A while ago I sent out an email to the perspective Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist students with some tough questions. Let’s dive in and take a quick look at the first question to find a good starting point for her. Keep reading for a fresh perspective that might add a little controversy to mainstream advice. …
A Better Approach Than Belly Breathing for the Pelvic Floor Read More »
What does your pelvic floor have to do with the strength of your abs? Should you strengthen your abs to help your pelvic floor, or should you strengthen your pelvic floor to help your abs? Should you work on your diastasis to help pelvic organ prolapse or leaking? Does working on your abs hurt your …
4 Considerations for a Stronger Core and Pelvic Floor Read More »
Is your pelvic floor ready for side slides, side lunges, jumping jacks or other big sideways moves? Do you feel safe with your legs wider for exercises or do you feel uncomfortable? This can often be a vulnerable position for postpartum women. Let’s take a look at a few exercises to help build trust with …
3 Exercises to Get Your Pelvic Floor Ready for Dynamic Movement Read More »
Easy! You’re ready now. The question at hand is not whether you’re ready. The real question is how many, how deep, and with how much weight? You are ready to squat now, you just might need to play around with the details of the execution a bit. I see a lot of women with pelvic …
How do you know when your body is ready to squat? Read More »
Pain in the hip can be a real pain to deal with, but it can also be your body’s way of telling you there is an imbalance in strength that needs correcting. Muscles do not need to be perfectly even front to back or left to right, but pain can result if the discrepancy is …
Do you ever say the wrong thing but have the right intentions? This happened to me recently, when someone wrote in asking about my pelvic floor program for strengthening after a prolapse repair. I love helping women resolve or decrease prolapse naturally, but sometimes surgery is needed. I was very happy she was considering the …
I was thinking back to a patient from one of my internships during PT school in 2004. She had pain on her ischial tuberosity (sits bone), probably from an old hamstring strain, but she didn’t remember the cause (vaguely remembers an ache after a tennis match). It got worse with prolonged sitting, and car trips …
Let’s talk about Sally. She is a mom of 2 kids, ages 6 and 4. She is taking her fitness to the next level and is now experiencing some leaking during exercise. This is quite a surprise because her pelvic floor has never been an issue. This is a common story. All is well, and …
3 Step Case Study to Help Stop Leaks During Exercise Read More »
Have you been told somewhere along the way to expand your belly for breathing? Well, this is true, but not when it gets taken too far. Chest vs Belly – Which is correct when it comes to breathing? Well, the answer is both! I see many women that struggle with diastasis and persistent pelvic floor …
We ran into a department store to grab a birthday present for a friend in my daughters preschool class and there sitting in a display out front was a waist trainer. Other than the internet, I’d never seen one in person before. If things happen on the internet, they are not really real right? But, seeing one …
