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5 Common Pregnancy Complaints
Pregnancy may be classified as one of the most beautiful and natural events in a woman’s life. However, growing another human being inside your body could also be uncomfortable and difficult. Many struggles during pregnancy revolve around a woman’s changing body and pain related to pelvic health. Here are the five most common pregnancy complaints…
Read More3 Ways To Exercise Your Pelvic Floor
There are a number of different ways you can exercise your pelvic floor muscles, and it’s more than just kegels. If you’ve fallen pregnant, given birth, experienced bladder or bowel leakage (incontinence), pelvic organ prolapse or diastasis recti, pelvic floor exercises can help your body recover. Here are 3 exercises to help you…
Read More3 Tips to Stop Peeing During Workouts (and Anywhere Else)
Bladder leaks during workouts are common, especially during high-impact exercise like aerobics, running and some exercises in bootcamp and crossfit. Double unders, heavy cleans and box jumps are notorious for causing wet undies. Even though peeing your pants during exercise (or any other time) might be common, it’s definitely not normal, and you can fix…
Read More2nd EndoActive Endometriosis Conference
EndoActive is hosting their 2nd Endometriosis Conference in Sydney Australia on September 9, and judging by the agenda it’s going to be awesome! I attended their 1st conference back in 2015 and it was nothing short of amazing. Seeing hundreds of women and girls with endometriosis and their families travelling from all over…
Read MorePeriod Proof Panties
Many of us use pads and tampons during our periods, but if you’re like many sensitive women, sometimes those harsh brands can irritate the lady bits. After having recently given birth, and having to wear “maternity” pads for postpartum bleeding, I faced this same issue. So that’s when I decided to give the ModiBodi…
Read MoreFrom Endometriosis & Chronic Pelvic Pain To Empowerment & Vitality
Not many years ago, I had barely even heard about endometriosis, until I embraced the world of pelvic floor physiotherapy / women’s health physical therapy. And as fate would have it, discovered that a lot of my own pain actually linked back to endometriosis. Endometriosis affects 1 in 10 women and 176 million women worldwide suffer…
Read More6 Specific Exercises Every Mother Must Practice After Perineal Tearing
HOME ABOUT LOGIN × Home About Products Birth Recovery Endometriosis Videos View More… Success Stories For Employers Book A Consultation Media Articles Birth Bladder & Bowel Endometriosis Hormones Menstrual Nutrition Pelvic Pain Pregnancy Recommendations Media Articles Subscribe Contact Members Area 3rd & 4th degree perineal tears are also known as Obstetric…
Read MoreWhy do Women have Back or Pelvic Pain during their Periods?
To understand why the back or pelvic hurts during a period, we need to understand the menstrual cycle and the changing levels of hormones. The menstrual cycle is made of a few main phases. The first phase, which is menstruation, begins on the first day of your period. During menstruation hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, are…
Read More12 Nutrition Tips to Reduce Endometriosis Pain
The Pelvic Expert’s Nutrition Advice: Endometriosis cannot simply be managed by surgery alone. It is a multi-system condition that requires an integrative approach. In my last few posts, I talked about how physiotherapy can help women suffering from endometriosis and introduced 6 simple exercises women could start at home to help manage their pain. In my last post, I discussed endometriosis, inflammation and…
Read MoreEndometriosis, Inflammation, & Thai Cuisine
Endometriosis cannot simply be managed by surgery alone. It is a multi-system condition that requires an integrative approach. In my last few posts, I talked about how physiotherapy can help women suffering from endometriosis and introduced 6 simple exercises women could start at home to help manage their pain. In this post, I will cover 6 nutrition tips that can help to…
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