Dear Canadian Running: Are Leaks with Running ‘No Big Deal’?
August 19, 2019
Women can give max effort in sport and remain dry. The same strategies we use to improve performance and reduce injury will also improve leaks with running.
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Return To Run: considerations for the female runner
July 24, 2019
I am fresh off debuting my new Treating and Training the Female Runner course in the UK. I was grateful and honored to be hosted by Emma Brockwell** (aka @physiomumuk, co-founder of @pelvicroar and co-author of the recently published Return to Running Postnatal Guidelines). Folks came from all over the World-Ireland, Scotland, Bulgaria, Iceland, Finland, […]
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Pelvic Health and BMI: What’s the Connection?
June 26, 2019
Please stop talking to my patients about their BMI. Pelvic Health and BMI. I grew up as an orthopedic/sports medicine physical therapist. If I had a dollar for every patient (male and female) I have treated in my 23 years as a PT who was told by their medical provider that weight loss would get […]
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Podcast Interview with Maestro on the Mic
April 22, 2019
This was just plain fun. I so appreciate when folks like @themovementmaestro (Shante) choose to share their platforms on topics like this. I also appreciate all that Shante brings from her own experience and passions to the conversation. Listen in…integrating the pelvic floor and abdominal health issues isn’t as crazy as it sounds. And if you treat […]
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Can we talk about diastasis research?
March 13, 2019
Dear Diastasis Community-Can we talk about diastasis research? Recently, I returned to school to pursue my DPT (a clinical doctorate in physical therapy). My middle schooler and high schooler have assured me that it can’t possibly be as hard as what they are studying, so I am not allowed any whining. Which sucks because Pharmacology […]
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The Pelvic Health Podcast: Double Unders, Running, and SUI
February 25, 2019
A short excerpt from Lori Forner about the podcast: Physiotherapist Julie Wiebe and I have a very candid conversation about how impact activities like double unders (skipping) and running influence the pelvic floor and how we may use what research we have, as well as our clinical minds, to address these biomechanics on dysfunction like […]
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Soul Mammas Podcast: Why to pay attention to your pelvic floor health postpartum. What’s normal and not postpartum.
January 28, 2019
I so appreciate when folks share their platforms to help empower and educate women on pregnancy recovery, pelvic and abdominal health and return to fitness for mamas. I adore getting to talk about helping moms and it’s always extra special to get to talk about being a mom too. Enjoy. Listen apple podcasts or stitcher […]
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Quick Question! How Should I Breathe When I Squat?
January 16, 2019
Dear Julie, quick question! How should I breathe when I squat? A lot of my inquiries start this way. Quick questions don’t always have quick answers. Nor should they. Formula seekers….beware….this post is likely not for you. In any learning endeavor, we must understand basics first, lay a foundation. This gives us a language and […]
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Engine Mom Podcast: Pregnancy Recovery, Returning to Fitness, & the Pelvic Floor
October 8, 2018
Check out @the_engine_mom podcast for this episode. Got to be more than just a PT on this one. Listen in here or here on stitcher ・・・ Episode 55 of The Engine Mom Podcast with Julie Wiebe, PT is available now! Julie Wiebe is physical therapist with over twenty years of clinical experience in both Sports Medicine and […]
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How bad is my diastasis?
September 25, 2018
In a recent blog, we discussed a normal diastasis gap, a naturally occurring separation necessary for the function of the abdominal wall. Growing in our understanding of what is normal or natural before having children, can help us establish more appropriate rehabilitation and fitness expectations, programs and goals for pregnancy and pregnancy recovery (please read this […]
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