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April 28, 2020
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ADL 101: Core Care at the Kitchen Sink and Counter

Pelvic health OT’s look at what Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) aggravate your symptoms (like leakage, prolapse or pain) and teach new, more effective ways to move. We can combine the core concepts learned with laundry, vacuuming, and bed mobility. Now we have to coordinate your upper and lower core so as to avoid “bending […]
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April 20, 2020
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ADL 101: Moving in Bed without Pain or Leakage

Make it to the bathroom on time. Start your day out right, without pain or leakage, Pelvic health OT’s look at what Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) aggravate your symptoms (like leakage, prolapse or pain) and teach new, more effective ways to move. Here is one we pelvic floor therapists hear a lot-the struggle to […]
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April 15, 2020
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ADL Awareness: Vacuuming for Pelvic (aka Core) Health:

Pelvic health OT’s look at what Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) aggravate your symptoms (like leakage, prolapse or pain) and teach new, more effective ways to move. Much like the “golfers lift” we saw in the “modified laundry body mechanics video” gentle lunging or forward weight shifting is a great way to “spread the load” […]
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April 6, 2020
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ADL’s 101: Modified Laundry Body Mechanics for Pelvic (aka “Core”) Health:

Pelvic health OT’s look at what Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s) aggravate your symptoms (like leakage, prolapse or pain) and teach new, more effective ways to move. If the thought of squatting makes your knees cry out in protest the “golfers lift” is a great way to “spread the load” of weight more evenly across […]
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April 4, 2020
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Happy Occupational Therapy Month April 2020!

EMBRACING CHALLENGES, ENHANCING LIVES! Talk about the motto for the ages. We are celebrating OT month! And do we need our OT’s now more than ever?? Occupational Therapists are specifically trained to assess what is affecting your quality of life, including habits and behaviors, then develop a program that guides you towards independent selfcare. Let’s […]
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December 20, 2018
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Presence for You | Series 2018 | Post-Wrapping Stretches

Your Body Needs You! Gift it the gift that counts. Make a choice to move opposite of whatever you do for long periods of time (20 minutes or more). We have the tendency to stay rolled in a ball all day. Whether its bent over presents, a computer, phone, or patients; your neck, back and […]
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