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Postpartum 101 – Part 2

Postpartum 101 – Part 2

Melissa Baudo2020-04-07T12:17:00-04:00August 13th, 2019|Categories: Pain Management Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Pelvic pain, postpartum recovery, Human pregnancy, Kegel exercise, Stress incontinence, postpartum, Childbirth, Postpartum period, Motherhood, Midwifery, Human reproduction, Laura Glazebrook, Medical specialties, Physical Therapy, Fecal incontinence, Urinary incontinence, Diastasis recti, incontinence, pain, health, Pelvic Floor, Women's Health|

Hello again, ladies! Our last blog on this topic introduced you to postpartum recovery and how Physical Therapists can bridge the disconnect between what we know and what we don’t regarding normal recovery. In this post, we will delve into two conditions that you may have heard of or even experienced before, how they can affect you, and how to get help. Number 1→ Diastasis Rectus Abdominis (otherwise known as Diastasis) Diastasis occurs when the rectus abdominis, or the “6 [...]

Oh Baby! What Happened To My Body?

Oh Baby! What Happened To My Body?

Alex Wilkins2023-12-21T14:44:02-05:00April 4th, 2018|Categories: Physical Therapists News, Wellness Articles, Dry Needling Articles, Pilates Articles, Women's Health Articles, Trigger Point Dry Needling Articles|Tags: dry needling, Medical specialties, Pseudoscience, Low back pain, Diastasis recti, Myofascial pain syndrome, Manual therapy, Clinical medicine, Myofascial trigger point, Soft tissue disorders, Nociception, Medicine, back pain, body, baby, massage, pain, health, Melissa Baudo, Physical Therapy|

By Melissa Baudo Marchetti Calling all moms! Have you recently had a baby, or still struggling with post baby pain and weakness? Pregnancy places high demand on the musculoskeletal system and can be very traumatic for some women leaving them with myofascial pain, internal pelvic pain, nerve pain, diastasis recti (a gapping in the abdominal muscles), weakness in the core from a C-section, neck and shoulder pain from holding your newborn baby, and much more. In December, after a five-year [...]