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Physiotherapy Support for Breastfeeding
What?! Physiotherapy can help with breastfeeding/chestfeeding issues? Yes! A physiotherapist with additional training in lactation can be a valuable team member to help you and your baby meet your feeding goals. Physiotherapists are experienced in the management of...
What Is a Kinesiologist?
A kinesiologist is a regulated allied healthcare professional that treats and prevents injury, disease and improves health and wellness. Kinesiologists address physiological, neurological and mechanical systems of the body. Some services offered by a Kin can include:...
Prenatal Yoga Flow
Prenatal yoga has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, support your changing body during pregnancy, improve connection to your pelvic floor and increase maternal comfort during labour and delivery. If you are pregnant and looking for a safe way to move your body...
It’s That Time of the Month – Ugh!
Painful periods, medically known as dysmenorrhea, can begin immediately following ovulation (mid cycle) and can last until the end of menstruation (end of your bleed). An article by Pelvic Health Solutions stated that “Dysmenorrhea is the most common menstrual...
Painful Sex Postpartum
Dyspareunia is the term for persistent and/or recurring pain or discomfort before, during or after sexual intercourse. This pain is typically localized to the vagina or lower pelvis and occurs in the absence of other medical conditions. Clinical trials by the Meirs...
What the Heck Is a Reverse Kegel?
A tense pelvic floor can occur when the muscles of the pelvic floor have difficulty fully relaxing or letting go. The following signs and symptoms may indicate it is time to work on relaxing your pelvic floor! Constipation and pain when passing stools or having a...
What About Telerehab?
Physical Therapy and Exercise Rehabilitation is important for both our physical and mental well being, but with the rise in COVID-19 numbers province wide, what is the safest way to continue your care?? Recent research on Telerehabilitation has studied patient...
What’s a Rib Flare?
Rib flare is a term that you may often hear in the postpartum rehab world, but what is it exactly? If you are newly postpartum you have likely experienced rib flaring as a result of your body’s natural instinct to push the ribs up and open to make room for baby. Rib...
Is Your Back Pain Connected to Your Pelvic Floor?
Could your persistent low back pain be connected to your pelvic floor? Do you suffer from low back pain that does not seem to go away despite your efforts to find relief? According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than 31 million people suffer from...
What Is Urinary Incontinence and What Can You Do About It?
Urinary incontinence — the loss of bladder control — is a common and often embarrassing problem. The severity ranges from occasionally leaking urine when you cough, sneeze, run or jump to having an urge to urinate that is so sudden and strong you don't get to the...
Postpartum Toes to Bar Progression
The "Toes to Bar" exercise requires a significant amount of abdominal strength to be able to execute. It is not uncommon to see compensations for a lack of this strength in order to achieve the movement. One commonly seen compensation is breath holding. Breath holding...
Return to Running Guidelines
At Core Connection we work with individuals who are keen to get back into a physical activity routine postpartum. Often this routine includes high impact exercise like running. We often take running for granted as minimal equipment is required and it's a movement...
The “Knack” – The Missing Link to Urinary Incontinence
Do you leak when you cough, sneeze, lift, bend over, laugh, or with quick and sudden movements? If you answered yes to any of the above, then learning about and practicing the “knack” reflex may be for you! What is the “Knack” Reflex? Most of us have heard of the...
The Three Benefits of Weekly Prenatal Yoga
Prenatal yoga is a great way to prepare your body and mind for childbirth Yoga is a mind-body practice that combines postures (asanas), deep breathing (pranayama) and meditation. If you are pregnant and looking for ways to relax, stay fit and prepare your body and...
Belly Birth and Your Pelvic Floor
Did you know that over 30% of women deliver their baby via caesarean or (a belly birth)? And yet, these new moms who have just undergone MAJOR abdominal surgery are given little to no information on proper recovery. The misconception that a C-section birth is easier...
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