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Pelvic girdle pain
What’s actually causing pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain and what can you do about it?
Pregnancy after Prolapse
Personal experience and thoughts about getting pregnant after a prolapse. How did I get ready and how have I been up until my third trimester.
Tension headaches in the Pelvic Floor?
We are all familiar with the concept of tension headache, but what about the pelvic floor? How can stress and tension affect the function of your pelvic floor?
What hypopressives have taught me
I list the biggest lessions I’ve learnt from hypopressives. Both practicing them in a personal level, but also coaching this technique to other women.
Myth Busting Hypopressives
Myth busting three common misconceptions about hypopressives.
Do hypopressives work?
Do hypopressives work for prolapse, incontinence, avulsion, bowel symptoms, pelvic pain or diastasis recti? The short answer is - YES! And it takes about 4 weeks to notice improvements.
Can Meditation Heal Your Pelvic Floor?
We’re very used to working with our somatic nervous system in rehab and when we’re working out, but that’s only a sliver of our entire nervous system and the bigger picture of pelvic floor function. It can be incredibly helpful to look at the other half of our peripheral nervous system when we’re recovering from pelvic floor dysfunction.
Benefits of Hypopressives
You’ll experience many benefits when you start practicing hypopressives and it’s one of the strengths of the technique. It’s also why people who start to practice hypopressives stick with it too; that, and the fact that it reduces their symptoms and allows them to get back to the activities they actually want to be doing.
I have a prolapse, now what?
Do you feel a bulge, pressure or like your insides are falling out? You are not alone, I’ve been there too and it’s a horrible feeling. Prolapses are very common but there is so much you can do and a lot of help is available to support you in your recovery. I’ve put together a comprehensive list of what you can do to feel better and get back to doing all the things you love.
Some love the gym, others love yoga
Hypopressive exercises and pelvic floor exercises are often put agains onet the another and on the opposite sides. It’s a starting point where you are made to choose a side, but it doesn’t necessarily lead us anywhere helpful.
Pelvic health every day
Pelvic floor habits for every day life
What are hypopressives and how can can they help my pelvic floor?
The fail safe advice for women when dealing with pelvic floor symptoms - and even in the absence of any - is to do daily pelvic floor exercises. We know they are important and studies have shown they can improve symptoms, especially incontinence or leaking. But what if they aren’t improving what you are going through?