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Craniosacral Massage: A Gentle Way to Support Healing and Relaxation
If you’ve ever felt like your body just can’t relax, no matter how much stretching, resting, or massaging you do, your nervous system may be holding the tension. Craniosacral massage is a gentle, hands-on therapy designed to calm that tension from the inside out. At...
You Don’t Have to “Bounce Back”: Reframing Postpartum Recovery
Let’s be honest… pregnancy and childbirth are incredible, AND they are also a lot on your body. Over the course of nine months, your body grows and supports an entirely new life. Your posture changes as your center of gravity shifts. Your ribs expand to make room for...
Dry Needling: A Game Changer for Healing, Strength, and Pelvic Health
What is Dry Needling — and Why Do We Use It in Physical Therapy? If you've ever dealt with recurring muscle pain, weakness that just won’t improve, or tightness that keeps coming back, dry needling might be the missing piece in your physical therapy recovery. It’s one...
Constipation Isn’t Just About Fiber: The Role of Your Pelvic Floor
When we think about gut health, we often focus on the usual suspects: nutrition, hydration, probiotics, stress management, and sleep. And while those are all important pieces of the puzzle, many of our patients come to us saying they’ve already worked on all of those...
What Is Internal Manual Pelvic Floor Therapy?
(and why it is transformative for your pelvic floor health and healing) If you’ve ever been to physical therapy before (maybe for a shoulder, hip, knee, or post-surgery recovery), you probably remember stretches, strengthening exercises, and some hands-on work to help...
The Best (and Worst) Exercises for Your Bladder
November is Bladder Health Month, which makes it the perfect time to talk about something we see all the time in our clinic: how your workouts can help or hinder your bladder and pelvic floor health. Many people assume that more exercise automatically means a stronger...
Why Pelvic Floor PT During Pregnancy is Just as Important as Postpartum
So many people assume that pelvic floor physical therapy is only needed after baby arrives, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth! At Uplift Pelvic Health and Wellness, we strongly recommend pelvic PT both during pregnancy AND postpartum, and here’s why. Think...
Stress and Pelvic Floor Tension: Understanding the Connection
What Does Stress Have to Do With Your Pelvic Floor? When we’re stressed, our bodies naturally react by tightening muscles—even the pelvic floor. Stress triggers the “fight or flight” response, putting the nervous system on high alert. This heightened state increases...
Benefits of Postpartum Doulas
Hi! I’m Kylee Alejandre, a certified birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator, and the founder of Doulas of Utah. I’m honored to have been invited by Uplift Pelvic Health and Wellness to write this guest post. At Doulas of Utah, our mission is to provide...
