Pelvic floor rehabilitation around the world The following review is based on my experience. Consequently, it’s subjective, not an absolute truth, nor exhaustive and at the end of the day only my personal opinion! It is a review of what I saw around the world, I don’t intend to determine
Obviously, everybody love massage and pregnant women even more! But how? As an expecting woman, between your job, organizing everything for the baby, taking care of your older kids, it is a challenge to find time to take of yourself! However, in various cultures, massage is an important part of
First let’s speak about taking time to take care of yourself. You may feel guilty to not spend every minute you can with your baby, but remember to have a happy baby, you need to be happy with your body and yourself… By taking this time, you’ll be able to
Pessary Cube Do you have urinary issue while performing an effort like running? Or do you have prolapse limiting your possibility to do sport? Yet you would like to keep active? Are you pregnant and start to feel heaviness in the lower part of your belly? Or you just want
Last week, we saw how to build a Urination Calendar and how to interpret it. So you should have changed your bad habits regarding how and what you are drinking. Now let’s see how to have good habits in terms of how many you go to the loo by learning
Micturition Time Chart (Urination Calendar) In our Videos, we speak about Micturition Calendar. Let’s explain what it is exactly! You (or your partner!!) thing you spending way too much time going to the loo. Or in a more objective view, you either: Need to go more than
“ Zero pressure Gymnastic” Before to start these exercises, we will need to: Check if you are fit to do them Understand zero pressure gymnastic breathing techniques and its aims (for more details click here) Are you fit for Zero Pressure Gymnastic? Check the scar of c-section if there is
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
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