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Your Movement Diet

Just like nutrient deficiencies, many of us often have movement deficiencies. A whole-food-based diet will keep your body feeling its best, and a full-spectrum movement practice will keep your muscles and joints feeling their best. Our joints were not made to stay in one position — they were made to move! — so if we spend most of our time, day after day in the same position, our joints can become deficient in a particular movement, and they let us know by feeling stiff and signaling pain.

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3 Ways to Pick Things Off the Ground Without Hurting Your Low Back

Have you ever picked up a box, a child, or even something as light as a pencil off the ground and then had immediate low back pain? It’s more common than you might think, but just because it happens to a lot of people doesn’t mean that it makes it any easier when it happens to you. Here’s why the way you’re (probably) currently picking things off the ground isn’t helping your low back pain.

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Fake News: “My child won’t learn how to walk unless I help them.”

A LOT of development occurs during baby’s first year, and all of these “firsts” are exciting for parents! Sometimes parents become concerned when their child meets a milestone later than an older sibling or another child of the same age. Parents may even be tempted to help their children “hit” certain stages (like walking) too soon.

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Abdominal Separation in Pregnant and Postpartum Women: What Does It Mean and What Should I Do About It?

Diastasis, or separation, of the front abdominal muscles goes by a lot of different names: diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA), diastasis recti, abdominal separation, “mommy tummy,” etc. They’re all just a fancy way to say that your rectus abdominus or “six pack” muscles have separated.

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Incontinence during & after pregnancy… Should it happen??

While it may not be “normal” to have trouble with the pelvic floor, it is surprisingly common, especially in pregnant and postpartum women. Some researchers estimate that up to 3 in 4 women have stress incontinence during pregnancy, which often resolves spontaneously postpartum, but for many women, it continues for months or years after delivery.

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