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“Beyond Basics” Exercises: When Kegels Aren’t Enough
You’ve ben working hard on rehabbing your pelvic floor and you have been squeezing and relaxing those pelvic floor...
Behind the Clinic Door: A peek into a pelvic physical therapy appointment
Everyone is talking about the pelvic floor now a days, which delights us at Beyond Basics to no end. We are finding...
How to meet your wellness goals this season
It’s that time of year again. Resolution time. For almost as long as I can remember when I thought of New Year’s...
Preparing for Birth and Postpartum with Pelvic Health Physical Therapy
Why choose pelvic health physical therapy to prepare for birth and postpartum? During pregnancy, birth, and throughout...
What exercises are best for my pelvic floor
I would argue that all of us want a healthy and strong pelvic floor, whether we know it or not. Our pelvic floors do...
Optimize Vagal Tone to Optimize Health
Vagus, Baby! The nerve, not the City. The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve and plays a critical role in the body,...
Vaginal flatus: Messages from the front
You’re feeling good and the body is flowing at the yoga studio or in the bedroom... then a sound comes out of your...
How Can Physical Therapy Help Kids with Potty Issues
When we think of pelvic floor physical therapy, if you do at all, you probably think of cis-gender adult women. You...
Pelvic health after menopause
No one talks about menopause. If you are lucky, you may have heard your mom, a boss, or Michelle Obama talk about hot flashes as your sole menopause education. Menopause, especially the pelvic health changes, catches many of us by surprise and leaves us disoriented for the next stage of our hormonal lives. Aging and vulvas tend not to make it to dinner conversation. Despite spanning about one-third of our lives, menopause changes receive less spotlight compared to other hormonal shifts like puberty, pregnancy, or even postpartum.