“Looks like you’re 10 centimeters dilated. It’s time to start pushing! I want you to hold your breath and push as hard as you can for the next 10 seconds!” If you’ve never had a baby, these are often the words you’ll hear from your medical providers when it’s time Read more…
If you’ve ever been pregnant before, you may have experienced the sharp, shooting pain in the front of your pelvis that many refer to as “lightning crotch.” Most often, it happens with a quick step out to the side or with rolling or getting up after sitting for a while. Read more…
Picture this: you’re walking into your house, key in the door, and all of sudden you get that urge to pee. RIGHT NOW. It’s an EMERGENCY, and if you don’t go right this second, you’re absolutely going to pee your pants. In the medical world, we call this urinary urgency Read more…
Have you ever been in a yoga class, doing downward dog, just to switch positions and have the loudest and most embarrassing noise come out? Except this time it’s not from the backside, but from your vag? You may have heard it called a queef, or vaginal flatulence, but regardless, Read more…
Watch this. Breath is a foundational tool that we begin with and use all throughout your PT journey (seriously, we wrote an entire blog post about it). But we also do a whole lot more than that! Something that sets us apart in our approach to PT is that we treat Read more…
Afraid you won’t make it to the other side without getting wet? We can help you achieve that goal! 80% of postpartum moms and MANY women who are not postpartum deal with leakage. It’s not normal but common and very treatable! Some of the treatments Pelvic Health PTs use are: Read more…
Ah, the magical wand of pelvic health physical therapy🧚♀️✨ Have you ever wondered what we actually do in pelvic health physical therapy and what your treatment may include? The device that Dr. Lindsay is holding in the photo is a pelvic wand by Intimate Rose, and it may be prescribed Read more…
“I wish I knew about you all with my first baby…” It’s tough being a human in the world. You only know what you know, and you do the best you can with the information you have at any given time. We see a lot of mammas on their 2nd Read more…
Low-back and SI joint pain seem to accompany the postpartum period like leakingnipples and the need for adult diapers: unwelcome, yet very present. Pelvic instability is natural after birth due to all of those friendly hormones, like relaxing,still sticking around, and some even increasing (like prolactin, which helps your bodyproduce Read more…