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Aquacare Physical Therapy welcomes three new team members to its Lewes teams. Layne Gable, PT, DPT, WCS, CLT, sees patients at both Lewes locations – King Street Row and Route 24. Layne has four years of experience working with pelvic health and lymphedema patients. She believes in treating every patient as a whole person, based on […]
By Katie Hogue, PT, DPT, Aquacare – Berlin Many women experience a breech baby during pregnancy. However, there is good news. There are several movements you can try to turn that breech baby and prepare for delivery. These movements use gravity and help relax your pelvic muscles and uterus. A pregnancy and postpartum physical therapy […]
By Kayla Bell, PTA, Aquacare – Seaford Congratulations on your pregnancy! During pregnancy your body goes through many changes across all systems – hormonal, metabolic, cardiopulmonary, immune, integumentary, gastrointestinal, urinary, psychological, and musculoskeletal! In the musculoskeletal system, pregnant women experience loosening of ligaments and a change in their center of mass which can result in […]
By Kayla Bell, PTA – Aquacare Seaford Becoming a mother is an incomparable experience, but it also poses many physical and emotional challenges. During pregnancy, women experience a plethora of changes in their body, some of which can be extremely taxing on their musculoskeletal system. Add postpartum recovery to the mix, and the results can […]
Does this sound like you: I often have the urge to run to the bathroom. As a pelvic physical therapist, one of the most common complaints I hear with continence issues is the disruption and embarrassment caused by a frequent overwhelming urge to void. You run to the bathroom, void all of a few ounces, […]
One of the most common and long-term postpartum conditions is “mom posture”. This is caused by the extra weight women carry on their front when they are growing a baby. It is a result of the little one coming into your world your new routine is filled with feeding the baby, lifting, and the carrying-on-the-hip. […]
Let’s Chat Birth Positions. Many believe the pelvis is a sturdy fixed structure, however, the pelvis was made to move and has many parts. These bones of your pelvis (sacrum and coccyx) open up allowing for further opening of the birth canal as your baby passes through. Lying flat on your back fixes the bones […]
Why to start sleeping on your left side at 26 weeks pregnant….. Lying on your back in the last three months of pregnancy (from 26 weeks) presses on major blood vessels which can reduce blood flow to your womb and oxygen supply to your baby. Women are recommended sleep on the left side during pregnancy […]
C-sections are major abdominal surgery. What the surgery entails is extensive and requires an incision that spans through 6 layers of your body’s tissues. Organs were pushed around. A baby gets removed. In most cases, the only muscle that is cut is the uterus. Once the baby is out, multiple layers are stitched up. Meaning […]
Please stop believing those commercials. You know which ones I’m talking about. There is the one that opens with the very educated and polished appearing woman stating rather definitively something like, “We all know as women bladder leakage is normal…” Or the one in which the famous comedienne/actress is shown on stage as though she […]
What and where is my perineum? This is the area between your vagina (the birth canal) and the anus/rectum (where stool exits). This area stretches during labor to allow your baby to exit during childbirth. As the baby’s head is exiting the canal, this area gets stretched. Sometimes tearing can occur, particularly with your first […]
Pelvic floor physical therapy can assist in decreasing urine leakage during a sneeze, with the KNACK technique. What is the KNACK? The KNACK is a strong and well timed contraction of the Pelvic Floor Muscles (PFM), also known as the Kegel. It involves the PFM contracting immediately before and during any increase in downward pressure […]