November 20, 2024
You got the 411- female athlete pelvic health is a thing. You’ve added some questions to your intake, and your athlete told you they have leaks while running-now what? How do you interpret pelvic health symptoms as a part of the whole clinical picture? You got this! Bring your sports physical therapy (physio), strength and […]
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November 10, 2024
Y’all. This is big. Recently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) published an expert consensus statement focusing on the specific health needs athletic females (bio-sex) (Moore et al, 2022). The authors identified 10 female athlete health domains to prioritize in research. The domains will assist with consistency of research classification, communication, and reporting: menstrual and gynecological […]
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June 28, 2023
Recently, I attended the Female Athlete Conference. After decades of working to get a seat at the table to have folks consider the needs of the female athlete, what a switch to be surrounded by 100’s of others with the same passion. I was immersed in all-things female* athlete, and it was glorious. Female […]
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July 24, 2022
Weight training and prolapse-is it OK? Asking for a friend. Short Answer: Yes. Long answer: keep reading. A No-No? Heavy weight training activities like CrossFit© are often No-No’s in the conversation around pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Many women are advised to avoid these strenuous loads during pregnancy and beyond due to a potential for POP. […]
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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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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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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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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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August 13, 2018
The CrossFit Games have come and gone, but the conversations it stirs inside both rehab and fitness carry on! I had a conversation with CrossFit Headquarters last winter on all things pelvic health and pelvic health messaging inside their community (both female and male). The topics we covered are still relevant today as CrossFit pushes […]
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May 29, 2018
Q: : I am just curious for your thoughts about how long I can keep running while pregnant. I have seen some of your posts on pregnant CrossFitters modifying workouts while pregnant. Some of my pelvic floor physio friends say to stop running at the latest when I am 16 weeks pregnant. I am currently 14 weeks […]
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