There are over 3 million births in the US each year. That's a lot of pelvic floors working incredibly hard and a lot of opportunity for leakage. As the fetus grows, the pelvic floor muscles are forced to function in stretched or lengthened positions with growing weight on top of it. This can cause fatigue, progressive weakness, or painful tightness impacting daily life, bathroom functions, and comfort. That's just during pregnancy. After the varying levels of tissue trauma and demands during...

As Physical Therapists, we get a lot of people coming into clinic with foot pain that has been self-diagnosed or diagnosed by a primary care provider as plantar fasciitis - all because of simply the general location of their symptoms. Often times they fail to improve with conservative care or self-management strategies because it's not Plantar Fasciitis at all. Let's talk about it. Stand-alone Plantar Fasciitis (PF) is experienced at the back attachment site of the plantar fascia to the...

Youth athletes work incredibly hard. They are growing every day, body and mind. Brains are processing. Learning. Navigating social...