Birth Ready and Beyond: from Mom Through Menopause

For women who like to run, getting back to it postpartum can be quite the journey. When is too early? How do I know if I'm ready to run? What do I do if I leak? Why do I now have hip pain or knee pain?

Christine Pieton has been a lifelong runner, is a running coach, and is a physical therapist who specializes in running. She and I chat about the journey that is getting back to running.

Listen as she tackles some of the most common issues and questions mama runners have!

A diastasis so severe that it led to a career change from high school English teacher and competitive CrossFit athlete to postpartum fitness and athleticism coach?

You have GOT to hear her story!

Lisa Marie Ryan gets real and shares her journey from competitive CrossFit athlete to postpartum mama with a major diastasis to healed and strong after her long journey that included thousands of miles of travel, many expert consults, and a surgical repair.

She shares her wonderful insight and wisdom with all women that are dealing with diastasis themselves.

Pelvic pain affects millions of women & is not a simple condition to treat. Pain in the pelvis and pelvic floor can come from a variety of causes and the symptoms can vary greatly. But with all of the different pelvic pain patients I have worked with over the last decade, there ARE some common patterns that have emerged within a majority of my patients. Listen as I discuss 4 common habits of my pelvic pain patients and how we address them as a part of our holistic treatment approach.

One of the biggest changes to the delivery options for physical therapy during COVID has been virtua visits or telehealth. Though it was an option to some before, it became ESSENTIAL after COVID. Buffy talks to her friend and colleague Dr J Martin about this topic as Dr J has been providing telehealth visits to her clients for years and coaches other PTs in how to add this to their practice as well.

Want to know what a virtual PT visit is like? Does it really work? Listen and find out!

Whether we like it or not, stress will occupy parts of our lives and how well we get through it is entirely up to us. Buffy talks with Arianna Rees, a health and life coach about how to use mindset and meditation to get us through times of stress and uncertainty. Arianna gives so many gems of wisdom in this interview that you just won't want to miss!

This chat was recorded from a Facebook Live in a running group.

Expecting persons all over the world are feeling an added amount of stress in anticipation of their upcoming childbirth experience. What will it be like? Will I be able to have a support person with me? Will I have to wear a mask? And on and on. Chantal and Buffy talk about what it's been like in New York City. A place hardest hit by the pandemic and how she is preparing her clients for their birth no matter the circumstance.

Listen in as we talk about what you need to know now.

Listen as I interview Taylor Pierce, a relationship and sex therapist who is currently recovering from COVID-19. She shares what her experience has been like going through and recovering from this illness as well as dives into incredibly helpful tools for us to use in our relationships with our partners during times of stress.

This topic is incredibly timely as all of us are finding ourselves in unique situations with homeschooling our kids and often working from home and having MUCH more close contact time with our partners and close family members… which may strain our relationships a great deal with the addition of the stress of this time!

Grab some earbuds, a cozy corner away from screaming kids (or just go sit in your parked car) and take a listen!

In a time when you may not be able to have a large support team and doula during your delivery, Buffy and Chantal discuss strategies you can use to calm your nervous system and harness your focus. Listen to this podcast to give you actionable tools you can start NOW to begin to prepare for your birth.

Do you wake up feeling tired??

Do you feel like your sleep could do this sleep thing better?

Does sleep feel like the last thing on a very long list of To Do's??

I got to chat with the amazing Sleep Teachers Sleep Consulting Founder Brittney Stefanic to talk allllllll about SLEEP!!!

We cover a TON about sleep in this episode and it's one you do NOT want to miss! From baby sleep training to bedtime routine tips with big kids and adult sleep goals.

Let's pull this #sleep goal out from under the giant pile of healthy to-dos because it can make such a HUGE impact on our overall health!

Whether you are 18 years old or 40 years old, experiencing bladder leaks with running is just plain COMMON. In fact, two studies have reported that between 30-80% of ALL female high school and college athletes leak during their sport! So it's not just a 'mom" thing.

A large percentage of women who leak during sport do so NOT because they just need to do more kegels. It's a bit more complicated than that.

In this 24 minute episode I will cover 7 tips to help us women to be able to run WITHOUT leaks… and these tips are NOT about Kegels!

Download the guide at www.pinnaclewt.com