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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April 24, 2018
Today, I am thrilled to share a guest blog from my teaching partner Susan Clinton linking voice to postural control and pelvic health. She and I worked together to develop an introductory online module to share concepts like these that we are happy to announce is now eligible for CEUs! Check it out…knowledge bombs await! […]
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November 27, 2017
Q: Hey Julie! I find that now when I don’t think about engaging my pelvic floor with exertions at the gym, but still concentrate on good form that I experience very few pelvic organ prolapse symptoms. But when I overly focus on my breath/alignment/pelvic floor then I am more likely to feel symptoms. What gives? […]
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August 1, 2017
Nothing like a week in the woods with your church community and family to remind one that we are designed to be in and for relationships. Doing life together for a week…deepened old and started new connections. Our family capped our week away with 24-hours in San Francisco, including a bucket list trip to see […]
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November 7, 2016
Today marks the end of my sabbatical. It was in a word…busy. Busier than I had intended, but I was getting ahead on some important projects and spending some important time with family, and friends. I did find some quiet time in there for myself, for which I am very grateful. In the midst, I […]
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May 17, 2015
Q: Hey, Julie! Can your Pelvic Floor ever act automatically again without having to think about it? L A: Take heart! I do think many women can achieve an automatic response from their pelvic floor again, as a part of the whole continence system. But we have to train the system for that. So I take […]
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July 15, 2014
Welcome back to our blog series on Male Pelvic Health. In part one, Sarah Haag introduced us to the basic issues and common diagnoses experienced by men. In part two, she offered an understanding of how pelvic physical therapy can address pelvic pain when an infection is no longer, or never was, the culprit (often mis-diagnosed […]
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July 9, 2014
A new pelvic floor product is getting lots of press called the KGoal. I have to say I am not that excited about yet another product that sells isolated pelvic floor strengthening. I am sure the KGoal and all products of its kind do a great job at what they are sold to do…teach you […]
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February 17, 2014
Dear Dr. Oz, You always tackle tough topics for your audience, and for that I am grateful. You have opened the door for conversations between women’s health practitioners like myself and women within our communities. I have written in the past to comment and add suggestions on show topics, in hopes of contributing our most up to […]
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