Proper Ergonomics for Working from Home
What are proper ergonomics for working from home? Dr. Andrea outlines how to fit your workspace to suit your physical needs.
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6 Ways Yoga Improves Mental Health
How does yoga improve mental health? Victoria Hall outlines 6 ways yoga improves mental health.
Yoga Therapy
What is yoga therapy and how is it different from a regular yoga class? Yoga is a unique discipline that can be used to address trauma.
Telerehabilitation for Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy. Really?
As we attempt to provide care in a unique and safe way, in the form of Telerehabilitation, there can be a sense of loss or comparison against what we are used to. This makes sense as we are creatures of habit and Physiotherapy is traditionally quite physically and hands on based. However, there are many …
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Decrease Stress through Breath to Support your Nervous System
You have probably heard of the “fight or flight” response, this is our body’s defence mechanism
against threats and stress, called the sympathetic nervous system. This response is necessary
when we are in threatening situation and is what is responsible for the stories you hear about a
mother who lifts a car of her child or the man who fights off a grizzly bear in the woods, it’s also
what is responsible for the butterflies in your stomach before a big presentation.
Enhance Your Breath & Support your Abdomen and Pelvic Floor by Opening Your Ribcage
The ribcage is intricately connected to the abdomen and pelvic floor. Optimize your ribcage mobility through these 3 basic yoga poses to enhance abdominal and pelvic floor function – including leaking pee!
Breath & the Pelvic Floor: Basic 360 Breath
Join Andrea Plitz, Physiotherapist & Yoga Teacher as she takes you through the basic of the breath and how it relates not only to pelvic floor but the core in general. Episode 1 of her 8 part Breath Work Series.
Path of the Breath: Optimize Pressures to Limit Urinary Leakage
Consciously connecting to pelvic floor just before and holding it during a cough or sneeze (aka “the knack”) can be a very helpful and functional way to limit urine leakage. However, we also need to think about and manage pressures above – especially if “kegeling” is not working for you. Check out this video to assist your pelvic floor even more with this simple breath awareness technique.