March is endometriosis awareness month so naturally the first blog is going to be another educational post on the condition of endometriosis. According to WHO, around 10% of all women and girls are diagnosed with endometriosis, and honestly this is probably an underestimate. In many countries, the general public and most front-line healthcare providers are […]

Happy Monday my friend! In honor of February and Valentine’s Day we are going to be talking about a variety of pelvic floor dysfunction’s that can cause painful intercourse, otherwise known as dyspareunia. This is unfortunately common in our society, and it should be a direct referral to a pelvic floor physical therapist. However our […]

Today’s blog is going to be an all encompassing discussion about bladder health. We will get a chance to answer those burning questions of:What’s urgency? How many times am I supposed to go to the bathroom?What does incontinence mean? You might be experiencing a bladder related pelvic floor dysfunction if you experience symptoms such as […]

Pregnancy is a special time when a woman’s body changes to allow the fetus to grow and prosper. Most women in the third-trimester love feeling their “bump” that will one day be their baby, however, there are some anatomical changes that come with this… You can imagine that a growing baby will eventually take up […]

The core has become a popular topic in the past year. Many women have so many questions about the core whether it’s just to strengthen it more effectively or rehabilitate it after childbirth. In order to understand how to strengthen the core, we must first understand what the core is, and why that’s important. The […]

Many women go through middle school and high school without ever knowing what ovaries actually are. Ovaries are small round shaped glands that are attached to the uterus via the fallopian tubes. Ovaries store eggs, which are what a female body releases during ovulation. If sperm is present to fertilize the egg, that’s how a […]

If you feel like you may be suffering from endometriosis, then I want to reassure you that there. is. hope. The journey to being diagnosed with endometriosis can be long, stressful, and unnerving with the “unknown” hanging in the air. However once you are diagnosed there are often not too many answers given to you. […]

Endometriosis is considered an incurable disorder where endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus during the menstrual cycle. In a normal menstrual cycle, the endometrium grows tissue inside the uterus, and then it’s sloughed off during the period. Endometriosis can be painful due to the tissue that builds up and does not have anywhere to go. […]

When women are asked where their baby is in their belly, most cannot answer. When you ask young girls or young adult women what the uterus is, they honestly have no idea unless they have had advanced anatomy classes. The uterus is an organ that plays an important role in female reproduction and menstrual cycles. […]

Now that we have learned what the bladder is, let’s talk about the most common problems you can experience with it. I like to use the word “dysfunction” instead of disease during these educational blogs. Dysfunction implies that it is just a temporary problem that has a solution! Think of a bladder dysfunction as a […]