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If someone would look at my history, they’d say I’m a recipe for leaking, vaginal heaviness/pressure, diastasis, and more! And if anyone can say it’s possible to never think about these things or have them affect your life, it’s ME!
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An all-or-none mentality is hindering your postpartum healing. You compare what you used to do for exercise before babies and feel like a failure because you no longer can spend 45-60 minutes at the gym each day. I get it – b/c I personally have struggled with this, as have many of my patients. But […]
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STOP trusting your pelvic floor rehab to someone who’s never actually worked with vaginas. Would you trust your ACL rehab to some online “expert” who’s never rehabbed a knee? When you finished with surgery, how would you feel if the Dr said, “Ok, there are some great rehab options on YouTube – go check them […]
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Common doesn’t have to be your normal. This is a phrase I often share with the patients I work with and women who are interested in women’s health physical therapy services.
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Childbirth is beautiful – let’s do what we can with the things you CAN control so that you feel empowered, prepared, and knowledgeable for what’s to come.
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No simple surgery doesn’t come with trauma to our bodies. Don’t be fooled into thinking that b/c surgery is commonplace or done every day, it won’t require proper recovery.
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Our bodies WILL go through seasons. It’s SUPPOSED to change through adolescence and into adulthood. It’s SUPPOSED to grow with pregnancy. Our body is SUPPOSED to age.
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While I talk all about pelvic health here, it’s actually only a relatively small percentage of my week. We’re in the middle of harvest over here (done with beans, working on corn!), and that requires huge work days for my husband, which then requires a lot from me to manage the home and our five […]
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15 years ago, no one was talking about the pelvic floor. Most women didn’t even know what the pelvic floor was! And any pelvic floor issues (leaking, prolapse, painful s3x) were 🫢 – most women didn’t dare talk to their doctor about it, less one another. While I’m thankful for WAY more awareness about the […]
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Your word of encouragement from me this week: You are meant to THRIVE. You are meant to live an ABUNDANT life. But the biggest things I see holding women back – it’s not their time, it’s not their resources. It’s their mindset. So what do you believe when it comes to how you feel? Do […]
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SIX years!! It’s truly hard to believe that Refine is 6 years old. Honestly, I didn’t know if the business would survive more than a year, so it is truly unbelievable that it’s been six years now of this specialized practice surviving in little Orange City, IA. A few years ago, I did a three-part […]
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As the weather cools, I love a warm drink. I shared in stories the other day that my fav is a cafe miel. Normally I’m a black coffee drinker, but if I am choosing a treat, I’ll go cafe miel, light on the honey. Here’s how I make it at home: So yummy and a […]
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