The Pelvic Chronicles Blog

July is National Blueberry Month!  Why in the world is a pelvic specialist beginning a blog with this lead in?  If you are a former or current client of mine,…

We have all been there before – seeing, smelling, or feeling something on our vaginal tissues and thinking “Is THAT normal!?”. The topic of changes in our vaginal tissues, secretions,…

A recent conversation with a patient who was 8 weeks post delivery of her baby revealed some very serious concerns.  Because of the presentation of symptoms, I wanted to share…

Thirty percent of all childbirths are performed via cesarean section. A c-section requires multiple layers to be cut through and stitched back together. Skin, then fat, then fascia, then muscles, the…

Feeling like your body is out of whack when you’re attempting to run postpartum?  Even if you ran during your pregnancy, researchers have found that after baby women change their…

Many women struggle with leaking urine with sneezing, coughing, laughing etc.…  Often this occurs after we have had babies, but it can happen if you haven’t had children too.  By…

Women are anatomically different than men, particularly when it comes to weight training. We have a vagina, which leaves an area of weakness that pressure can find.  Unlike the anal…

Lights. Camera. Migraine.   If you suffer from migraines, you know all about the daunting feelings of blurred vision, nausea and single sided throb or pulsing on one side of…

Did you know that your mindset can really impact your physical function?  Research shows that when we are in a more positive mindset we feel less pain, less fatigue, stay…

This next topic is very personal. Painful intercourse can be devastating.  It can leave us feeling isolated, embarrassed and hurt.  The worst emotion that we may experience with painful sex…

The muscles in the pelvic floor are a functional group of many muscles that are the foundation of most of what we do as humans.  They work to provide stability…