Safe home exercises for diastasis recti
What is Diastasis? Diastasis Recti is a separation between the rectus abdominus muscles. The tissue is not torn!! It is thinning and widening of the line alba (connective tissue in the midline of the abdomen) . This separation is completely normal and necessary when the belly expands by the third trimester of pregnancy. In […]
How to prevent leaking when you jump
Do you pee when you jump or run? How about when you sneeze or cough? Leakage is something females deal with (in fact 1 in 3 women), but we don’t have to continually live with it. Leakage isn’t occurring only in females who have given birth either. Young women involved in sports, “report stress urinary […]
Key factors in back pain resilience
“A paradigm shift from a tissue- and disease-based approach towards individually tailored multimodal lifestyle interventions should lead to improved outcomes and decrease the psychological and socioeconomic burden of chronic pain.” –Joe Nijs Lifestyle factors play a vital role in back pain recovery. Too often education surrounding back pain is about the negative factors affecting […]
The pelvic floor – breath connection
The Connected Breath Breathing is powerfully impactful for the pelvic floor. It is also a profound tool for help with Diastasis Recti . Your pelvic floor muscles work automatically with the breath but there are ways to slow down and begin to connect. Breathing is a simple place to start connecting to your pelvic floor. I […]
Back pain in the water polo athlete
“What happens underwater, stays underwater.” […]
Change Your Posture By Breathing
“Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances.” – Maya Angelou The best posture is your next posture The typical way we are told to fix our posture is to stand up straight, lift your head, and throw your shoulders back. To maintain this position as the only way […]
Get PT First
“The doctor of the future will give no medication but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” – Thomas Edison If you have ever dealt with an injury and inability to live your vibrant, active life then finding quality care is of […]
Taming Your Sweet Tooth (Part II)
If you scroll down a couple posts you can read Part one of Taming your sweet tooth. Part II has arrived in the form of my new Ebook. It is called How To Tame Your Sweet Tooth: A Remedy. I refer to it a sustainable clean eating guide. I hope to shine a light […]
Simple Instant Pot Chicken Soup (don’t forget the wine)
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup” -Ludwig van Beethoven What is an Instant Pot? Basically it is a new fangled pressure cooker. It can act in place of your slow cooker, pressure cooker, rice cooker, and yogurt maker. The Instant Pot makes cooking simple and quick. It allows you to […]
Taming Your Sweet Tooth part I
“A party without cake is just a meeting.” -Julia Child Sugar Free Remedy “Sugar in all its forms is the root cause of our obesity epidemic and most of the chronic disease sucking the life out of our citizens and our economy.” Dr. Mark Hyman. He also says, sugar is 8 times as addictive as […]
