10 Reasons Pelvic Floor PT Could Improve Your Quality of Life
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Women’s Health
6 Reasons a Pelvic PT Should Be a Part of your Postpartum Dream Team
The Postpartum Care Dream Team Includes a Physical Therapist! Whether you gave birth vaginally or had a c-section, every birthing human could benefit from a pelvic PT (pelvic physical therapist). Throughout pregnancy, and especially during the third trimester, your body goes through significant hormonal and physical changes – which don’t just magically disappear or resolve
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Is Your Leaking Worse During Your Period?
Periods and Leaking The recent rainy weather here in Fort Collins (I’m not complaining – my tulips are out in full force) and the onset of my period make it difficult to not want to stay in bed and watch movies all day! That got me thinking about something mentioned to me earlier in the
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Why’s My Underwear Wet?! Vaginal Discharge Or Urine?
It can be confusing to know the difference between leaking vaginal discharge and urine, especially if the dampness you feel is not preceded by the urge to urinate. After all, they’re both liquids that come out of your body, right? To make it easier to differentiate and know what is normal and what is not.
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What Should I Know About A Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean Section?
What should I know about a Vaginal Delivery After Cesarean Section? Are you a mama that had a cesarean section but is now looking into having a vaginal delivery with your next baby? You’re not alone! Vaginal Delivery after Cesarean, aka “VBACs” are becoming increasingly common compared to yesteryears. Keep reading to find out if
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4 Tips For How To Take Care of “Down There”
Getting to know your own anatomy and feeling comfortable discussing what is normal and not normal is an important part of addressing pelvic floor dysfunction. This may come more or less easily to different individuals for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to, your upbringing, your community and religion, and your social circle.
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Mythbusters! Pelvic Floor Edition – Part 1
MythBusters! Pelvic Floor Edition- Part 1 Have you recently been scrolling on social media while “sittervising” your kids at Twin Silos or Spring Creek Canyon Park and been introduced to the very opinionated world of online pelvic floor physical therapy? You may have seen bold statements like “never do kegals!” or “stop doing this if
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Why Did I Start Leaking at 50!? Overcoming Leaking!
As a healthcare professional, I recently had a patient named Anna* who came to me for a pelvic floor evaluation. Anna is a 50-year-old woman who has two grown adult children and recently retired. She loves to hike and run and was enjoying her newfound freedom until she began experiencing bothersome pelvic floor symptoms that
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Do you have a “tight” pelvic floor? Get those muscles to relax!
Do you have a “tight” pelvic floor? So, you’ve been doing research on the internet and have diagnosed yourself with an “overactive” or “hypertonic” or “tight pelvic floor” – now what? How do you get those muscles to chill out and relax? As we inhale, our diaphragm (breathing muscle) moves downward to enlarge our chest
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Know Your Pelvic Floor – Return to Running Part 3
Are you a new mom that’s recently postpartum and looking to get back into running? Well first of all, go back and check out my first video and try those four strength training exercises to increase your lower extremity strength and stability. If you’ve done that and you’re feeling strong, you aren’t having any
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Prevent Leaking While You Sneeze With This One Easy Trick
Prevent leaking while you sneeze with this easy trick! The “Knack” is a Knack! Knack /nak/ noun: an acquired or natural skill at performing a task Do you leak when sneezing, coughing, or laughing? When we sneeze, laugh and cough there is increased pressure placed down on the pelvic floor from above which can lead
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Know Your Pelvic Floor – Return to Run Postpartum
Video Transcript: Are you a mom who is looking to get back into running during the postpartum period? Well, I have 4 really great exercises to give you to help improve your overall lower leg strength and stability to help you get there. So with all exercises during the postpartum period, we want to
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Know Your Pelvic Floor
Video Transcript:Hi! I’m Sam the pelvic floor physical therapist at Up and Running Physical Therapy, and today I wanted to speak to you about the pelvic floor. If you’ve been keeping up with any of my blogs, then you probably know a little bit more than the average human about what the pelvic floor
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Why I Use Bladder Diaries To Help My Patients
A bladder diary is a log of how much a person drinks in a day, how much they urinate and if they experience any leaking. This information can give us great insight into a person’s daily routine and habits and be used as an assessment tool. I typically have patients with “overactive bladder” or increased
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