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Rebuilding your core and pelvic floor after birth, whether your baby is six weeks or six years old. Once postpartum, always postpartum.
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There is a moment so many women remember clearly. You are six weeks postpartum, sitting in a paper gown, and someone tells you that you are cleared. Cleared to exercise.…
Read article → Postpartum Healing: Why Cleared at Six Weeks Does Not Mean You Are HealedFor many women, a C-section scar is more than just a scar. It can feel tight, numb, painful, sensitive, swollen, tethered, or deeply restrictive. Some women experience pulling sensations years…
Read article → C-Section Scar Healing with Regenerative Technology: A New Approach to Postpartum RecoveryBy Dr. Allison Feldt, PT, DPT | Body Motion Physical Therapy If you’re newly postpartum and wondering, “What should my pelvic floor PT visit actually look like?” you’re in the…
Read article → The Postpartum PT Evaluation You Deserve (and How It Gets You Back to Life)A cesarean section is a major abdominal surgery, and while many new moms are told they will “heal” in six weeks, the truth is more complex. Recovery happens in stages,…
Read article → How Long Does It Really Take to Heal From a C-Section?As providers, we often see women present with chronic hip pain, sciatica, persistent low back pain, or even painful intercourse years after giving birth. What many do not realize is…
Read article → Why Healing C-Section Scars Matters for Women’s HealthAshlyn started coming to Body Motion PT after delivering her first kid. She had a pretty traumatic 3rd-degree tear that reopened during her recovery. (No one had given her instructions…
Read article → Postpartum Pelvic RecoveryIf there is one thing that went away after I had kids, it was the confidence I had in my own skin and body. I always HAD body image issues…
Read article → Infusing passion and libido back into your body as a MOTHERThe pelvic floor is the foundation of our core strength and support our joints and skeleton. That is why prioritizing pelvic floor healing is essential postpartum. As a Pelvic Expert…
Read article → Kegel’s Don’t Help With Postpartum HealingAt 6 weeks most people are cleared to return to their normal routines postpartum. But running full steam ahead can lead to lingering postpartum issues so to safely heal postpartum…
Read article → Top 3 Things To Avoid Postpartum To Prevent IssuesLeaking Urine Isn’t Normal During Pregnancy Or Postpartum Leaking urine is a sign of pelvic floor tightness, which stress, trauma, fitness levels, environment, and previous infections can cause. Because the…
Read article → Things I Wish I Knew Before My First BirthOkay. So you’ve had a C-section. Now we want to start to get the C-section scar mobile and also desensitized. What does that even mean? That means that you start…
Read article → Scar Desensitization For Optimal C-Section HealingMy very best friend is pregnant with number 4 (well she was when I started writing this email). I updated it to share the epic ending. She lives across the…
Read article → Breech, Version, C-section, Tubal LigationReady when you are
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