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May 25, 2021
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Awareness Changes Everything After Pregnancy; Breast Feeding

Abnormal postures can carry over into the postpartum period and add to the common activity stressors of breastfeeding/chestfeeding or bottle feeding, carrying your baby and not to mention all of the other duties that don’t disappear after that sweet munchkin arrives such as laundry, returning to work, and engaging in much needed mommy self-care. It […]
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May 24, 2021
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Pregnancy and Postural Awareness: Strength through Stability

With childbirth comes many gifts: ????a beautiful baby or babies, ????a newfound motherly love, ???? and a brand new body! Yes, let’s see it as a gift. With this new body often comes structural integrity issues (think “loosey goosey”). Following pregnancy, many new mamas experience something called Diastasis Recti Abdominus or DRA, where the front […]
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May 17, 2021
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Rehab is about setting the Reset Button

Healthy habits during pregnancy, and after, should include a consistent massage and movement routine, prescribed by a licensed therapist. “Let’s face it you won’t have the “perfect” posture during pregnancy all of the time because that would mean you’re some type of magical unicorn. Don’t fret the next best thing we can do is give […]
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May 13, 2021
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Age Gracefully with Postural Awareness

Postural awareness NEEDS to be be on everyone’s radar when it comes to aging gracefully. This month we are talking about posture during and after the mothering stage of life. This is SO crucial because it CHANGES your body. But hormones are changing us all the time, fyi. And if you are either not aware […]
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April 22, 2021
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Tissue Pliability; OT’s Role in Pelvic Health

Occupational therapists utilize specialized manual interventions to prepare clients for ideal occupational performance. The goal to increase tissue pliability through connective tissue manipulation will help to reduce muscle tightness and fascial restrictions; by promoting fluid flow for tissue health. Otherwise known as “skin rolling” this technique can be incredibly effective in normalizing the blood, nerve, […]
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April 19, 2021
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Behavioral Awareness: Create Consistent Healthy Habits

A primary skill of occupational therapists is the ability to utilize activity analysis where we examine the demands of tasks and how a patient performs them. We then identify either environmental barriers and/or unhealthy habits that if changed could improve upon the client’s performance. Through education we bring awareness to these adverse behaviors and promote […]
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March 23, 2021
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Pelvic Pain Release Position for Chronic Pain Management

This is a really great position for relief of any back, abdominal or pelvic related discomfort. It could be performed before or after any aggravating activity to see if it gives you relief. Try giving it a “pre” and “post” pain or discomfort score. This encourages you to be aware of how you feel before […]
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March 16, 2021
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It’s All Connected- Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP)

When it comes to treating the “Whole Person” Motivate Therapy has a unique approach in that we see the “whole you.” We are truly six “bodies in one. Not just a “physical body but an integration of six moving parts, as the picture depicts. This is why, when treating symptoms of chronic pain and illness,  […]
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February 21, 2021
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Stress-Free Meal Planning

Join Denise for a fun conversation about a real-life topic; how to survive the week while living in a stressful world, all while having to feed yourself and, perhaps, your family a healthy meal in way that allows for stress-free, quality sit-down time. While also…. ????Raising children, caring for others ????????‍????‍????????Balancing a social life ????working […]
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