What To Do When Your Pelvic Floor Muscles Are Both Tight AND Weak

Contrary to what we have been told in this culture, not all bladder leak issues are created equal. Really. When studies come out reporting that 30-80% of high school female athletes leak during their sport, it’s NOT because all of these young girls are too loose and...

What Do We Do In A Pelvic Physical Therapy Session

Something that my pelvic PT colleagues and I routinely educate others on is the fact that we are not just instructing our patients in doing kegels. In fact, we may not ever do these during a PT visit because kegels can be downright counterproductive with many of our...

The Impact of Pelvic Health…

In the 12 years I have been practicing physical therapy, I have seen and helped many people.  In the orthopedic setting there were back injuries, knee, hip, shoulder surgeries, recoveries from accidents, simple joint strains, and more.  Each person had their own...

PAIN: A Different Perspective

Pain.  The thing that none of us wants to have or deal with.  And yet, it is an unavoidable part of our human existence.  To speak simply here, there are two kinds of pain.  The kind that comes on with a sudden injury or event (think car accident or fall), and the...

Tummy-Friendly Smoothies

For people with digestive disorders or inflammatory bowel diseases, digestion-friendly smoothies can be incredibly helpful.  It is estimated that between 60 to 70 million people in the U.S. are affected by all digestive diseases.  Often, people are given...