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When should you return to running after delivery? There is so much controversy about this topic, and I thought I would share the updated 2019 guidelines to enlighten your decision making. Remember that these tests are only one part of the puzzle, and that a Pelvic Health PT assessment should
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Many people think that if they are leaking urine, they must necessarily have a weak pelvic floor. Starting from this assumption, they start doing Kegel exercises, and sometimes make their problems worse! Why is that? In this video, I am drawing the distinction between a weak and a tight pelvic
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One of the things I hear the most from my post partum moms is “No one told me this could happen..!” Indeed, not many women are informed about what to expect in the pelvic area after baby is born. We spend soooo much time preparing for labour, birth and baby’s
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As any part of your body, your bladder can become unhealthy if you don’t take good care of it. That’s when people start consulting me for overactive bladder issues (going to the bathroom too frequently), urinary urgency, incontinence and so on. What can you do to keep your bladder healthy?
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“I have been doing Kegels but I am not sure if I do it right, so I would like you to check…” – so many women consulting me…!!! I don’t blame you ladies. Before taking my first Pelvic Health PT education course, I did not know either… Isn’t it crazy
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“I want to stop peeing my pants every time I sneeze or cough” is one of the most common reasons of consultation I hear in my clinic. Clients often develop the strategy of crossing their legs to compensate for the poor pelvic floor muscles who just got a little lazy
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You have been told that some core workouts are better than others during & after pregnancy but you’re not sure what that means? Watch this! PS: This also applies to anyone doing core workouts to protect your back and avoid injuries!! But moms are just more vulnerable to injuries because
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Pooping is such an essential body feature. Actually, if you don’t poop, you die… Does that convince you? In my intake form for my clients, I always ask about presence of constipation, because it is totally part of the big picture when we talk about pelvic health. For example, constipation
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Delivering a baby puts a huge amount of pressure on your pelvic floor muscles, and sometimes tearing. It is not surprising that our pelvic floor needs some rehabilitation and care once Baby is born, after all it has been through! In the first few weeks after your delivery, you have
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It all started last spring. There was this Birth Healing Summit advertised on one of my pelvic health groups on Facebook, and since it was presented online and free, I decided to sign up. What did I have to lose anyway..? This summit was put on by a Pelvic Health
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This month, I decided to invest in a new piece of equipment to help my clients in connecting with their pelvic floor muscles. It is called a “biofeedback”. It can be a great tool especially for people who have trouble “feeling” their pelvic floor contracting or releasing – the ones