If baby is 6 months old and you’re back to your pre-baby weight, but still look pregnant, or if you’ve been doing ab exercises but don’t seem to be getting anywhere, then a Diastasis Recti Abdominis (DRA) might be to blame. To start re-building your abs after baby...
Question… When you think about the experience of giving birth, what words or images come to mind for you? Did your answer happen to include empowerment? My hope is that perhaps some of those adjectives came to your mind. More commonly when I ask this question in the...
As a pharmacist and oils enthusiast, I get asked all the time: Why is there so much conflicting information on essential oils? According to the Aromatic Plant Research Center, who are tasked with analyzing the contents of essential oils, almost 80% of the essential...
Chat with Libby #3 How does your brain process pain? Does anything affect it? In this video learn how external forces can affect your perception, pain and how you recover. Knowing this will make your recovery faster, and your physical therapy more effective! Are you...
Written by: Melissa Schnurr, PhD, CD(DONA) During my first pregnancy, I continued to attend my regular yoga class and my instructor did the best he could to help me modify. After my daughter’s birth, I reflected on how I used my breath and connection to my body to...
Transitioning to parenthood can be a bumpy ride whether you are doing it for the first time or the fifth. For over a decade I’ve been working with families that are going through the postpartum phase – experienced it twice myself – and I have compiled a list of tips...
I am a rusher, I always have been. In school I was nearly always the first to finish my tests. I rushed into relationships, into home buying, minivan buying, major life decisions like deciding to go to physical therapy school and opening a business. I walk fast. I...
by Erin E. Huiatt, CPD. Midwest Mom & Wife, LLC According to Postpartum Progress “postpartum depression is the most common complication of childbirth, putting American families at risk each and every year.” If you stop to think how our society functions daily,...
How Chiropractic Works Hi Breathe family! My name is Dr. Nicole Shabino and I’m the hands behind Mindful Journey Chiropractic. I’m certified to care for women during pregnancy and beyond, as well as children hours old through adulthood. I’d like to start with a...
By Molly Lechtenberg, DPT Let’s talk about all the “harmless” little comments we make to our precious little girls from the moment they are born. My sweet precious baby girl was 9 pounds 5 ounces when she was born. She’s continued to rock the 90th+ percentile (if any...
