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Let’s talk about cardio.  I know there are a lot of questions about what women can and can’t do for cardio when experiencing prolapse and/or incontinence symptoms.  This happens to be a loaded question because the answer is dependent on your conditioning level, your over-all strength, and your symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction.  So while [...]

Posture should be the subject of one out of every four blog posts I write because good posture is one of the cornerstones of successful pelvic floor rehabilitation.  Your posture affects your prolapse and incontinence every waking hour that you are standing or sitting.  Once you realize this, you can begin to understand the profound [...]

This blog is designed to convince you of the importance of focusing on a “one step at a time” approach to regaining control of your pelvic floor.  The muscles that make up your pelvic basket are often unknown muscles.  Quite simply, many of you know you have biceps and quadriceps, but have you heard of your [...]

The pelvic floor has a significant responsibility to help support our 3 pelvic organs and to hold enough tension to help control our bladder.  The muscles that run from our pubic bone back to our tail bone, that span the area between our two sit bones, and that encircle the three openings from our pelvic [...]

If I could make a recording for you to play in your head throughout your day to help your pelvic floor symptoms, it would simply say, “Stick your buns out and draw your belly button up and in, stick your buns out and draw your belly button up and in.” By following these simple instructions, [...]

This is an entry about the power of positive change.  Often changing just one part of our daily routine will lead to another positive change.  This may be making a change to our posture, a commitment to eating healthier food, or an increase in our activity level.   It’s amazing how great we feel when we [...]

I was recently send the article below that was  just published this month.  This is big information about the efficacy of pelvic floor exercise and I would argue even more so from pelvic basket strengthening.  Remember there is no side effect to exercise, so use it as a first line of defense!   Read below: From Reuters Health [...]

We are excited to provide new exercises as a progression of our Hab It: Pelvic Floor DVD.  The new 7-day workout was created at the request of many Hab It subscribers who have seen great success with the DVD, but want to further their pelvic floor and entire pelvic basket strength.  Your goal may be [...]

It’s ironic that one year ago I was blogging about the benefits of women’s health physical therapy http://hab-it.com/blog/?p=199 .  Here I am again, this time triggered by a great article at http://www.oprah.com/health/Womens-Health-Physical-Therapy-Pelvic-Floor-Rehab to promote women’s health physical therapy as a first line of defense in treatment of pelvic disorders. Why should this be your first line [...]

Following a previous blog entry, one of our Hab It subscribers posted an insightful comment. With her permission, I have posted it below: “Thank GOD for you, Tasha. I have your DVD and I’m about 3 weeks into working steadily on the strengthening exercises. I have a uterine prolapse and like yourself (and a previous [...]