Steps You Can Take to Improve Your Symptoms of Incontinence Today
As a physical therapist and personal trainer, I am well aware of how daunting initiating a new exercise program can be. It is with this in mind that I wanted…
Go Aneaerobic for Better Health!
I was re-watching the 2010 Hawaii Ironman yesterday morning and one story of an 80 year-old competing in his 20th ironman stuck with me. At 80 years old, to still…
Questions from You to Me: The TA vs. the RA Muscles
Is there a difference (in terms of which muscles are activated) if you pull your belly up and in as opposed to just pulling it in? In other words does…
Work Extension as You Walk
Oh how I love to talk about extension! It is so important to maintain the natural extension of our spine that I can’t help but talk about it again. What…
‘Tis The Season
The holiday season can lead us into some traps that can have a direct or indirect effect on our pelvic floor function. Let’s take a closer look at three things…
Turning on the Muscles for Optimal Posture
I was just working with a patient, coaching her on posture, and found myself explaining how the multifidi and transversus abdominus muscles fight against one another. Our conversation went something…
Questions from You to Me: What Does the Back Pain Mean?
I am in pain after doing just the first workout (my lower back is really achy). Does that mean I did something wrong? Your back is likely aching because your…
Stress, Dietary Habits and Urge Incontinence: How to Calm the Urge
by guest blogger, Michelle Herbst, MPT, DPT The holiday season is upon us. Our to-do lists are getting longer. School continues to be in session and parent-teacher conferences have been…
Developing Pelvic Floor Endurance
I have been asked several times about the process of building up pelvic floor endurance, so I’ve decided to focus on this question in this blog entry. Perhaps one of…
Bladder 101: What is normal? What is not normal? What to do?
by guest blogger, Michelle Herbst, MPT, DPT In my last blog, Schooling Up On Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, the characteristics of a healthy pelvic floor were presented: “…a healthy pelvic floor…