6 Simple Exercises to Build a Strong Core
Whether you’ve just had a baby, surgery, an injury that has kept you from exercise, or you have never exercised your core and want to: this is a very simple way to get started, the right way. The Core is…
Prostates and PT and Men, Oh My!
It’s already the end of June and I want to celebrate. Summer weather is finally here, the Royals are in first place, and it’s Men’s Health Month. On Father’s Day, many of the ballparks handed out blue t-shirts, the players…
All the Things No One Tells You About Pregnancy – Part I
Pregnancy can be a beautiful time as a woman. Throughout my first pregnancies there were probably more than a million times where I just stopped and stood in awe of my babies as they moved inside of me. My connection…
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…
Wake up your “Core” the benefits are phenomenal!
I asked our fantastic Pilates instructor, Lee Anne Jester to talk about how she thinks about and approaches bringing "The Core" into our body's daily awareness and function. I asked because I often learn from her amazing cues and ability…
What is IBS Really?
April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month. I want to take some time to really look at what IBS is and how pelvic floor physical therapy can play a key role in treatment and management of this challenging diagnosis…
Painful Sex After Menopause
Sex after Menopause: It doesn’t have to hurtA recent flood of patients with the same complaint: “I went through menopause 3 or 4 years ago, and since then sex is so painful we cannot do it at all. I have…
Birth Control and Pelvic Pain?
So, I have been wanting to blog on this topic for a while now. I have been intrigued by oral birth controls over the last 8 years with pelvic floor dysfunction of my own. Anyways, the other night I was…
Hysterectomy for Chronic Pelvic pain? 7 questions to ask first!
Great post by Dr. Jen Gunter. Enjoy!https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/hysterectomy-for-chronic-pelvic-pain-ask-these-7-questions-first/
Why Do I Leak with Exercise?
I decided to re-visit a topic that we have talked about before, primarily because I seem to have had several people ask me recently, “Why do I leak when I work out?” Followed by “It is normal after babies isn’t…
