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In honor of Women’s History Month, I wanted to highlight local women who are currently making history by being successful in their respective fields.  Each of these women has also helped to lift me up and help me succeed in launching my own solo career.  It shows that building each other up so that we are all successful is so much better than tearing others down.  We can also think of it as: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” -Aristotle.  When everything is work

Empowering women is something I am incredibly passionate about.  Not only do I want to empower women but I want to help them FEEL empowered.  I want them to realize that they are not defined by their diagnosis.  This is never more true than for those with Endometriosis.  Endometriosis is a condition where the lining of the uterus grows outside of the uterus attaching itself haphazardly to other organs. (1)  This, as you can imagine, causes significant pain thus affecting a wo

World Sleep Day was this past Friday and while some of us, myself included, were celebrating, some find sleep frustrating and elusive.  “…women at any age are one of the most vulnerable groups to suffer from the public health problem of sleep disorders.” (1) There are so many factors that can contribute to poor quality sleep for women, but not all are obvious.  I wanted to highlight some of the factors affecting a woman’s ability to sleep to hopefully help you catch some zzz

To stretch or not to stretch, that is the question??  Most of us barely find enough time to workout, never mind have enough left over to stretch afterwards.  Well, according to recent research, doing isolated static stretches may be a thing of the past! In the words of Inigo Montoya, “Let me ‘splain…no, there is too much….let me sum up.” Static stretching is the type of stretching we think of when we hear the word stretching.  Huh?  What I mean by that is that a static stretc

Have you given up running because your pelvic floor just said NO?!  Well I’m here to tell you that you CAN return to running despite having urinary leakage or pelvic pain.  We just need to figure out WHY you’re leaking/having pain, WHAT is contributing to these problems, and figure out HOW to fix them.  Honestly, it sounds harder than it is. When our Pelvic Floor is doing the job she is tasked with, supporting our pelvic organs, allowing for sexual function, and relaxing enou

The Pelvic Floor has a number of jobs but the ones we’re going to focus on here are: 1. Keeping Things In  2. Letting Things Out The Pelvic Floor Muscles (PFM) must be able to relax enough to allow the flow of urine and the release of feces.  If the PFM are too tight, your urine stream could be weak or altered and you may have difficulty defecating.  If the PFM are too weak, this could lead to what’s called a Pelvic Organ Prolapse, where one organ within the pelvic cavity sta

We all know that our poor posture in both sitting and standing can be to blame when it comes to neck and back pain.  But did you know that poor posture can affect your pelvic floor function as well?!  The good news is that there is no need to try to achieve perfect posture- because it doesn’t exist!  We need to find the perfect posture for YOU.  Let’s start at the top and work our way down… Head, Shoulders and Upper Back If you sit working at a computer for a living, chances

When I first began on this Pelvic Health journey I was shocked to learn that many women with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction actually have TIGHT pelvic floor muscles as opposed to weak.  This may seem counterintuitive but let me explain… For years, Kegel or Pelvic Floor Strengthening exercises were the gold standard for treating pelvic floor dysfunction, especially urinary leakage.  If you’ve ever read a women’s magazine, you know what I’m talking about.  However, for some women, Ke

In honor of the upcoming Winter Olympics, I thought we could participate in a fitness challenge of our own focusing on all things Pelvic Floor!  Each Monday during the month of February, I will release a blog highlighting the topics that will then be covered on Empower Women’s Health Facebook and Instagram pages.  I encourage you to follow along, comment on what the movement of the day felt like or how the dysfunction discussed has impacted you.  I want to create a community

Are you a work from home type of person, or do you need to go to the office to be productive?  Do you exercise at a gym or workout at home?  Are you a mom who thinks that leaving the house is overwhelming or is going out a fun adventure?  Whichever one of these best describes you, there is a way to receive Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy that suits your needs!  At Empower Women’s Health, we offer both in-home visits and visits within our private clinic with 1-on-1 treatment ses

Celebrating Galentine’s Day with your girlfriends has been becoming more and more popular and for good reason- we women need one another!  A good friend will laugh with you, cry with you, and be silly with you, all without judgement.  We often confide in our closest friends and tell them things we don’t tell our significant other or even our doctors.  I think this is because we’re all on this feminine ride called womanhood.  We are all going through similar things at similar

What is Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy??

Get Relief from your Pelvic Pain in Allentown, NJ! I'm so excited to share with you that Empower Women's Health is officially open for business! Wait, what?! You don't know what Empower Women's Health is? Well, pull up a chair and let me tell you... Empower Women's Health is a brand new Physical Therapy clinic focusing on the assessment and treatment of women's Pelvic Floor disorders. At EWH, we take a comprehensive, 1-on-1, full body approach to treating matters related to p