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, on this area. Other times a tear, or laceration, naturally…
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 a baby. I’ve often been surprised at how many classes…
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 1In Part 1 I started discussing the fun symptoms I am having with my second pregnancy. I am finding, not many women discuss these pregnancy…
What Europe is Doing for Women that America Isn’t…
Did you know that in Europe, it is customary for women to be referred to a Physiotherapist if they report any bowel or bladder issues at their 6 week postpartum check-up? Yes. It’s true! According to the 2006 Guidelines from…
Pelvic Girdle Pain During and After Pregnancy
Visiting with friends for their daughter’s 1st birthday this weekend. Talking with her, I found out that she has had a great deal of pain for the past few years. She has pretty constant pain on her left side, very…
Getting Back After Baby
I love working with clients post-partum! 6 weeks or 6 months or 6 years, there is always so much to teach, so much progress to be made, and so many women who look at you with eyes welling up in gratitude…
Fix Your Baby Belly and Stop Doing Crunches – Forever!
What is Diastasis Rectus Abdominus? A Diastasis is a separation, the Rectus Abdominus is the abdominal muscle better known as the six pack muscle. A separation, or tearing of the fascia in the center of this muscle, the Linea Alba,…
