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Is the way you sleep making you ache?
According to the poll I put on Facebook yesterday - 83% of you ache in the morning! Could the way you sleep be the reason?
We’ve been thinking about shoulders all week and I realised a lot of my aches and pains have stemmed from bad sleeping habits.
I had a cat when I was a girl and she liked to lie between my legs. This taught me to lie very still so she wouldn't jump down. We’re supposed to move a bit when we sleep. But I pretty much stay in the same position for up to 8 (if I’…
Faecal Incontinence - the last taboo?
On the second day of Women on Fire I went to the Bowel and Bladder Health Extravaganza! talk, as requested by one of my clients. To start with I was kind of yes, yes, I know all this. And then the bombshell hit - Faecal Incontinence in Menopause.
1 in 5 women over the age of 40 experience faecal incontinence. Yet it’s not really talked about - you don’t see happy adverts of women in pads getting on with their lives. It’s not a little “ooops! moment”. Is this the last taboo?
The change i…
C-Section Recovery
There is more to successful c-section recovery than just stopping driving and no hoovering! Do try to get as much help as possible in the early days - I know we always want to do everything but you have just had major abdominal surgery. So even if you feel ok you still need to take it easy otherwise recovery can take much longer. A general rule of thumb is to not lift or push anything heavier than your baby for the first 6 weeks - this includes the pushchair. Other considerations are:
- Cont…
Mother's Day
A Mother's Day Love LetterI'm often wary about mentioning Mother's Day as it has different connotations for many. I'm particularly mindful of it following some of the conversations and emails I've had this week. But that has made me more grateful this year than usual, for my own mum and the sacrifices she made and also for how lucky I am to have my girls.
Sometimes being a mum is just so hard and thankless. There's a never ending list of stuff that needs to get done. There's our bodies which ha…
The Knack - pelvic floor health
Do you sneeze wee? You need the Knack!I was listening to an interview with acclaimed women's health physiotherapist Michelle Lyons last week and was surprised to learn that going from seated to standing puts more pressure through the pelvic floor than lifting a 20lb weight! Bearing down on the pelvic floor that many times throughout a day could lead to, or worsen, pelvic floor disorders - such as incontinence and prolapse.
I have been working on correct standing technique with my pregnancy class…
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