This article from 2010 has been edited, updated, and expanded in 2020. Find our overarching movement philosophy and how it relates to pelvic issues, as well as more pelvis and pelvic-floor articles, exercises, and recommendations…
Fix my PFD ASAP.
I just took the weekend off to visit my family and returned to this freaky statement: You Have 1048 Emails. I’m sorry, but, What? I know, I’ve got a few friends, and I’ve got a…
Your Position in Life
If you’re interested in reading more on ideas presented in the article below, I suggest checking out my course The Office Worker’s “Don’t Just Sit There” Multimedia Course. If you’d like movement instruction via video, start…
You Don’t Know Squat
This article, originally written June 2010 was updated and expanded a bit in February 2020 to include new resources and commentary. The exercise photos are still 10 years old though, and I think I look…
A Pelvic Floor Encore!
It’s a pelvic floor encore! For those of you who read Kara Thom’s interview of me (!) and my pelvic floor, she followed it up with Part Deux today. She had so many comments on…
BUTT WHAT ABOUT KEGELS?
In May 2020 I created a new article blending two older posts written in May 2010—”1,2,3,4 We Like Our Pelvic Floor” and “The Kegel Saga Continues.” The content is similar but by being blended it’s…
Are High Heels the Cigarettes of the Future?
Yesterday I ran across another blog, asking if Fast Food was becoming the cigarettes of the future. I disagreed and suggested that it is positive-heeled footwear that was, in fact, creating the expensive (and painful!)…
Tight Hamstrings Sink Ships.
I received such a good question today, I think I’ll answer it for everyone! Katy, I am curious about individual differences in physiology and how that affects alignment. I have, for instance, very tight hamstrings,…
WHEN THE POOP HURTS
This article from 2010 was lightly edited, including an update of resources, in 2020. For more articles and exercises on pelvis-related things, check out Our Best Healthy Pelvis Resources. I’m writing a bit on the…
The History of Biomechanics
Bio: Life; living organism Mechanics: In the fields of physics, classical mechanics is one of the two major sub-fields of study in the science of mechanics, which is concerned with the set of physical laws…
SAVE THE KNEES!
At this year’s Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting (did any of you make it?) a study on exercise and knee health was presented. The question: Does activity level (low, medium, or high) impact…
The Hunting and Gathering MAMA.
If you want to start a fight at the next party you go to, bring up birthing politics. Hospital or Home. Drug-Free or Epidural. Birth Tub or Stirrups. But not so long ago, there was…