  The Rebalance the Mother - After Pregnancy program can be started at any stage of your postpartum journey - whether you're three weeks, three years or thirty-three years or more post-partum.  

More details to follow for the Rebalance the Mother- During Pregnancy program. 

Yes you can.  The aim of this platform is to act as. toolkit from which you can pick and choose what you need and when you need it to help support and rebalance your body.  It can be used as a stand-alone movement practice or alongside other forms of exercise.  One thing I do encourage is to implement this program before any other exercise program - even pelvic floor and core exercises.  

Yes.  My hope is that this program will help you explore the reasons behind your pain and enable you to move more freely.  As an Osteopath I use these postures and movement patterns everyday with many of my clients to help them find ease and balance in their bodies.   

Yes - this program aims to explore all the factors that act on the pelvis - we can decompress from the sides and from above, gently and intelligently strengthen from below.  We look into the impact of the hips and the lower extremity and how they act on the pressure systems of the body.  

No it's not - but before you run away please let me elaborate.  The Rebalance the Mother programs are whole body programs.  If you've been to an Osteopath before you'll know that they rarely treat just your problematic area - they take into consideration why that area is under load or not healing and that's what this program aims to do too.  A whole body grows and births a baby so I believe a whole body approach is needed to rebalance a body after birth.  Yes the pelvic floor and core need some special attention, but not at the expense of disregarding the rest of the body.  The pelvic floor doesn’t just start and end in the pelvis - it finds its way through soft tissue connections all the way up the spine to the head, all the way up the abdomen spreading into the chest and upper limbs and all the way down the legs to the feet.   

No you don't - this program was inspired by Haylee's in-person clients and contains lots of nuggets of information to help you on your rebalancing journey. 

Yes you can - Haylee currently practices at her clinic Rebalance Osteopathy in lovely Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.  Just a heads up that she’s currently booked out for approximately six months....

For the first section of classes all you will need is a mat ( plus a few items that you'll already have at home like pillows).  As you move further along, you'll need:

* two pilates balls

* a broom stick/piece of dowel or a theraband

* two small hand weights (0.5kg - 3kg)

* a muscle band

* a body loop-band

Check out the Resources page for where you can purchase these items.