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Optimising your hormone health and fertility.
There are many factors that can affect female fertility from ovulation disorders such as PCOS, hormone dysfunction, ovarian...
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Pregnancy Exercise. What you really should be doing during pregnancy and why?
You’ve heard it before right? Exercise is good for you and your baby during pregnancy. But sadly still only 15% of pregnant women meet...
Creating Calm in the Pelvic Floor
The pelvic floor muscles are a very undermentioned and underserved area of women's health and fitness. Many women (and men) only become...
Mindful Strength Training for Women
On average, people after 30 years of age, lose muscle mass at a rate of half a pound a year impacting on future disease including...
The Third Trimester: What's happening in your body?
You are in your third trimester between weeks 27 and 40+ of your pregnancy and as you progress closer to your due date, you will start to...
How Your Body Can Benefit From Myofascial Release?
Myofascial Release (MFR) is a hands-on therapy where the therapist applies slow pressure with the hands, onto the clients body to unwind...
Considerations for Tailbone (Coccyx) Pain
Tailbone pain, or coccyx pain is sometimes labelled Coccydynia and it can be incredibly painful and debilitating. The coccyx is part of...
Does exercise leave you fatigued, in pain or discomfort?
"I can't do this anymore!" Firstly, workouts do need to be challenging in order for your body to adapt, HOWEVER experiencing exhaustion...
Pelvic Floor Considerations in Covid-19
Source: Sircusa and Gray, 2020 (Journal of Women's Health Physiotherapy) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7641036/ Pelvic...
Releasing tension with restorative movement and massage therapy for prolapse.
Prolapse is present in 50% of women and 1 in 10 women will need at least 1 surgical procedure (NICE, 2019). I know, these figures are big...
Achieving a flatter tummy.....
Why training the core, achieving a flatter tummy and/or healing Diastasis Recti is not as straight forward as the Internet sometimes...
Giving birth via a VBAC? The benefits and risks.
A VBAC is a "vaginal birth after caesarean section". The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Royal College of...
Exercising during the First Trimester
Your fitness trainer or therapist will likely be one of the first people you tell when you become pregnant (even if you haven't gone...
When can I return to sport after having my baby?
If you took part in a sport, regularly competed in events, or participated in intense programmes such as crossfit, bootcamps etc. before...
Endometriosis - Non-Surgical Management
March is Endometriosis Awareness month. It's a topic close to my heart as I was officially diagnosed with Stage 3 Endometriosis in March...
Pelvic Floor Mini-Course
EXERCISE GUIDE FOR THE PELVIC FLOOR PART 1: BREATHING The diaphragm is a very important structure involved in breathing and it also...
What is Diastasis Recti Abdominus (DRA)?
Diastasis Recti Abdominus (DRA) is ultimately, the separation of the rectus abdominus muscles, or the "6-pack muscles". Between the two...
Could your pelvic floor be too tense/tight?
The pelvic floor muscles attached to the front, back and sides of the pelvis and also the base of the spine. They act like a hammock to...
Why is breathing correctly so important for my core?
Breathing........ it sounds quite straight forward really doesn't it? I mean, we do it thousands of times a day without even thinking...
How to recover after having a baby like a pro!
The process of pregnancy and having your baby is both a physically and mentally stressful time, so you need to ensure that you care for...
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