Start these exercises by gently working on your abdomen and breathing: #1 Fast contractions, Lying on your back (to take weight off the muscles) Keep your spine neutral (neither arched or flattened) Keep your shoulders relaxed Start by establishing low slow breathing While breathing out, squeeze your pelvic floor: 10*
Biofeedback in perineal rehabilitation French moms (or the one who did their pelvic floor rehabilitation in france) will tell you part of the treatment was about to play a video game by contracting their pelvic floor muscles! They are speaking about BiofeedBack. Before to speak about this pelvic
Prolapse One woman out of 3 over 50 years old has a prolapse, often minor and symptomless. However, prolapses worsen and become symptomatic, especially pass 60 years old.Women describe a vaginal ball, a sensation of something going down or/and of heaviness. Before to explain what a prolapse is, it is
Constipation Constipation is a very common issue for women of all age. However, most of women are not aware they are and probably not suspect the risks associate to constipation. Risks of constipation are not just being blotted or suffering from abdominal pain. It also leads to hemorrhoids, rectocele and
Your sex life after a baby Physiological changing, Psychological symptoms When to start ? Which kind of issues you can have ? 9 months of pregnancy, giving birth, a lot of baby cries, short nights, baby sleeping in the room… A lot of things limiting sex life. First, let’s see
Bronchiolitis and Chest Physiotherapy What cause Bronchiolitis? Its main cause is the RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). 90% of the babies under 2 years old are colonized by this virus and 40% of them develop the disease, which make this affection the most common one at this age. However, bronchiolitis can
What to expect for your delivery? A lot of my patients ask me “what is my due date?” In France and in England we don’t have the same due date. Important information you can keep in mind: your baby will be considered as premature before 37 weeks and overdue after
Both pregnancy and labour traumatised the pelvi-perineo-urinary system. Multiple injuries and dysfunctions can occur. They are named vesical instability: 13 to 26% of women suffer from urinary problem after giving birth. Urinary Incontinence It can manifest as: Urgency micturition is a sudden irrepressible urge to urinate Urinary incontinence by urgency is an involuntary urine
How to get a flat tummy after delivery? Abdominal Rehabilitation Throughout the pregnancy, your belly and abdominal muscles are weaker and stretched to create space for your baby. When these abdominal muscles are too strong before the pregnancy or the belly developed too quickly, the linea alba between rectus abdominis (6
Advices and exercises When I listen to my pregnant patients, I hear “I did my kegel exercises, I’m ready to give birth’ Hmmmm well…. Yes and no… It is very good to learn how to squeeze your pelvic floor before to give birth BUT if you think about what will
Your all life, your pelvic floor, which is a hammock composed of muscles holding your visceral organs, had to go through a great deal (pregnancy, delivery, sport, menopause, cancer treatment). You may have perceived this sensation of heaviness standing. Hormonal changes occurring during pregnancy and menopause but also due to
Pelvis pain rehabilitation All along pregnancy and following delivery, you could experience different kind of pain. Depending on the type, our physiotherapist will adapt her techniques. Ano-rectal pain is caused by difficulty to eliminate stools: Our physiotherapist will use : behaviour therapy manual sphincter relaxation techniques or using manometry probe, breathing exercises, abdominal
Scoliosis is a permanent deviation of the vertebral spine caused by a vertebral rotation. It mainly appears in the childhood or teenage but in some case even during the adulthood. This pathology can be triggered by another disease. However, in most case the exact cause is unknown. The scoliotic deviation
TMJ (temporomandibular joint) dysfunction often presents as a jaw pain, with a click, a difficulty to open the mouth or even a locking. It can also impact other area and create: teeth pain, head ach or neck pain. The main causes of TMJ dysfunction are : Grinding your teeths sometimes
Most of our patients present to us because they are in pain. The difficulty is: pain is neither a diagnostic nor their actual problem. It is a symptom or says otherwise a consequence of the true problem. In fact, pain is the alarm of your body to warn you there
As with any type of pain, the difficulty is to understand what cause the pain. As the location of your pain is not always an indicator of the location of your problem, it is common to examine back and pelvis pain in pregnancy with a similar approach. Pregnancy is associated