Pelvic health has gone from a taboo topic to a more widely accepted and marketed category of healthcare. The healthcare industry is so happy that there has been this mindset shift in the world, however it still is not as publicly recognized as needed. For example(s) it’s still not a standard of healthcare for women […]

Welcome back to the Belle Blog! I hope you enjoyed last week’s piece over sexual health and wellness. There were many components to that topic, so it was really difficult to cover them all. Next week’s blog will be covering common pain dysfunctions that surround women’s sexual wellness. For this week, we’re just going to […]

We are going to be discussing what are the best physical activities and practices that also help improve your pelvic floor health! This is going to vastly vary among people due to everyone has their own pelvic floor journey. As a physical therapist, and someone with an exercise physiology background, I am a strong advocate […]

We all love goal setting. Especially women! We love setting that goal or writing that To-Do list with the little boxes next to each task, just for us to have that satisfying moment of checking the box. However many times in January, as we all set our health, fitness, and financial goals for the year, […]

Hey mama, ready to learn some easy tricks to add glute and core strengthening to your weekly routine?  Yes, I know you are incredibly busy.  Even if you are not a mom yet, you’re likely still busy and feel like there is minimal time in your schedule to add another task to do.  So let’s […]

Happy December friends!  I hope all of you have been enjoying your Christmas season and are embracing the season of giving.   As November faded and December arrived, I was reminded that we are leaving the season of gratitude and entering the season of giving and rejoicing.   This is personally both my favorite and […]

Now that we have learned what the core is, and what happens to the core while the baby is growing (DRA). So if you have any questions about Diastasis, go check out this blog! Let’s cover intra-abdominal pressure and what role it plays with the core musculature. Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is the steady state pressure […]

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 […]

This past weekend I had the privilege of attending the Uncaged Clinician’s Live Event 2022 in Denver, CO. First of all, it was an amazing and humbling experience. I cannot express how thankful I am for the Uncaged Clinician company for putting this event together. There were many fantastic speakers (I mean all of them […]

How Building a stronger core is not as complicated as everyone thinks.  You see, as we discussed in last week’s blog the core is made up of multiple parts: the diaphragm, the abdominals (TA), spine stabilizers, and your pelvic floor.  One of the most searched topics on Google is: “How to strengthen my core” and […]