Rethinking Pelvic Physiotherapy for Everyday Life Pelvic physiotherapy is care focused on the muscles, joints, and tissues in and around your pelvis, hips, low back and core. It is about how you move, breathe, lift, exercise, go to the bathroom and enjoy intimacy. This kind of care is not just for people who have given birth. It can support people of all genders, ages and life stages. Many people in Toronto feel shy, embarrassed or unsure about bringing up pelvic concerns. To

Bringing a new baby home changes everything, including how your body feels. Long walks with the stroller, carrying a heavy car seat up condo stairs, leaning over the crib, and feeding in the middle of the night can all add up to sore backs and weak-feeling cores. Many parents in Toronto notice that by the time routines settle, their own bodies feel anything but settled. Pelvic physiotherapy can help. It is not just for athletes or people after surgery. It is gentle, focused c

Alyssa Brunt, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist "Don't lift heavy when you're pregnant." Whether you've heard it from a friend, a healthcare provider, or that one person at the gym who just had to say something — chances are, this advice has made its way to you at some point. And for a long time, women listened. Barbells got swapped for resistance bands, PRs got put on pause, and the weight room started feeling like off-limits territory the moment a positive pregnancy test app

Endometriosis is more than “just bad cramps”... It’s pain with intercourse and fertility challenges. It’s painful peeing, constipation, bloating, and diarrhea. It’s chronic fatigue and pelvic pain. It’s having to miss work or school because of severe period pain. It’s extremely impactful on our physical and mental health, social wellbeing and quality of life. Endometriosis is when abnormal tissue that is very similar to the tissue that lines the uterus grows outside the uter

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By Alyssa Brunt MScPT, BScKIN (HON) Two weeks ago, the rituals and routines that we all practice so regularly were asked to stop. Just...

By Alyssa Brunt MScPT, BScKIN (HON) Ladies, it’s time to shed some light on a pretty private topic…our pelvic floor! As a pelvic floor...

Congratulations, you’re pregnant! You’ve got a bun in the oven and are officially eating for two. And so begins the 9-month journey of...