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 17, 2024
What’s new with Running and Prolapse (POP)? Not only is it Pelvic Organ Prolapse Awareness month, but we also celebrated Global Running Day in early June. So for our next research round-up, let’s talk about what we can glean from recent studies that discuss the prevalence of POP in activities that involve running. What do we […]
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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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May 12, 2022
Q: Is there ever a situation where leaks with lifting is okay? Asking for a friend A: Short answer: A very contextualized yes. Long answer: Keep reading. The CrossFit Open always brings these questions to my inbox, and DMs. I get sent links to reels and tiktoks either downplaying it, accepting it, celebrating it, or […]
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February 21, 2021
Time to monitor and modify. Continuing our Mama Talk series on go-to strategies to help moms navigate and interpret the 6-8 week all clear from their doctor to return to fitness. Today, we need to break down the advice doctors often give – “listen to your body”. This is a tricky one…. “Listen To Your […]
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January 24, 2021
I posted this on my social media platforms and wanted it to be documented here too. It is my hope as we keep pressing forward. Stumbling Forward-2021 As I stumble forward along with you into an already intense 2021, I wanted to commit to paper what I hope happens here. My goals on all my […]
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November 7, 2019
Want to build diastasis tension? Load it! I find that I need to load the fascia of my fit mamas in a way that matches how hard they are used to working out. The more intensity they are familiar with, the more I need to load their fascia to create a change. We usually lay […]
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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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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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