Pelvic Floor, Core & More | Healing Beyond Kegels: Core Rehab, Prenatal Fitness, Birth Prep, Postpartum Recovery, Nervous System Regulation, and Holistic Self-Care for Moms

Hey Momma! Is this your first baby? Or maybe it has been a while since your last pregnancy and you are trying to prepare yourself for the journey ahead. Either way, this episode is going to let you in on (many but not all) the things that can happen during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum, so that you can be more prepared than the rest of us! I polled over a hundred women to see what they wish t...

Hey Girl! Have you struggled with chronic pain? Do you feel like your body is extra sensitive? Maybe your pain is moving around and you don’t know what is going on? Or maybe you have already been diagnosed with fibromyalgia and you don’t know what that means for you and managing your pain and your function. Either way, you are not alone. Fibromyalgia is very misunderstood and can be a frustrating...

Hey Friend!   Do you struggle with TMJ or jaw pain? Maybe tension headaches or migraines from grinding your teeth? Or have you been told you grind at night and need to wear a mouth guard? If you have any of these TMJ dysfunction symptoms or any pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms like overactive bladder, pelvic pain, pain with intercourse, urinary urgency and more, then you will want to pay attentio...

Hey Love! Are you a busy mom who is sick of letting the bathroom control your life but can't quite find the time to heal or do the work you know is necessary to stop leaking, heaviness or pain? I know the struggle! As a busy mom of 3 myself, it has taken me years of deep inner and outer work to create a sustainable lifestyle that feels doable and not overwhelming.  After having coached hundreds of...

Hey Friend! It is the 100th episode of Pelvic Floor, Core & More with The Balanced Momtality aka me, Dr. Des and also the TWO YEAR Anniversary of this show! I cannot believe it has already been this long and we are still here, impacting, educating, inspiring and growing together! I am so proud of what we have accomplished in the last two years and for the fact that I have been able to show up...

Hey Love, Are you frustrated because you are sick of living with leaking, pressure or pain but you just can’t seem to show up for yourself to do the work? Maybe you were doing good but then you got sick or kids disrupted your sleep so you are exhausted? Or you are pregnant and fighting nausea and fatigue or postpartum and you are overwhelmed and can’t seem to find the time for you? Maybe it’s day...

Hey Friend! It is not only my birthday week, but also @Podcasthon week where over 1,000 podcasters are donating an episode to charity.  So this week I am having a very special guest on the show to talk about a foundation that is very important to me. Sally Fellers is the founder of the David Fellers Healing Art Foundation, and also my grandmother. She started the foundation after the death of my u...

Hey Momma, Are you pregnant or planning to get pregnant and you’re curious about this whole pelvic floor thing? Or just wanting to make sure you are doing all the right things so you and baby can stay healthy, but maybe you’re worried about exercise and if you will do the right or wrong things? Wondering what the best types of exercises are or maybe you are getting ready for delivery and wondering...

Hey Friend, Have you been practicing your breath work and deep core breathing? Hoping to help heal back pain, or pelvic or tailbone pain? Or maybe pain with sex? Or maybe you just know that breath work is the key to healing and restoring a strong core system.  Either way, everyone should be doing breath work, especially if they have any pain or pelvic floor or core dysfunction. I have talked on ma...

Hey Love, Just checking in, how has it been going so far this year in terms of working towards your goals? Did you start the year strong, only to “fall off” and give up already feeling like a failure? Or are you still kicking along and chipping away towards those goals you set just over a month ago? Now is the time to really be honest with yourself if you haven’t been able to show up the way you i...

Hey Lady! Have you ever wondered what the status of your pelvic floor is? If you know how to kegel correctly? Or maybe if you have tightness and kegels could make things worse? Or if you have prolapse that you should be keeping an eye on? These are all things that I am checking for as a pelvic floor PT during the internal assessment, among many other things! However, I find that these are things m...

Hey Girl! Today's episode dives into my recent healing journey from an Iliac Stent Placement to treat my PeVD (Pelvic Venous Disorder or Pelvic Congestion Syndrome) and more about what I have been working on during my recovery to help you succeed in reaching your health and wellness goals this year! Are you a busy mom or woman  who is tired of peeing your pants when you sneeze, cough, jump or run?...

