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Navigating pain with “the Traffic Light”
How do you know when you should stop a painful activity? Or when it’s safe to keep going even though you have pain?
At Back Bay Health, we use ‘The traffic light analogy’ to help people understand how to safely move and stay active even if they have pain.
Pregnancy Exercise Guide Sheet
A guide sheet for exercise in pregnancy based on the most up to date research. Read on to find, best practices, myths, benefits, and contraindications to exercise in pregnancy. You will also find a downloadable, printable PDF including resources.
Should I be worried about my Anterior Pelvic Tilt?
Are you worried about your anterior pelvic tilt? Read this blog to get better understanding of what anterior pelvic tilt is, and what you can do about it.
Unpopular opinion: While you absolutely should train in pregnancy… you don’t NEED to train FOR birth.
You can strength train in pregnancy. You can strength train postpartum. Birth is a physical event, yes. But you do not NEED to train for birth.
5 things you’re doing that are NOT helping your Stress Incontinence. (3 min read)
5 things you’re doing that are NOT helping your stress incontinence.
This 3 min read goes over common (bad) habits of people with stress incontinence. Read on to see if you are doing any of these things.
Blow before you go.
When you are leaking during exercise, don’t forget to ‘blow before you go’!
Not Your Mama’s Kegel…
Squeezing your pelvic floor muscles and not getting anywhere? It’s time to level up your Kegel…
Why am I leaking when I exercise? (Pelvic Floor 101)
Are you leaking (peeing) when you exercise, cough, sneeze or laugh? It’s common but it’s not normal and it’s called stress incontinence. Let’s learn more about why this is happening…