After Abdominal Surgery: What You Can Do In the First Weeks

Abdominal surgeries can include anything from a hernia repair to a c-section, or a gynecologic scope procedure or diastasis repair.  They may all seem unrelated except for ONE main thing… The CORE muscles were CUT! Regardless of the size of the incision or scar, this...

8 Reasons Why You May Be Experiencing Pelvic Floor Pain

Almost half of all women will experience pelvic pain at some point in their lifetime.  This could be pain with gynecologic exams, sexual intercourse, pain and irritation of the vulva or skin on the outside of the vaginal opening, a deep ache with standing for long...

The Irony In Telling New Moms To “Listen” To Their Body

For many women, getting through pregnancy is an all out endurance event.  Between the morning sickness, back pain, general aches, difficulty sleeping, and gotta go bladder, and more, there is a LOT we have to work hard to ignore to survive the day.  Each and EVERY...

7 Ways To Combat Constipation During Pregnancy

If you ask a mother, she will tell you that there are many “gifts” of pregnancy.  One may talk about morning sickness, another may have had issues with swelling or back pain, and another may talk about having constipation. The rates at which women experience these...