Diastasis Rectus Abdominus – What Is It and How Do We Treat It?
Are you standing in front of a mirror months after giving birth, looking at that saggy belly wanting to cry? Maybe you feel weak when you try to get up…
Back Pain After Baby? Our Specialists Can Help
That sweet little bundle of joy is not so small these days. Breast feeding is dwindling, baby is moving and shaking and near walking. You’ve gotten back to some exercise,…
Clinical Psychology
The mind body connection has been recognized in the medical and mental health fields for years. Each year more empirical evidence is discovered to support the relationship between physical and…
C-Section Scars via Foundational Concepts
C-Section Scars Thirty percent of all childbirths are performed via cesarean section. A c-section requires multiple layers to be cut through and stitched back together. The outside layer is the…
C-Section Recovery: Returning to Exercise
All the mamas out there who have had c-section deliveries, this one’s for you! Recovery after cesarean is a different process than vaginal delivery, and deserves a special look at…
Birth Injuries
This is an excellent article from Cosmopolitan on the injuries women sustain during childbirth and the lack of postpartum treatment of pelvic floor dysfunction caused by those injuries: www.cosmopolitan.com
How to Prevent the Tear Down There
The perineum, or the space between your vaginal opening and rectum, stretches a lot during pregnancy. During delivery, health care providers often perform a surgical cut, known as an episiotomy,…
To Support or Not to Support…..That is the Question.
My passion is to educate and empower women, especially during their childbearing years. I feel there is still quite a lack of education out there for women after they have…
Education is Power.
Why do we compare? As women, we often compare ourselves to others. We compare our bodies, our wardrobe, our homes, our families, and even our pregnancies and birth stories. As…
All The Things No One Tells You About Pregnancy – Part 2
This post is a continuation of All the Things No One Told You About Pregnancy-Part 1 (click here to read last blog). In Part 1 I started discussing the fun…