Hey Love, Have you wondered how to make those kegels transfer to not leaking during a jumping jack or while running or chasing down your kids? Wondering what's the best way to progress your exercises so that you can keep getting stronger without doing too much and causing more prolapse, pain and leaking? This is a very common and valid concern as the worst thing you could do is go too hard and cau...

Hey Girl, Have you joined the FREE Pelvic RESET 5 Day Challenge over inside the FaceBook group yet? If you are ready for a RESET and to get back on track with your goals or if your pelvic symptoms flared up over the Holidays, then this challenge is for you! Also Stay tuned for my Pelvic Floor, Core & More APP, which will host my NEW RESTORE 8 week program, guiding you through the very foundati...

Hey Friend, Happy New Year! Are you ready to RESET and get back on track to reaching your goals?! Did your pelvic symptoms flare up over the Holidays? Maybe you don’t like the idea of a New Year resolution, but you know you’re habits have gotten away from you or you are just ready to keep crushing it this year! Either way, it’s not a bad idea to jump on the bandwagon and get motivated and ready to...

Hey friend! Do you know what the pelvic floor is? I didn’t! At least not until I went to PT school and learned about it, and I had already had a child! Isn’t that crazy?! This is a muscle that is a part of our body and yet many of us don’t even know it exists. Let alone understanding its function and what it looks like when it’s not functioning properly.  Which leads us to accepting all these issu...

Hi Love! Today we are talking breath work! What does that look like? How should we do it? Why is it the KEY to restoring your core function? So if you have done all the core exercises and haven’t seen the changes you want or have trouble reaching your goals. Or maybe you have heard of breath work, maybe you tried it a couple times, but it didn’t work for you so you stopped? But you are still deali...

Hey girl! You are making the time to workout and strength train, but are you prioritizing the right exercises? It can be so overwhelming to try to create the right workout or fitness plan and our time is limited so we want to make sure we are getting the biggest bang for our buck!  Whether it’s during pregnancy, postpartum or beyond, glute exercises are crucial for pelvic floor and whole body heal...

Hey Mom Friend! I know there are soo many feelings and questions during pregnancy, especially around activity and what “safe” exercises during pregnancy even are. Our time and energy in the first trimester is limited and it can feel so overwhelming navigating the prenatal world and changing body.  You want to make sure your time and especially your energy, is used wisely and not causing harm to yo...

Hey Friend, For those that haven’t been following along, I have been struggling with symptoms of Pelvic Venous Disorder or PeVD or better known as, Pelvic Congestion Syndrome, for the last year.  It all started with an ovarian cyst like pain, but I later learned that my “menstrual cramps” I was feeling on and off throughout the month, not just during my menses, was also due to these enlarged veins...

Hey Girl, This time of year with the Holidays everything starts to feel stressful and overwhelming and this is a common time that people tend to “fall off the wagon”.  When in reality staying on track with some basic health and wellness pieces, can be a game changer for keeping your pain and symptoms away and keep you feeling good! That doesn’t mean you have to power through and just do it all. NO...

Hey Friend, Are you struggling with incontinence or stupid pee leaks whenever you sneeze or cough? Feeling heaviness ever since you delivered your baby and want to start exercising, but not sure what the safest exercises are? Knowing breathing is important, but not sure when or how to breath optimally? Well you are in the right place! Breathwork is the KEY to healing and restoring your core and pe...

Hey Momma, Are you pregnant, about to give birth or maybe just had a baby and are feeling lost? Or like you need some support and want to have someone in your corner to help advocate for you throughout your labor, delivery and postpartum journey? Doulas can be an amazing resource for momma as she is navigating this uncharted territory, or maybe well-known territory and you know you need help.  I d...

Hey Friend, Have you been feeling overwhelmed? Or like you are hitting a wall with your motivation or energy? Feeling like you are in reactive mode stumbling through your life from one thing to the next, only to feel like nothing has been done? Are your own self care activities getting pushed to the back burner? I have been there, like right now and so I am sharing my own struggles with you and th...

Hey Love, Have you been wondering when the best time to see a Pelvic Floor PT is? Maybe you are pregnant, about to give birth, or postpartum and know that pelvic floor PT can be helpful, but you aren’t sure when the right time to make that appointment is. Or maybe you have been dealing with pelvic pain, frequent UTI’s, or frustrating pelvic symptoms that you aren’t getting answers for from your gy...