Breathe. Physical Therapy & Wellness Blog, Des Moines, Iowa

13 Aug

5 Natural (And Fast) Headache Remedies

Manage Headaches without Drugs Natural Health

Do you get headaches sometimes? In the last year, I can remember 3 main headaches that lasted from 3 days to 6 weeks and I certainly took my share of over the counter pain relievers (acetaminophen and ibuprofen) when nothing I was doing was helping and I couldn’t

09 Aug

Essential Oil Expert Resources

We’re so glad you’re part of the magic that doTERRA essential oil offers you and we want to ensure you fall in love with these drops of liquid gold each and every day! There have been many changes and updates to the resources we have to use doTERRA

30 Jul

What to Expect: First Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Visit

Comfortable office waiting room with pink couches

We get it. You are a teensy bit worried about having a stranger get all up in “there” to find out how well your pelvic floor muscles are working. I’ll bet there are quite a few of you out there who know you need to come, but

24 Jul

Mom Workout Group: Postpartum Exercise in Des Moines

It is TOUGH to get back into an exercise routine after a baby is born. Schedules are weird, sleep is at a premium, childcare is a problem, and sometimes a mama just feels so out of shape that it’s hard to get started. Usually we promote mom-based functional

19 Jul

Pelvic Floor Recovery

By Libby Trausch
In Physical Therapy, Postpartum, Pregnancy
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So you’ve just delivered your precious babe and suddenly you’re peeing your pants, or having pelvic discomfort or a lack of pelvic strength. Or, maybe you’re currently pregnant and hearing stories from your friends about all the pelvic floor dysfunction in your near future. Neither of these things

02 Jul

How Molly Uses Essential Oils

I may seem like an essential oil expert now (cough cough), but I was once completely overwhelmed. My mother-in-law gave me an entire starter kit for a birthday present, and it was MONTHS before I used anything other than lavender! I didn’t even plug in the diffuser for

26 Jun

Safely Wear Your Baby: The Basics of Babywearing

Dad wearing baby girl in soft structured baby carrier

By Katie Kelly, former babywearing educator with Babywearing International of Central Iowa. So you’re interested in babywearing? It’s a long tradition in much of the world to wear your baby close and visible at all times. But sometimes the terms and carriers used can be overwhelming! Below, I’ve

19 Jun

The Cause for Women’s Pelvic Pain

By Libby Trausch
In Physical Therapy, Postpartum, Wellness
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This is a PSA to the women who are told their gynecological and obstetric pelvic pain require surgery or drugs to improve. I got my period when I was 9 and shortly after started taking massive doses of ibuprofen monthly. As a young girl I regularly visited

08 Jun

I Can Finally Move!

Riding a bicycle, exercising postpartum recovery

I finally had a breakthrough! I was dancing with my 2 year old daughter, jumping around, picking her up, twirling her around (to Let It Go…of course) and I didn’t feel like my back was going to break and I didn’t feel like I was going

02 Apr

Rest & Relaxation

Deep Rest and Full Muscle Relaxation A very difficult thing to find but is crucial to get over chronic pain, heart disease, anxiety, depression, IBS, other digestive issues and even infertility. If pregnant, pelvic and abdominal muscle relaxation and control are necessary to prepare our bodies to safely and

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