Pelvic Pain and the Menstrual Cycle When most women think about charting their menstrual cycle the first thing that comes to mind is fertility or contraception, but charting can also be an important way to connect a woman to her body. When a woman begins to...
Can Posture Influence Your Pelvic Floor Muscle Function? A general trend that I hear with a lot of my clients entails the following repetitive weekday cycle: long meetings at the office, hours behind the desk working on the computer, long commutes home whether in cars or...
How many times a day do you go to the bathroom to empty your bladder? Do you get up at night to go? Do you have pain associated with emptying your bladder? Do you ever have such a strong urge to go to the bathroom...
Pregnancies are a lot like snowflakes - each one is unique in its own special way. Some make it through the first trimester without so much as a dry heave or a hiccup, while others really struggle to keep up with their normal daily routines....
In 1979, Jon Kabat-Zinn, an MIT-trained scientist, started teaching mindfulness to people suffering from chronic pain, stress and illness. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), is now used in hospitals and clinics worldwide. Jon Kabat-Zinn defined mindfulness, as being present in the moment, with non judgmental awareness....
Prior to studying massage therapy and before having my own children, I studied early childhood education in the early 1990's and spent many years working in various childcare settings. I spent those years attending to children with growing pains and associated discomforts, constipation, fevers, headaches,...
As pelvic health physiotherapists, we often have the same conversations with friends, family, and even with clients. It typically sounds something like this: - so do you only treat females or do you treat men too? - The majority of the people I see are female, but...
What is IBS? Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS has been discussed more and more in popular culture as chatter around gluten free, dairy free and paleo diets have become more main stream. It is a highly prevalent disorder which can significantly reduce someone's quality of life...
Mindfulness Workshop Mindfulness is a research proven approach that promotes health and well-being in the mind and body. This interactive small group workshop is designed for anyone who...
We live in a world, where for the longest time women and children have been the most vulnerable individuals in our society. Poverty; abuse and violence; and ignorance are huge contributing factors. But luckily we also live in a society where education is a growing...
