The pelvic floor has a significant responsibility to help support our 3 pelvic organs and to hold enough tension to help control our bladder. The muscles that run from our pubic bone back to our tail bone, that span the area between our two sit bones, and that encircle the three openings from our pelvic [...]
If I could make a recording for you to play in your head throughout your day to help your pelvic floor symptoms, it would simply say, “Stick your buns out and draw your belly button up and in, stick your buns out and draw your belly button up and in.”
By following these simple instructions, you [...]
This is an entry about the power of positive change. Often changing just one part of our daily routine will lead to another positive change. This may be making a change to our posture, a commitment to eating healthier food, or an increase in our activity level. It’s amazing how great we feel when we [...]
I was recently send the article below that was just published this month. This is big information about the efficacy of pelvic floor exercise and I would argue even more so from pelvic basket strengthening. Remember there is no side effect to exercise, so use it as a first line of defense! Read below:
From Reuters Health Information
By [...]
We are excited to provide new exercises as a progression of our Hab It: Pelvic Floor DVD. The new 7-day workout was created at the request of many Hab It subscribers who have seen great success with the DVD, but want to further their pelvic floor and entire pelvic basket strength. Your goal may be [...]
It’s ironic that one year ago I was blogging about the benefits of women’s health physical therapy http://hab-it.com/blog/?p=199 . Here I am again, this time triggered by a great article at http://www.oprah.com/health/Womens-Health-Physical-Therapy-Pelvic-Floor-Rehab to promote women’s health physical therapy as a first line of defense in treatment of pelvic disorders.
Why should this be your first line of [...]
Following a previous blog entry, one of our Hab It subscribers posted an insightful comment. With her permission, I have posted it below:
“Thank GOD for you, Tasha. I have your DVD and I’m about 3 weeks into working steadily on the strengthening exercises. I have a uterine prolapse and like yourself (and a previous commenter) [...]
There are so many media outlets beginning to shed some light on the complications associated with pelvic surgery, more specifically, transvaginal mesh. Among the many articles, these are some examples:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/746285
http://jezebel.com/5821248/vaginal-mesh-proceed-at-your-own-risk
http://www.mesh411.com/
These articles highlight many of the reported complications that are irreversible if the mesh erodes through the tissue of the vaginal wall or the tissue [...]
Neutral spine posture is a key piece of the puzzle when working to rehabilitate pelvic floor dysfunction. It is one of the three key components of a successful rehabilitation program and probably the hardest to comply with. Why is it so hard to follow through on neutral spine posture? For those of [...]
The multifidi muscles are some of the most underused muscles in our body. This is the reality for many of us, but the problem is that they should be engaged throughout all of our daily activities. They lie very close to our spine and work to extend each individual vertebrae. This extension [...]
