By Dr. Ariel Sernek, PT, DPT Have you ever found yourself in a store or driving home and you get hit with an all encompassing need to pee? You can’t think of anything else and you use all of your power to control it to get to the bathroom drip free. You get right to …
URINARY URGENCY: GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO RIGHT NOW Read More »
Breathwork certainly has received a lot of attention in the fitness and health scene in the past few years, and for good reason. Diaphragmatic breathing, which involves allowing your diaphragm and abdominal muscles to move with your inhales and exhales, has been shown to have positive mental and physical health outcomes. When it comes to …
WHY BREATHING PATTERNS MATTER (AND HOW TO ESTABLISH A HEALTHY ONE) Read More »
Sleep is an essential part of our healing process and very important for our energy levels. During pregnancy, like always, it is recommended to get 8-10 hours of sleep for optimal functioning of the mother and baby. Sleep helps with digestion, energy levels, growth and progress of the baby, and to healthily adjust to biological …
By Dr. Ariel Sernek, PT, DPT Urinary incontinence (UI) is very common. In fact, incontinence is reported in 48% of young female athletes (Rebullido, 2021), 41% of pregnant women (Moossdorff-Steinhauser, 2021), and 37.1% of older adults around the world (Batmani, 2021). However, these percentages are likely underestimated because most people do not want to report that they are …
WHY DO I LEAK PEE? SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF URINARY INCONTINENCE Read More »
Dr. Ariel Sernek, PT, DPTDRA stands for Diastasis Rectus Abdominis. It can be tricky to pronounce but you can just call it DRA, and we’ll know what you’re talking about. First, it helps to understand a bit of the underlying anatomy and terminology. Your “six-pack” muscle is called the Rectus Abdominis and diastasis means “the …
WHAT IS DIASTASIS RECTUS ABDOMINIS OR “DRA” AND HOW DO I FIX IT? Read More »
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