World Health Day 2025: Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures – The Role of Physiotherapy in Maternal and Newborn Health
- Advanced Physiotherapy
- Apr 9
- 2 min read
We’re proud to recognize World Health Day 2025 and support this year’s important theme:
“Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures.”
This message serves as a powerful reminder that good health starts early - from the very beginning of life. Pregnancy, childbirth, and the early days of parenthood are crucial periods that lay the foundation for long-term wellbeing. One area that continues to make a profound difference in these early stages, yet often goes unrecognized, is physiotherapy.
Today, we’d like to shed light on how physiotherapy supports maternal health and why investing in early care leads to stronger, healthier futures for families.
Supporting Mothers Through All Stages of Pregnancy and Beyond
Pregnancy is a time of significant physical and emotional change. It brings immense joy, but it can also present challenges - pain, fatigue, postural changes, and reduced mobility, to name a few.
Prenatal physiotherapy provides mothers safe, effective care to manage and prevent these common discomforts. Our therapists work closely with expectant mothers to address:
Lower back and pelvic pain
Postural support and breathing techniques
Labour preparation strategies
Following childbirth, postnatal physiotherapy is beneficial for recovery and return to daily activities. We offer tailored support for:
Pelvic floor and core rehabilitation
Diastasis recti (abdominal separation) management
Scar and C-section recovery
Guidance for safely returning to exercise or physical work
By helping new mothers feel stronger, more confident, and physically supported, physiotherapy plays a crucial role in enhancing both physical and mental well-being during this major life transition.
Building Strong Foundations for the Future - World Health Day
Physiotherapy is more than rehabilitation - it’s preventative, empowering, and transformative. By addressing physical concerns early and supporting optimal movement, we help families reduce stress, enhance bonding, and promote long-term health and resilience.
This World Health Day, we honour the idea that a healthy beginning truly leads to a hopeful future. And we’re here to support that journey—one family at a time.
Ready to Take the First Step?
If you or someone you love is expecting, recovering from childbirth, or caring for a newborn, we invite you to connect with our expert team at Advanced Physiotherapy in White Rock.
Together, we can build a healthy start for a brighter tomorrow.
Book an appointment today at www.advancedphysio.ca
Or call us at 604-541-9245
Your health is our priority - from first kicks to first steps and beyond.
