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When preparing for a baby, most birth plans focus heavily on labor, delivery, and immediate postpartum care. I certainly spend a good chunk of our time in PT talking about all of this. But if your baby arrives via C-section, recovery often gets simplified into two basic instructions: rest for six weeks and don’t lift […]

Pregnancy is an incredible experience, but let’s be honest… your body goes through A LOT. Having done it twice (once with twins) I am fully aware of how difficult, uncomfortable, and anxiety-provoking it can be. As your baby grows, your body adapts in ways that can affect your posture, breathing, core strength, pelvic floor, and […]

If you’ve ever been to physical therapy through the traditional insurance-based model, you may have experienced the routine: you’re given a set amount of time, your therapist is juggling multiple patients, you’re working through a list of exercises, and just when you feel like you’re getting somewhere… your appointment is over. See you in two […]

I hear from a lot of friends and patients that they have no clue what Pelvic PT entails. It’s a big barrier to people getting the help they need when they are scared to even try it. Here’s an idea of what to expect when you walk into my clinic.  First, We Talk We sit […]

A few months ago I had a Physical Therapy student ask if she could interview me for a project she was working on. She was interested in Pelvic Health PT but didn’t know much about it. While they do have a class as part of their curriculum (taught by my amazing Pelvic Health mentor Brook […]

The First Poop.  We all know what I’m talking about right? That first poop after you give birth. It’s terrifying. It’s horrifying. It makes you sweaty with fear and dread that you are going to poop out your insides or rip open every stitch they just put in you. Or was this just me?? Maybe […]

I absolutely love teaching my Birth Body class to pregnant moms in our area. It’s probably my favorite thing to teach because there is so much to learn about our bodies and traditionally, no one tells us a whole lot. I teach my classes from the perspective of a Pelvic Floor PT so it’s a […]

I often see women who are very active but are dealing with some pelvic floor issues despite feeling pretty strong. Very often, they are exercising regularly, lifting weights, doing things that they feel like should keep them from having pelvic floor issues yet they find themselves in the clinic for help. Well, here’s the thing. […]

My good friend and colleague Ashley Chandler recently delivered her second son. For some, that means a little less anxiety after having gone through this whole thing once before. However, that doesn’t mean things are all peaches and cream. I asked her to make some videos about motherhood, postpartum, recovery and how all of this […]

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