About Pelvic Floor Reconnect
Gemma - your pelvic floor guru
Online Pelvic Floor Movement Courses
One to One Pelvic Floor Movement Coaching
Hello! And a warm welcome to Pelvic Floor Reconnect. Here you will find specialist information and courses on how to move with love for your pelvic floor.
This is the place for you if you want to safely but effectively use exercise to prep your pelvic floor for pregnancy, birth, the postnatal period and entering peri-menopause into menopause whether you’ve had children or not.
Vagina owners go through enormous changes in their lives. Many of which are not talked about, brushed under the carpet or disguised as being “normal”. I don’t know about you but I am done with this lack of care and information. I am through with the constant conversations of being told to live with it, do more kegels or go and have surgery. It’s time to take the subject of pelvic floor way more seriously.
Pelvic Floor issues have a major impact on lives. It can bring on depression, anxiety, loss of confidence & self esteem. More needs to be done to combat this and I want to give you as much information and tools so you can manage your symptoms and make informed choices about your pelvic floor journey.
Pelvic Floor Reconnect strives to give you the tools to be strong, fit, heal and empower yourself to health and maintain it. We can give you a big bag of movement tools to help you overcome pelvic floor dysfunction and quite often (because we take a full body approach) this helps other pain and stressors in the body. So don’t be surprised if your back, hip, knee or shoulder pain starts to feel better or you feel more calm and in control of life in general. Movement is powerful.
How was Pelvic Floor Reconnect created?
1977
Gemma was born in England with a clap of thunder and a flash of lightening according to Dad.
2001
Gemma went back to university to complete her Msc in Sports Science and this is where the fascination of how movement is medicine for mind and body truly took hold.
2004
Gemma started to work for the Fire Brigade as a Fitness Advisor. After realising there was no provisions for women to stay fit during pregnancy or coming back to work she created her own role as the go to person for ante and postnatal exercise advice. The level 3 qualification that she obtained was good but it left Gemma with unanswered questions when helping clients. That led to another 7 years of research and study.
2011
Gemma became pregnant with her first child. Unexpectedly, she experienced antenatal depression and despite training 2 hours per day crossfit style at the fire brigade she found herself unable to walk properly due to pelvic pain. After giving birth, thankfully the depression lifted and was in love with an absolute joy of a boy. But, she found herself in pieces physically. A long labour and an episiotomy that later required 2 corrective surgeries her body had changed, was in pain and she felt she couldn’t give her all to her growing, adventurous little boy.
2013
Gemma gave birth to a glorious little girl. Throughout the pregnancy there was a little hip pain but nothing compared to the previous time. The labour was so short and easy that the midwives didn’t have time to fill the birthing pool – 45 minutes to be precise with no pain meds not even gas and air. The difference between the two births was phenomenal.
2018
The idea of Generation Move was born. Gemma started to convey the information of how our movement habits can lead to troubles during and after pregnancy.
One of these habits is sitting in chairs which led to another passion: changing the up classroom. Previously Gemma had presented and provided workshops to office staff about the dangers of too much sitting. She has since presented to some schools including the winners of 2017 TES best school of the year award. She hopes to help teachers create movement in their lessons to keep children agile and healthy into their adult lives.
2019
Generation Move (now Pelvic Floor Reconnect) is launched. A platform delivering safe movement programs for mums to be, new mums and mums 30 years on. A place where nutrition, environment and nature are taken into account to make a happier and healthier you for happier healthier babies.
Gemma's Qualifications
BSc honors degree. Psychology. University of Warwick
MSc Sports Science (Fitness and Health). University of Essex
YMCAfit Exercise and Pregnancy L3
YMCAfit Core Stability
Premier Award in designing Pre and Postnatal Exercise L3
FutureFit. Childhood Nutrition & Obesity Prevention Nutrition Course
Functional Movement. Advances in Core Training – Gray Cook
VTCT. Diploma in Mat Based Pilates L3
Pilates for Common Orthopaedic Conditions
Your Pelvic Matters certified instructor – Claire Mockridge
Diastasis Detective certified instructor – Claire Mockridge
Advanced Pregnancy Wellness Practioner – Burrell Education
Advanced modern pregnancy assessment, core restore and functional exercise programming – Burrell Education
Optimal Nutrition & Lifestyle for Postnatal healing and recovery
The Perinatal Athlete – Burrell Education
Advanced CPD in modern postnatal assessment, core restore and functional exercise programming – Burrell Education
Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist – Core Exercise Solutions by Dr Sarah Duval
3rd Age Woman Peri – Post Menopause Global Online Certification – Burrell Education
Women’s Health Coach Certification – Dr Jesscia Drummond
- BSc honors degree. Psychology. University of Warwick
- MSc Sports Science (Fitness and Health). University of Essex
- YMCAfit Exercise and Pregnancy L3
- YMCAfit Core Stability
- Premier Award in designing Pre and Postnatal Exercise L3
- FutureFit. Childhood Nutrition & Obesity Prevention Nutrition Course
- Functional Movement. Advances in Core Training – Gray Cook
- VTCT. Diploma in Mat Based Pilates L3
- Pilates for Common Orthopaedic Conditions
- Your Pelvic Matters certified instructor – Claire Mockridge
- Diastasis Detective certified instructor – Claire Mockridge
- Advanced Pregnancy Wellness Practioner – Burrell Education
- Advanced modern pregnancy assessment, core restore and functional exercise programming – Burrell Education
- Optimal Nutrition & Lifestyle for Postnatal healing and recovery
- The Perinatal Athlete – Burrell Education
- Advanced CPD in modern postnatal assessment, core restore and functional exercise programming – Burrell Education
- Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist – Core Exercise Solutions by Dr Sarah Duval
- 3rd Age Woman Peri – Post Menopause Global Online Certification – Burrell Education
- Women’s Health Coach Certification – Dr Jesscia Drummond
Pelvic Floor Reconnect and the Environment
Pelvic Floor Reconnect firmly believes that part of a healthy lifestyle is to embrace nature and to realise that we are a part of nature not separate from it. To support this Pelvic Floor Reconnect aims to use as many ecologically friendly products and services it can. Whether that be from the paper on business cards to the type of exercise mat used. If you notice any areas that we can improve then please let me know.
Pelvic Floor Reconnect donates monthly to Greenpeace.