The female body undergoes dramatic changes during pregnancy as hormones relax the ligamentous structures of the pelvis and most noticeably the tissues of our stomach stretch to accommodate a child growing inside of us. A common concern for many new mothers has been dubbed the...
In my last blog post from August 2016 titled "Men Have Pelvic Floors Too?", we learned that YES, men do have pelvic floors, and YES, men can have pelvic dysfunction leading to urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic pain. Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer...
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When was the last time you thought about the way you breathe? Did you know that it can influence the health of your pelvic floor and overall health? It might be difficult to understand the link between breathing and its effects on your health when...
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,...
