Today I am speaking with Dr. Shefali Christopher, PT, DPT, about Return to Sport after Childbirth, integrating motherhood and athletics. Currently, she is at Tufts University working toward strengthening diversity, equity, and inclusion in admissions. Shefali is a mom of two and is a medical provider for the USA Paratriathlon team.We talk about:-diversity, equity, & inclusion in physical therapy-paralympics-juggling mom life-integrating sports & motherhood-being able to adapt-asking for help-updated research findings-combating misinformationTime Stamps1:00 Introduction5:20 impact of virtual coursework on learning7:49 workouts as “me time”12:38 a week in the life23:04 finding the time to workout26:54 importance of postpartum health33:00 the need for flexibility 39:53 Delfi study postpartum return to run readiness44:00 consensus findings49:30 combating misinformation54:36 what clinicians need to watch for63:40 rapid fire questionsCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH SHEFALIIG: https://www.instagram.com/shefchristo4pt/Study: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/58/4/183.infoThe Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)