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courtneyclaggett
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Postpartum Depression
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
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courtneyclaggett
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
Muscle Activation Exercises
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
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courtneyclaggett
- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Incontinence: Is it 'normal' or 'common'??
"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
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courtneyclaggett
- Sep 28, 2020
- 3 min
Should I be Releasing My Pelvic Floor?
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
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