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April 24, 2017
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CONSISTENT, HEALTHY, AWARENESS. What Are Your Butt Muscles Doing Right Now??

Consistent Healthy Awareness Now Grow Empowered Awareness “You cannot change anything that you are not aware of and education is key to creating that awareness.” This is our philosophy at Motivate and therefore it is a truly essential step towards getting on and staying on the path towards health and wellness. Two things we hear […]
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April 17, 2017
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CONSISTENT, HEALTHY, AWARENESS. How Balanced Are You?

Consistent Healthy Awareness Now Grow Empowered HEALTHY Outlook and Input Just the word “healthy” often makes people cringe. We hold ourselves to such high standards that they become impossible to reach. But now that you are committed to establishing consistent habits, the next step is, assessing if they are healthy habits. In the previous blog, “Consistent,” […]
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March 14, 2017
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Consistent, Healthy, Awareness. How Deep Are Your Roots?

At Motivate Therapy our motto is “CHANGE Starts Here.” Aside from the standard definition of change, to make or become different, we define CHANGE as: Consistent Healthy Awareness Now Grow Empowered CONSISTENCY Naturally, as a therapist, I find the human body to be awe-inspiring. I also feel the same about nature. And if you are […]
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February 16, 2017
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The Motivate Movement

What is the Motivate Movement? It is what we STAND for. It is what we BELIEVE in. It is a reflection of what we have learned to be the true steps towards being happy, healthy, and living life fully. We are educators of the truths of what makes all the millions of parts that go […]
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January 5, 2017
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Is It Normal to Pee and Poo at the Same Time?

This is an interesting question many of our patients ask. There are many muscles (both voluntary and involuntary) that are involved in helping one to both urinate and pass stool. These muscles have dual functions — holding urine and stool in, and passing urine and stool to the outside world. The muscles that help to […]
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April 29, 2016
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HEALTHY GUT = HAPPY PELVIC FLOOR AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLES

If it’s in your gut it’s in your pelvic floor. Soluble and Insoluble fibers are important for health, digestion, and preventing diseases. Fiber does way more than just keep you regular. It can help lower cholesterol, keep your blood sugar stable, and make it easier to lose weight. Fiber plays an important role in your […]
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December 1, 2015
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Give Yourself The Gift Of Water

Fatigue, constipation, moodiness and irritability are commonly felt over the holiday season and when traveling.  Although the holidays are mostly considered a joyous time of year, physically, mentally and emotionally our bodies can really take a beating. We have tendencies to eat foods that are not typical to our normal daily routine, consume more alcoholic, […]
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November 10, 2015
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Pelvic Pain

Pain is a good thing. It might not seem like it all the time–when we accidentally hit our thumb instead of the nail with a hammer, or when we bump our head against an unexpectedly low edge–but it is a helpful mechanism. Pain tells our body that we have tissue damage somewhere, therefore cueing us […]
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November 9, 2015
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Fitness and Pelvic Health

Being an Occupational Therapist specializing in Pelvic Floor health and a power lifter for recreation and health, I over hear many things at the gym. Women and men making comments of always having to run to the bathroom during classes and work-outs, talks about leakage with running and jumping, bouts of constipation since they started […]
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August 6, 2015
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Does Sex Hurt?

It seems to be common knowledge that what men need in the bedroom very much differs from what women want and need. However I think both genders would agree that feeling safe and supported are two common denominators towards successful intimate relations with their partner. If a woman ever experiences pain with vaginal penetration, whether […]
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