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…
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…
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…
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…
Question from You to Me: Exercises When Short on Time
Once you work through all of the workouts featured on our DVD, you will likely find a few that will be your “favorites” and that’s okay. The exercises we like…
Give Your Tail Bone a Lift!
Did you know that if you don’t extend your tail bone, your pelvic floor will never fire with optimal strength? A tucked under tail bone takes our pelvic floor, which…
Mis-Information About Kegels
I recently read through two different sites with the bloggers writing about how Kegels are worthless. If I could delete these entries just as quick as I read them, I…
Pelvic Floor in “Inside Triathlete” Magazine
I can hardly contain my excitement. I just sat down with the latest issue of Inside Triathlon (March/April 2010) magazine and came across an article by Torbjorn Sindballe. He was…
Getting Back into Daily Activities and Exercise
I just finished a morning run and I was thinking about how running has helped to strengthen my pelvic floor. These were thoughts I needed and wanted to share with…