The Tummy Team Journey

A pelvic floor therapist's journey to finding her own core rehab and getting professional training to make her treatment plans more functional for her clients. Megan Miller is a licensed pelvic floor physical therapist in Harrisburg, PA who has had a long journey doing a combination of personal and professional training with The Tummy Team. Join us to hear her story and learn how you can take...

Join Kelly Dean, MPT, as she interviews online client Laura from Seattle. Laura shares a powerful story of being dismissed and desperate to feel better after a traumatic c-section and long postpartum recovery. Seven years after the birth of her first baby, Laura was still struggling with bloating, fatigue, disconnect, pain and so many other elusive symptoms that made her just feel "off". After see...

Join Kelly Dean, MPT as she interviews online client, Katie from Delaware, who shares her inspiring story to reclaim her life after years of low back pain using The Tummy Team functional core rehab approach. Katie's story is not uncommon. So many of us struggle with elusive low back pain that slowly takes over our life, and often doctors and traditional physical therapists do not have the answer....

Join Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, as she interviews online client Todd from Washington as he shares the end of his 5 year struggle to heal his diastasis using the functional integration approach of our Core Foundations for Men course. Todd was an avid runner for years but life, work and family shifted his priorities for a season. Once he tried to get back into physical shape he i...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Tummy Team client Megan Layaw who found The Tummy Team between baby #6 and baby #7. She was a doula and thought she already knew everything she needed to know about birth and recovery, but realized the dramatic difference that functional core rehab had in healing her own body. She had a huge improvement in her fetal alignment for baby #7 an...

Kelly interviews online Tummy Team client Rashida who shares a story of finally understanding her body. Rashida had a traumatic birth recovery with baby #1, a complicated birth with baby #2, and had a long history of powering through pain. Learning about Diastasis Recti and how it was impacting her ability to care for her young family changed everything. Rashida shares how "simplicity is underesti...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, shares about the importance of looking at functional core and pelvic floor rehab as essential self care for life. There is so much more to The Tummy Team approach than just Diastasis Recti rehabilitation. We are passionate about teaching clients life long skills to be the best version of themselves physically, mentally, and emotionally. How are you do...

Kelly interviews online client, Julia, who struggled with diastasis, back pain and pelvic floor issues from her first pregnancy. Julia shares how it took her several attempts to heal her diastasis as she was so used to powering through her symptoms and disconnecting from her body that she was very skeptical and resistant to The Tummy Team approach which included slowing down, breathing, realigning...

Kelly shares in depth about all the benefits of functional core and pelvic floor rehab for our clients 60 and older. Diastasis Recti does not just impact prenatal and postpartum women. Functional Core Weakness is an epidemic in our culture and the side effects of it can dramatically impact us as we age by limiting our mobility, increasing our risk of falls, and creating dysfunction that limits our...

Kelly interviews online client, Bonnie, who has four children under the age of six and was suffering with debilitating Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD). Bonnie shares how she has progressed from daily pain, fear and the inability to do the simple things of motherhood to being pain free and returning to the things she loves. We talk about the importance of baby steps and making rehab functional. B...

Kelly interviews online client and her good friend Molly as she shares her personal journey to start exercising for the first time in her life at 48. Molly did not struggle from diastasis recti but had long standing functional core weakness, poor posture and disconnect from her body. After developing an autoimmune disease and being inspired to take charge of her health during the pandemic, Molly s...

In this episode of Intermittent Fasting Stories, Gin talks to Kelly Dean from Camas, WA. Kelly is a physical therapist, and has her own practice. Growing up, Kelly was a swimmer, and very lean. She continued to swim through college, but when she graduated, her swimming career came to an end. She got married, and experienced five miscarriages. Kelly found herself eating to cope with the sorrow. “It...

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, is joined by online Floor of Your Core client Stefanie Overstreet as she shares her journey as a nurse to learn more about her body after experiencing pelvic prolapse. Stefanie shares her motherhood journey including depression, anxiety, overzealous workouts and disconnect that all lead her to feeling like her body was falling apart....

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] A Journey to Releasing Muscles while Regaining Real Strength In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews online client Carolin who shares her story to reconnect to her core after diastasis and disc herniation. Carolin was diagnosed with a five-finger diastasis and was able to do some in person rehab prior to doing The Tummy Team's...

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, discusses the delicate subject of pain with sex and how trauma impacts intimacy. Sex is an important part of our adult life, and it should not hurt. One of the areas that The Tummy Team helps clients in is reclaiming their sex life. In this podcast, Kelly shares about the delicacy of the pelvic floor tissues, how a pain cycle can be b...

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews online Tummy Team Client Stephanie from Virginia who shares her journey to even acknowledge the trauma from her breast cancer and fertility experiences. Sometimes, you are so busy surviving that you struggle to even see how much your body has been through. Stephanie shares honestly how the core rehab process helped her see...

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Tummy Team client Andrea from Boise, Idaho who shares her journey through Core Foundations seeking physical healing and realizing what she really needed with emotional core healing. This is an emotional and empowering story that helps us understand how trauma is held in our body and the journey to heal emotionally and physi...

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, shares how physical disconnect seems to be the main speed bump that clients have when trying to fully restore their core. Kelly shares about how trauma is stored physically in the body, explains the role of muscle memory and the process of healing emotionally, mentally and physically. This is an insightful look at how beautifully our...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews online client Mackenzie and discusses her pelvic floor rehab journey after a traumatic first delivery. Mackenzie tried in person pelvic floor physical therapy without success and then was able to find healing and strength while 5 months pregnant with our Floor of Your Core rehab course. Mackenzie shares her story from feeling desperate and...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews online client Megan who found The Tummy Team while pregnant with baby number 3 on her search to avoid another C-Section delivery. Megan has an encouraging story to share to help other moms be proactive and prepared for birth and birth recovery. Join us to hear how Prenatal Core Training impacted her birth experience. Additional Resources: P...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, shares how to set meaningful goals and gives you strategies to be successful including identifying all the ways we sabotage ourselves and ways to overcome those self defeating habits. Life -long strength is more than a simple fitness goal. Understanding what is really important and creating a realistic plan to get there is our specialty. Additional Re...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews online Tummy Team client Jen Miller who shares her powerful journey through postpartum depression to reconnecting to her core. Jen shares how hard it was to feel "herself" when she felt like she had a hole in the middle of her body. Her journey led her to write music and share with other women struggling with postpartum depression. This is...

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, shares about the beauty of turning 50 right after her 50th birthday and parallels her personal journey with the role that The Tummy Team functional core rehab approach has played. This is the last podcast in our Embracing the New series. Additional Resources: Book a Free 15-Minute New Client Phone Consult or schedule a full virtual appointment with Ke...

A podcast discussion between Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, and her oldest daughter (middle child) Kadie. Kadie shares a bit about how Kelly’s core rehab journey has influenced her life. Kelly shares more about how healing her broken core started a journey of living a strong, connected and intentional life and how that impacted her kids and her family in unexpected ways. This is a...

Kelly Dean, Founder of The Tummy Team and Miranda Anderson, Online Administrator with The Tummy Team,  talk about all the things related to core rehab, diastasis, weight loss and strength gain. Kelly shares about her recent journey to changing her relationship with food and the dramatic impact that has had on losing weight. Miranda shares her journey to building strength and connection while losin...