Women are blessed to have the unique ability to contribute to, grow and nurture, and then give birth to baby humans. As a pelvic floor health specialist, I work mainly with women during pregnancy and postpartum. However I feel like we get distracted from the process that allows us to even get to that point […]

April marked stress awareness month! Unfortunately, I wrote this blog on 4/23, but due to traveling to Europe it never made an April Publish date! However I felt like it was important to continue with this topic since stress has become a very prominent issue that many women suffer from. (practically all of us if […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Happy February! The month of love, romance, glamour, spoiling, wooing and all the things in-between! This month is one of my favorite months to discuss sexual wellbeing and health with my clients because it is normally on their minds anyway, which makes it less awkward to have a full blown discussion about. This is one […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]