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Tasha Mulligan MPT, Health Pro

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Five Steps You Can Take To Improve Your Incontinence Today

As a physical therapist and personal trainer, I am well aware of how daunting initiating a new exercise program can be. It is with this in mind that I wanted to break down incontinence control into some simple steps. Try these today and tomorrow-ease your way into a routine that will improve your incontinence symptoms. Step 1: ... Read more Chevron

posted 10/22/2010, comment (1)|

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Tasha Mulligan MPT, Health Pro

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Exercise Your Pelvic Floor - You owe it to Yourself

Is there any down side to exercising your pelvic floor and the muscles that support it? If there is, I can't think of one. Ask me about the benefits of exercising your pelvic floor and support muscles and my list will go something like this: it can help reduce if not resolve symptoms of incontinence, it can improve the muscular... Read more Chevron

posted 05/27/2010, comments (0)|

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Slow and Fast Twitch Muscle Fibers Within Our Pelvic Floor - What They Are and How to Work Them

Have you ever heard of slow twitch and fast twitch muscle fibers? Muscles that are predominantly made up of fast twitch muscle fibers are our quick reacting, higher contractile force muscles that fatigue rather quickly. Muscles made up of predominantly slow twitch muscle fibers are our less explosive muscles that are much longer lasting than... Read more Chevron

posted 02/23/2010, comments (2)|

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Incontinence is Not a Limitation

Sitting on the sidelines because of the fear of losing bladder control may actually be making your leakage worse in the long run. It's a simple case of muscle de-conditioning. In the physical therapy clinic, we often talk to patients about the "viscous pain cycle". The pain cycle goes like this - pain leads to decreased activity, which leads... Read more Chevron

posted 02/10/2010, comment (1)|

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The Very Important Transversus Abdominus Muscle

The transversus abdominus muscle (TA) plays a very important role in pelvic floor (PF) rehabilitation and function, but most explanations for controlling continence don't mention any exercises other than kegels. Why is this? Have our media outlets failed us by over-simplifying the method of PF strengthening, leaving those who are... Read more Chevron

posted 01/29/2010, comments (2)|

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