Vulvar Varicosities

Vulvar Varicosities

Pregnancy is a time where there are many changes happening in the body. Although vulvar varicosities are rare, affecting 4% of women, they can be quite debilitating in everyday life. What are vulvar varicosities? The veins of the vulva become dilated, and the blood flow has difficulty flowing in the correct direction due to a…

How to Poop

How to Poop

Let me teach you how to poop, even though you have been pooping your whole life! Pooping or passing a bowel movement is a multi-factorial event, which can be regulated by several factors that you can read about in our blog Am I Constipated. Those external factors help regulate a bowel movement, but here are…

Visceral Mobilization

Visceral Mobilization

What Is Visceral Manipulation? Visceral manipulation is a type of gentle manual therapy aimed to improve mobility and motility of organs in the body. Mobility of an organ is caused by the pushing and pulling of connective tissues, such as with respiration. Motility is the organs’ own intrinsic active movement, separate from respiration. A restriction…

A Physical Therapy Survival to the Holiday Season

A Physical Therapy Survival to the Holiday Season

Keeping up with physical therapy during the holidays is tough. There are so many other things to do – cooking, parties, shopping, travel, and visiting with family and friends. But if you’re in physical therapy over the holidays, there’s a reason. You’re having pain, or not moving as well as you want to. These issues…