Hey everyone!! I'm coming at you this month for some real talk. I'm going to ask you to question something for me: What if the way your body looks right now is it? What if it doesn't change much from this point on? Can you accept yourself for who you are and your body for what it looks like? Take some time to fully think about this. Our bodies are forever changing, fluctuating, and adapting to our current state. When we go through lower stress times, sometimes working out is

I refer every single one of my clients to a pelvic floor (PF) physiotherapist at some point along their journey with me. The question I usually get in response is, "why do I have to see them if I'm seeing you?" In truth, I love this question since it gives me the opportunity to explain the differences between the two and how we work so well together as a team. I like to give them something to relate it to. I tell them, "A kinesiologist is to a Physiotherapist, similar to what

Postpartum depression is one of, if I'm being brutally honest, many things that occur to mothers after birth. Something to keep in mind is that there is a difference between PP depression and the "baby blues". It is 100% NORMAL to feel sad, overwhelmed, exhausted, lost, angry, etc. after having your little one(s). I do not think there is a mother on this planet who didn't feel that during the first few weeks of their little one's arrival. The amount of hormonal changes a woma

Are activation exercises really necessary?? Short answer is: no. Longer answer is: sometimes First off, what is an activation exercise? An activation exercise is when we do a specific isolated movement in order to get a muscle group to "activate". It is more often than not completed after performing a muscle release of some kind. If it is known what muscle group is 'over-working', I will give my client a muscle release to do (with a lacrosse ball or foam roller) in order to r

"I've had (insert number here) kids, I'm used to peeing my pants by now." I am sure you have heard this, or maybe you have said this, and guess what? That's OK!!! But I am going to let you in on a little secret...did you know that it is not 'normal' to pee your pants after having kids? Incontinence is involuntary the leakage of urine or fecal matter from the body (fecal incontinence is less common that urinary, but still a possibility). There are a few different types of inco

You might be saying to yourself, "seriously, that is a thing to do!?" or, "ummmmmm, how would I even go about doing that?" If so, keep reading ; ) When I take on a new postnatal client, they answer almost 40 questions regarding incontinence, heaviness in their pelvis, voiding urine and feces, etc. All of these answers give me a good idea as to whether their pelvic floor (PF) muscles are hypertonic (over-active) or hypotonic (under-active). The best way to get a true answer, h