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 […]

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 […]

Postpartum – from the Latin phrase post partum “after childbirth,” from post “after” + partum, accusative of partus “act of giving birth, childbirth. New moms are constantly searching for tips, tricks, and ways around the negative aspects of postpartum life. They google, search on Instagram, or even follow certain accounts on TikTok nowadays. It is […]

The fourth part of this series is going to cover the natural process of “Labor”. Now labor can happen many different ways and feel different for every woman. This is the phase that is the most unpredictable, and it is often a source of stress for new mamas. Disclaimer: This blog post is written in […]

The third trimester is like the climax of a story that leads to the final ending: labor & delivery. In the third trimester there are quite a few more visual physical changes in a mother’s body. The baby has begun to take over the majority of her abdomen, thus making the belly more profound than […]

You never understand Life until it grows inside of you. -Sandra chami kassis The second trimester is usually the favorite trimester for women. This is when your bump is beginning to gently show, but your pants still fit with an extender! Your shirts are becoming a little tight, but your bump is so adorable, you […]

One of my favorite topics to discuss with patients or other healthcare practitioners is the process of pregnancy and the process of labor and delivery. So I think it would be great to begin an educational series on each of the trimesters during pregnancy, and then the phases of labor. Women, in most cases, would […]

When I pull out my kit for dry needling, many people look at it and ask if I do acupuncture. Although the needles are the same, dry needling is very different from acupuncture. There are a lot of different articles about each of these types of modalities, but honestly unless you talk to a health […]

Pelvic floor physical therapy is an unknown field to most of the general population, especially depending on what city and state you are located in. Not only that, but the people that are aware that pelvic floor physical therapy exists, they think it’s purely for women who have had babies. There is a vast demographic […]