Prioritise your pelvic health in 2024!

Prioritise your pelvic health in 2024!

2024 is the year to prioritise your pelvic floor and help prevent future problems! The pelvic floor is not strengthened by general exercise – this means you need to know how to activate the muscles and strengthen them specifically. The pelvic floor muscles are...
Returning to high impact exercise after childbirth

Returning to high impact exercise after childbirth

If you want to run or do other high impact exercise as soon as possible after the birth of your baby, there are a few things you need to be wary of. High impact exercise postnatally has been found to increase the risk of pelvic floor dysfunction nearly five-fold,...
Return to exercise – the first 6 weeks after childbirth

Return to exercise – the first 6 weeks after childbirth

When can I exercise like “normal” after having a baby? Pregnancy and delivery (vaginal or Caesarian Section) affect your body in a way that takes well over 6 weeks to recover from. The 6 week clearance to exercise from your GP is not enough! Birthing people need...
Let’s cut the crap and talk about bowel control

Let’s cut the crap and talk about bowel control

Problems with loss of bowel control include what we call faecal incontinence (loss of solid or liquid from the bowel) or flatus incontinence (passing of wind when you don’t mean to). These problems are more common than you think! 14.7% of New Zealanders surveyed...