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…
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…
Questions from You to Me: How the DVD Workouts Fit Together
I have a 2nd degree uterine prolapse at 24, after my 2nd 10lb+ baby. I am not petite, but no one expected me to have such large babies. I was…
Still Seeing Progress Years After Delivering My Third!
I noticed something awesome last night at my 4 year-old’s soccer game. I have blogged in the past that I continue to experience prolapse symptoms when I yell or cheer…
Activity is the Best Medicine You Can Give Yourself
I just returned from a continuing education course in which the primary message delivered was that the human body is driven by activity. It is our activity level throughout our…
Questions from You to Me: What You Recommend vs. What Whole Woman Recommends
I have performed Kegel exercises off and on in the past then I read on “WholeWoman.com“, Christine Kent wrote that Kegel exercises can actually worsen a prolapse and cause further…
Questions from You to Me: Hypertone of the Pelvic Floor
My sister has been diagnosed with a pelvic floor that is always contracting. Will your DVD help her?” If your sister’s diagnosis is hypertone of her pelvic floor, then she really…
Schooling Up on Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: How Working Knowledge Can Drive Positive Changes
by guest blogger, Michelle Herbst, MPT, DPT As a young lady, I loved the start of a new school year. When I heard the late summer locusts calling, my eager anticipation began of…