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…
October is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Did you know that former President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October as “Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month”? It was in October of 1988 that he put this provision in place, and now parents throughout the world have a month dedicated…
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…
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…
