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Tasha Mulligan MPT

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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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How can my rounded shoulders affect my incontinence?

We have discussed in an earlier entry how our posture can affect the position of our pelvic organs, shifting them slightly forward to sit over the top of our pubic bone when we are in neutral spine. It makes sense to recognize how the position of our pelvis can affect our pelvic floor muscles and our pelvic organs, but how can our rounded... Read more Chevron

posted 06/30/2010, comments (0)|

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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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How Breath Holding Can Increase Incontinence

A common practice when we bend over to pick something up, when we get out of the car, when we reach into an overhead cupboard, or when we push something, is to hold our breath. This is what many of us do to brace our core so that we can push, pull, reach, and lift. What many don't know is that it is an ineffective way to stabilize our lumbar... Read more Chevron

posted 05/12/2010, comment (1)|

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Obesity and Incontinence

There are many risk factors that increase the stress and strain on your pelvic floor muscles. Some of these risk factors include pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, chronic poor posture, chronic cough, and more. Obesity is also on this list as one of the risk factors that increases the incidence of urine leakage. Being over-weight or obese... Read more Chevron

posted 04/15/2010, comments (0)|

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