Should an athlete's postpartum program be sport specific?

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Should postpartum recovery be sport-specific?
I had a wonderful email from someone who said the following;
Hi Pete,

Long time no see, I hope you’re well.

As you probably know I gave birth again a few months ago and am working with a team on my recovery.

We’ve only really just started so I’m very early on. My physio is (name removed) ,obviously I’ve known him for years, but my women’s health physio is someone Iv’e never dealt with before (and neither has anyone else I know in (name of sport removed)) and she said something that stuck with me and made me think…ermm…I’ll ask Pete about that.

She said that my post-partum recovery program should be specific to (sport removed). And yes going back to playing is absolutely key but, how is the program sport specific? when I asked her to clarify she said that another sport’s program is completely different postpartum than ours is and she was a bit short after that so I left it.

Any thoughts?
So that is what I'm discussing today.
I go through my reasoning and explain the way I work, with both athletes and non-athletes.
Is it different if you're a tennis or football player? What about for judokas and shotputters?

BTW this episode is not just for professional athletes, it VERY much also goes for "normal" people who just want to go back to doing what they love to do.
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2. Postpartum Athletic Recovery Process (00:06:41)

3. Postpartum Fitness Program Guidance (00:18:13)

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