Currently, there are no national/international guidelines that standardise practice and offer a framework for healthcare professionals to work with women who wish to return to running postpartum. For many women, factors such as low back/pelvic pain, urinary incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse limit their success with returning to meaningful activity and there is little structured […]
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Post-Natal Healing
I see a lot of patients post-natal for a variety of reasons (incontinence, pain, prolapse, diastasis recti, etc). The common theme of my discussions with these patients is how the body heals, and how long it takes after having a baby. It takes 12-18 months to heal after giving birth… read that sentence again… 12-18 […]
I Pee When I Jump… I Pee All The Time
Women commonly come into the clinic telling me about how they pee when the run, do jumping jacks, or when they sneeze, and say “but I’ve had children, so it’s normal”, or “I’ve always leaked a little with activity”. Or, women come into the clinic and tell me about how they pee every hour or […]
