Welcome to ReCORE Fitness

After her 3rd child in 2009, Celeste found herself dealing with diastasis recti, stress incontinence and prolapse..making it difficult to return to running even 7 months later. She was then told by her ObGyn that more exercise wouldn't help and surgery was her only option.  She felt the need to go back to the drawing board before choosing surgery and work on a more comprehensive core/pelvic floor progression. She was able to return to running within a few months and has enjoyed doing marathons the last 10 years without prolapse being an issue again. After her 2nd child, she was motivated to design a more flexible, functional support for athletes and eventually received a utility patent on the dual-strap FITsplint. 
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Celeste realized the benefit for women to do specific/progressive and total core reconditioning postpartum. Simply doing TVA exercises and then going back to typical gym exercise does not strengthen the stretched out muscles/tissue effectively. The core and pelvic floor need to regain strength and stiffness so the muscles can resist internal force again (Intra-abdominal pressure). The ReCORE program is a 12-week core reconditioning program that strengthens the inner and outer core and expands to full body core exercise.  Celeste also designed the FITsplint (Maternity and Post-Natal) to help women support their core when needed. Celeste believes that while pregnancy is a natural and amazing process, the muscles and ligaments have been stretched, strained and can benefit from core exercise as well as a support when needed. 

Celeste lives outside Nashville, has 3 children (2 adults now)  She helps run a summer youth track and field club (Wilco Track and Field) She also recently published her first research paper (in collaboration with Univ of Memphis) on studying various running/sport drills and measuring peak velocity to better understand return to run protocols. The FITsplint has also been independently researched (FITsplint research). Celeste is a Boston Marathon qualifier and understands the desire for women to stay active during pregnancy, get their core strength back and return to their exercise of choice injury and symptom-free.

1. Screen/Assess/Program - Screen clients for baseline function, assess symptoms, make sure there are no red flags (need to go back to pelvic pt etc), program based on their needs and goals.
2. Progressive Functional Exercises -Postpartum exercises should be progressive, challenge current threshold and gradually increase in difficulty. Focusing on core control, increasing intra-abdominal pressure demands, impact drills and full body strength to help return to sports and high impact activity.
3. ReCORE is comprehensive core/pelvic floor reconditioning for every postnatal athlete.  Muscles stretch and weaken regardless of width of DR. Recommended to do ReCORE before higher level activities….returning to the gym, running, cross fit, etc..
4. Use a support when needed. The FITsplint is patented and designed to provide gentle compression between the ribs and hip bones without restricting movement, breathing or increasing *pelvic pressure. The FITsplint is fully adjustable, flexible and slim fitting.