Lifting weights once a week is better than not lifting weights seven days a week!
Pre-kids, I didn’t see the point in lifting weights if I couldn’t do it at least 3 times a week with an aim to progress every week 🏋️ Now? Well now I believe in the beauty of embracing the small victories, of valuing every bit of effort no matter how modest the steps...
Stop blaming posture for your pain
Full disclosure - I used to ‘correct’ people’s posture all the time. I use to tell them they weren’t sitting properly or standing properly and that if they just tried harder, they would feel better. Now I know better, so I do better. Now I discuss posture with my 1:1...
8 Beliefs holding you back from Consistent Exercise
I get it – life’s a juggling act and finding time for yourself can feel like a mission impossible.Between meeting everyone else’s needs and squeezing in the basics like a shower and a meal, the idea of adding exercise might seem like too much. But let’s chat about...
When you have to tell your physio you haven’t done your exercises….
Ok, secrets out. I know you’re TERRIFIED to tell your physio you haven’t been doing your exercises!! My favourite response to the question: “Have you been doing your exercises?” is “Not as much as I should be” - it can never technically be a lie, right? 😂 I’ll be...
I used to think walking didn’t count as exercise
I see a lot of women in clinic who don’t count walking as exercise. It doesn’t even factor in for them when I ask them if they’re currently exercising. I get it. Once upon a time, I used to believe that walking didn’t make the cut as exercise either.It’s...
Muscle Soreness is not the Measure of an Effective Workout
There’s just something about that day-after-exercise muscle burn that makes you feel like you’ve achieved something! But did you know sore muscles are not necessary for a workout to be effective? Here’s why: 💪🏻 Muscle Adaptation: As your body gets used to a particular...
Your Weak Core is Probably not the Reason you have Back Pain
Have you heard the one about your weak core being responsible for your low back pain? Let’s set the record straight and empower ourselves with up to date knowledge 🤓 The research tells us there is more contributing to our pain (especially pain that is persisting)...
Why I love longer consultations
One of my favourite things about working in my own business is that I get to choose how long the consultations are 🙌 I think back to my early years in clinics, doing 20-30mins appointments back to back. Often I would even have two treatment rooms going at the same...
Self care at Christmas time
This time of year is funny isn’t it? Not haha funny. More like ‘hmm, interesting’ funny.As I saw in an instagram reel this week...“I’m just a mum wanting to give her kids the world, but not spoil them, but also make it magical, but also teach them what to actually...
3 Exercises I wish all women did daily
1. Connect to your Pelvic Floor Including: The sensation of squeeze, lift and holdThe sensation of full relaxation Building up areas of deficit: This might mean working onEndurance Power Coordination Relaxation... Depending on your needs 2. Diaphragmatic Breathing 360...
Seven reasons I love seeing new Mamas early
❌You don’t have to wait until 6 weeks after birth to see a physio❌You don’t have to wait until 6 weeks to start exercising❌ You don’t have to wait until 6 weeks to start rehab for your abdominal muscles In fact, there is SO MUCH we can help with in the first 6 weeks....
Plantar fasciitis toolkit
Ever felt that sharp pain in your heel, especially during those first steps in the morning? 🦶 That might just be Plantar Fasciitis. ❌ Put that frozen water bottle away and stop all that stretching.Try these 5 exercises instead and see if they help! 1. Soft tissue...
Am I having a midlife crisis?
I’m turning 40 soon and I’m actually feeling fine about the number. I’ve never found milestone birthdays to be an emotional trigger for me. I mean, I am aware my body is ageing - I’m literally booked in for an eye exam today because I think reading glasses are just...
5 Game changers for pelvic floor problems (other than pelvic floor exercises)
Firstly, “Pelvic Floor Problems” can cover a WIDE range of things, like urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal incontinence. Pelvic floor exercises are not always the answer. And almost always not the whole answer. Here are 5...
Mama Mental Load – Some Coping Strategies
Recently, I spoke about how I believe so much of our chronic stress as women comes from the invisible mental load we carry. It seems to be a particularly topical issue at the moment - just this week a clip went viral of Maggie Dent (Love Maggie) chatting to Kate...
Resting after birth
I’m a Physio who works only with women, and often with postnatal women… And this is what I ACTUALLY mean when I say to “REST” after birth…. I mean horizontal rest.I don’t mean sitting.I don’t mean standing around.I mean lying down.Horizontally. Why? Because, whether...
Is Walking 10,000 Steps a Day Necessary?
Do you know where the 10000 steps/day recommendation originally came from?It didn’t come from some meticulously designed & executed study… It came from a Japanese marketing company who thought it was a catchy name for a pedometer in the 1960s. But since then the...
My experience of ‘Mum Burnout’
I’ve been reading a book called ‘Burnout - the secret to solving the stress cycle’ by Emily and Amelia Nagoski and I’m having so many a-ha moments that I couldn’t even wait until I finished the book to share them.I’ve always thought burnout is when you fall in a heap...
5 Things I want women to know in their third trimester
🤰 Often with the third trimester comes a shift in our mindset & focus (not to mention organs!) We start turning our mind to the birth itself and what lies beyond a little more. And this can feel as exciting as it does daunting. One of my most important roles in...
5 things I care MORE about than your MRI results…
As a women's health physio who treats a LOT of back pain I am often asked by clients if they should get an MRI, or treat clients who are eager to show me the MRIs they've already had done.I get it, Images of your spine offer something concrete. You'd think if you SEE...