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Healing After Birth Injuries and Levator Ani Tearing
Frida Trönnberg has one daughter who was born in April of 2018. After a traumatic birth experience and a difficult postpartum recovery, it has been awesome to follow along with her remarkable progress. But she has more than just herself in mind as she learns to navigate her postpartum body. She also works as a …
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Should you Twist with a Diastasis?
Twisting can be a controversial topic. A simple Google search or scroll through Instagram can give you wildly differing opinions and reasons for or against twisting, which of course makes it my favorite topic! I love diving into the movement patterns that stir up controversy to really pick apart the why. I usually find that …
Check Your Side Plank With These 5 Tips
Side planks are an AMAZING exercise, but they can easily be turned into a back exercise instead of an abdominal exercise. They are a great exercise because they target the lateral abdominal complex. This includes the transverse abdominals, internal obliques and external obliques. Another key muscle that side planks work is the glute medius. Most …
What is Rib Flare?
What Is Rib Flare and Why Should You Care? Rib flare is a term that is often thrown around in the rehab world. Understanding what it means and how you can fix it can go a long way toward better breathing, core strength, and overall posture. Rib flare can even play a role in neck, …
Mountain Ready Leg Workout
Every couple of years we head out west and hit the slopes with my dad and brother. (Both of whom ski circles around me. Literally, I think they could ski actual circles. LOL) The first time back skiing after having my second I was really worried about how my pelvic floor would handle skiing, but …
What is Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Does it Require Surgery?
Prolapse is often considered a very scary diagnosis because it is talking about the center of our femininity and it’s often diagnosed on the heels of bringing life into the world. I think that’s the part that makes this diagnosis so hard. You’re now a sleep-deprived mother working hard to keep a little one alive …
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Exercise and Prolapse Ramblings
Let’s talk about the pelvic floor, exercise and prolapse. Soon after the birth of my second, I discovered that I had multiple prolapses. Grade two rectocele, grade one cystocele and a pinch of a urethrocele. That was a little over 3 years ago and I’ve had an awesome recovery. (More details on exactly where these …
Meet Anna: The Story of her Postpartum Recovery
Jessica and I found Sarah after our first pregnancies, and this year we conveniently became pregnant a second go around. We had such great success with recovery after the first pregnancies that we thought it would be insightful and interesting for others to follow our journeys after our second ones. I am an orthopedic physical …
Meet Jessica: The Story of her Postpartum Recovery
Hi! I’m Jessica – stay at home mom and former marathoner turned pelvic floor and body nut. I spend my days working out, helping gals in the Facebook group and chasing after my 2 year old while recovering from having and nursing my 3 week old. I found Sarah when I was 4 months postpartum …
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Can You Pass This Glute Strength Test?
Will You Pass This Glute Strength Test? It’s been a rough week in our house with my youngest getting mono and having lymph nodes in his neck the size of a baseball. The poor kid was just in the PICU for 4 days on a ventilator a few weeks ago. The immune system is a …