The Refine Blog

Try these FOUR exercises if you struggle with leaking while jumping and running!

Ten things I’d do differently if I had another baby.

FIVE LIES I’m constantly having to talk about with my patients. Do you need to hear this too?

Do you struggle with leaking when you jump? (or sneeze, cough, laugh, or run?) Here’s a typical progression where I take a patient from… 1. Foundational level exercises (re-establishing “normal” brain-body control)⬇️2. Advanced levels where we move into functional movement (things you do in your every day – b/c I’ve not met someone who leaked […]

The LIE you’ve been told (and probably believed…) 👉🏼That surgery was your ONLY option…If you struggle with leakingMild/Moderate Prolapse (vaginal heaviness/pressure)And Diastasis (ab separation) Yet literally every single day, I see women OVERCOMING these issues, WITHOUT invasive surgery. I’ve seen hundreds of women no longer leak with basic activities AND with running, jumping, and heavy […]

5 simple exercise tweaks to incorporate pelvic floor into your workout! Who wants to add another exercise to their list or a whole extra workout? Not me, and I don’t know many women who have time for that. But here is what I see with women that I treat and work with…they get some results […]

Basically me in my teens and 20s. I thought walking was for moms, 😉 I literally couldn’t imagine a day without going for a run, and I thought weight training wasn’t worth my time b/c it didn’t burn enough calories. But when you know better…you do better. REST days are just as important as workout […]

I think it might surprise you that “most” postpartum women who have had at least a couple of babies probably have some degree of prolapse.

Have you heard of Kegels? 10-20 years ago this wasn’t a common word and for most women, the answer would have been, “No.” Thanks to technology, the world wide web, social media, and increased awareness of women’s health issues (and men’s too, honestly), most women have at least heard of the term ‘Kegels.’ You know […]