pelvic organ prolapse

Mar 21, 2024 06:30pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, exercise, postnatal exercise, pelvic organ prolapse, kegels, prolapse, core strength, breathing, healthy living, crunches, incontinence, back care & core exercise

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Core strength without the strain

Did you know your core should switch on JUST BEFORE it's needed?

And that there should be no feeling of strain or bearing down?

Or that you can use other parts of your body to initiate a core connection - instead of sucking in, zipping up or lifting up on pelvic floor

Find out more about your core in the videos below!

If you would like to learn more about switching on your pelvic floor and core without straining and helping it to become more of an automatic switch on - I have a masterc…

Mar 21, 2024 06:30pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, exercise, postnatal exercise, pelvic organ prolapse, kegels, prolapse, core strength, breathing, healthy living, crunches, incontinence, back care & core exercise

1 min read

Feb 22, 2024 10:24am

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, exercise, pelvic organ prolapse, health, breathing, healthy living, back pain, mobility & stretches

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Upper body mobility sequence

A few upper body moves you can easily fit into your day - even while sat at your desk!

Tightness in the upper body can affect your posture, ability to reach, create pain in the jaw, neck, shoulders and low back, contribute to pelvic floor dysfunction and can even affect your heart!

So getting more movement in is key - how many ways can you move your ribs?

Feb 22, 2024 10:24am

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, exercise, pelvic organ prolapse, health, breathing, healthy living, back pain, mobility & stretches

1 min read

Jun 16, 2022 05:05pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pregnancy , postnatal, exercise, prolapse, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, health, core strength, fitness & healthy living

7 min read

Pelvic Organ Prolapse Solutions

It's been a while since my first blog about prolapse and a few things have changed since then. So I thought I'd do a couple of updates

There are two ways you can look at helping with POP symptoms - what can you do to prevent things getting worse and what can you do to make things better.

So first we'll look at preventing things getting worse

One of the key things with this is looking at intra abdominal pressure (IAP)

IAP is the pressure within the abdominal cavity and is reliant on the flui…

Jun 16, 2022 05:05pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pregnancy , postnatal, exercise, prolapse, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, health, core strength, fitness & healthy living

7 min read

May 5, 2022 12:09pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pregnancy , postnatal, exercise, postnatal exercise, diastasis, caesarean, prolapse, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, c-section, core strength, diastasis recti, mummy tummy, breathing, back pain, abdominal exercises, crunches, c-section recovery, incontinence, return to exercise, new mum & core exercise

4 min read

What is the best exercise for a prolapse?

I was asked a few weeks ago for the top exercises someone could do to help a prolapse.

My answers were:

It depends
Hypopressives

The thing with prolapse is that it can happen because of so many factors and it's not just about strengthening the pelvic floor.

And even just pelvic floor strength isn't that simple.

The pelvic floor is made up of layers of muscle, going in a variety of directions.

It has links with muscles inside the pelvis and outside the pelvis.

It has connections all…

May 5, 2022 12:09pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pregnancy , postnatal, exercise, postnatal exercise, diastasis, caesarean, prolapse, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, c-section, core strength, diastasis recti, mummy tummy, breathing, back pain, abdominal exercises, crunches, c-section recovery, incontinence, return to exercise, new mum & core exercise

4 min read

Apr 7, 2022 06:27pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pregnancy , postnatal, exercise, postnatal exercise, caesarean, pregnancy exercise, prolapse, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, core strength, prenatal, diastasis, back pain, c-section recovery, bladder health, incontinence & return to exercise

5 min read

Pelvic Floor Exercises Mistakes - and how to do it right

Myth #1 - Leaking is inevitable after childbirth, menopause and as you age

Little oops moments…

Triple crossing your legs when you sneeze…

Laughing until the tears run down your legs…

It’s funny, until it isn’t.

Incontinence IS more common after childbirth, menopause and with age

But just because it’s common, that doesn’t mean you have to put up with it!

Pelvic floor muscle training and hypopressives both show great results in preventing leaks, no…

Apr 7, 2022 06:27pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pregnancy , postnatal, exercise, postnatal exercise, caesarean, pregnancy exercise, prolapse, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, core strength, prenatal, diastasis, back pain, c-section recovery, bladder health, incontinence & return to exercise

5 min read

Mar 2, 2017 05:45pm

By Sarah Parker

Under exercise, health, Pelvic floor, postnatal, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, postnatal exercise, posture, pregnancy & pregnancy exercise

5 min read

How you can help your pelvic floor

I was asked by someone this week about rehabbing the pelvic floor post birth, in preparation for getting back to running. I was so pleased that she was aware of the importance of taking her time - things keep popping up in my timeline about postnatal classes where people are running with buggies, skipping and even doing jumping jacks! All of this can have a deleterious effect on the pelvic floor and continuing to overstress a weakened pelvic floor can lead to prolapse.

However taking your time, …

Mar 2, 2017 05:45pm

By Sarah Parker

Under exercise, health, Pelvic floor, postnatal, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, postnatal exercise, posture, pregnancy & pregnancy exercise

5 min read

Feb 10, 2015 03:02pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pilates, postnatal, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, postnatal exercise & pregnancy exercise

3 min read

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) is a secretive, not often talked about thing. And yet last week every single day I ended up speaking with people about their prolapse so it just seemed destined that that is what I would write about today!

Prolapse is the descent of one or more internal organs that then push into the vaginal wall. There are different stages – mild, moderate to extending outside the body. There are many symptoms, many of which could be attributed to other ailments.

Urinary incontin…

Feb 10, 2015 03:02pm

By Sarah Parker

Under Pelvic floor, Pilates, postnatal, kegels, pelvic organ prolapse, postnatal exercise & pregnancy exercise

3 min read

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pelvic organ prolapse

Core strength without the strain

Upper body mobility sequence

Pelvic Organ Prolapse Solutions

What is the best exercise for a prolapse?

Pelvic Floor Exercises Mistakes - and how to do it right

Myth #1 - Leaking is inevitable after childbirth, menopause and as you age

But just because it’s common, that doesn’t mean you have to put up with it!

How you can help your pelvic floor

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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