Well, I don’t know. Yet. The muscles in and around the back are complex. But I already have a few guesses. Back pain and you Back pain makes you irritable, and it makes you avoid doing things. Chronic pain leads to changes in the brain, and the accompanying feeling of helplessness puts you at risk […]
Read More Why Does My Back Hurt?Read this, then: close your eyes picture a beautiful place with moving water and, in your mind, repeat this sentence three to ten times: Joy–let it flow over me.
Read More The Shortest MeditationPostpartum women want to know how long it’s going to take for them to be back to their baseline. Here are my tips for answering that question: 1.Take what your MD or OB says with a grain of salt. An experienced primary care physician who focuses on prevention and maintaining good health reconfirmed to me […]
Read More How Long Till I Recover?I’m not going to go into all the factors that can lead to the onset of depression around impending or new motherhood, although I did read an interesting study recently that correlated the level of pain and trauma a woman experienced during delivery with her level of depression afterwards. A good friend of mine experienced […]
Read More Pre- and Postpartum Depression: It’s Way Too Common, But It Is TreatableCourtland Milloy has written for the Washington Post since 1975. A southerner by birth and an advocate for the people of DC by trade, Milloy decided to do something radical in response to our city’s obesity gap. Here are some of the frightening DC Dept of Health stats he cites. In Wards 7 and 8, […]
Read More One month as a vegan, and now he can get his socks onAt last, research has yielded strong and reputable evidence that physical exercise both prevents the onset of depression, and reduces depressive symptoms. Did ya hear that? Exercise fights depression! Science proves it! (People knew exercise and mood were related. They just didn’t have strong research clarifying whether being depressed makes people exercise less than typical-mood […]
Read More Evidence for Exercise as an AntidepressantPregnancy and delivery do a number on the body, that’s for sure. These are (paraphrases of) the most common issues that bother my clients. #10 My breath doesn’t work right I don’t want to talk during meals because I can’t eat, talk, and breathe all at the same time. Also, talking is exhausting. This is […]
Read More Top Ten Postpartum ProblemsTake this quiz to determine if your pelvic floor is functioning well. Does pee come out of your body when you don’t want it to? No. Whaaat….? Does that happen to people? Yes. That’s why I dread getting a cold and having to cough and sneeze. Yes. Why do you think I quit running/CrossFit/dance/going to […]
Read More Is My Pelvic Floor Broken?I mean, it’s nothing too surprising.But I guess it’s nice that they even thought about postpartum women. In November 2018, US Health and Human Services revamped their activity recommendations for Americans. Their overall new message is for all people to move more and sit less. They also offered some more specific guidelines for different groups. […]
Read More New Postpartum Physical Activity GuidelinesAfter baby, like, awhile after baby, when my belly was semi-normal size, I slipped on my trusty ice-blue Uniqlo jacket. Warm and cozy, but light as marshmallow fluff, I wanted it to defend me against the stiff March breeze. It zipped over my slightly protruding belly. But it wouldn’t zip up over my chest. Que annoying! I […]
Read More The Bra That Wouldn’t Fit
Unbroken Body Fitness 
You must be logged in to post a comment.