Pelvic Floor Archives - Foundational Concepts

Everybody’s looking at my tight pants…

May 19, 2022
Sarah Dominguez
Athletes, Bladder, Core Muscles, Incontinence, Kegels, Leaking, Pee, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, Pelvic Health

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Electric pants won’t fix urinary incontinence, OR do your Kegels for you. Neither will a fancy chair or a cool app on your phone. I must be reaching the age…

Perineal Massage: Is it worth your time?

March 31, 2022
Sarah Dominguez
Childbirth, Kansas City, Labor And Delivery, Pelvic Dysfunction, Pelvic Floor, Postpartum, Pregnancy

Preparing for baby comes in many different forms. Setting up the nursery. Buying baby supplies. Having a baby shower. But in all the preparation, we often miss the importance of preparing our bodies for delivery and recovery. We have known…

Return to Running: Checklist

February 24, 2022
Sarah Dominguez
Athletes, back pain, Childbirth, Core, Diastasis Rectus Abdominus, Kansas City, Leaking, Pelvic Dysfunction, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, Pelvic Health, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Physical Therapy, Post-partum, Strength

You’ve had a baby. Maybe had surgery. Or just a long hiatus from exercise. And now you feel ready to get back out there and return to running. But maybe it didn’t go as planned. Maybe you leaked while you…

Leaking with exercise? You can fix it!!!

February 17, 2022
Sarah Dominguez
Athletes, Core Muscles, Exercise, General Health, Incontinence, Kansas City, Kegels, Leaking, Pee, Pelvic Dysfunction, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, Pelvic Health, Postpartum, Strength, Urinary, Women's Health

Leaking while exercising? You are not alone. More than 40% of elite female athletes leak with their sports. Imagine how high that number is in the regular population; Women who are exercising, going for a jog, taking classes, weight training,…

Foot to pelvic floor to diaphragm: how it is all connected and how to capitalize on it!

November 18, 2021
Sarah Dominguez
Core, Core Muscles, Exercise, General Health, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, Pelvic Health, Physical Therapy

Photo by Daria Shevtsova from Pexels Fun fact—your foot directly effects your pelvic floor, your deep core, and your diaphragm. This is all through our fascia. Fascia is like the super stretchy glue that maintains structure in our bodies. It is a thin connective tissue…

Painful Bladder, Interstitial Cystitis, infection…what is causing my pain?

Painful bladder syndrome is a spectrum of diseases that includes interstitial cystitis (IC) that can cause bladder pain and/or pressure, urinary frequency and urgency that can feel like an infection. Sometimes, people with IC will also have IBS, fibromyalgia, migraines,…