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The Art of Medicine: When Evidence Based Medicine Is Not Enough

Modern living presents us with an overwhelming amount of options when it comes to every aspect of our lives. Healthcare is no exception. With research studies and treatment guidelines being created on a daily basis, they can often leave us feeling confused about which option is best for us when we are faced with an ailment. It is of the utmost importance that we question and research our options when considering the practitioners and treatments that are most fitting for our needs and lifestyles.

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Improve Your Pelvic Power and Sexual Function With the Revolutionary Hypopressive Kegel

September 4, 2015 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With no comments yet

Women and men are seeking new ways to improve their pelvic power, sexual function and core strength. When women and men have significant weakness in their pelvic floor muscles there are detrimental side effects and these individuals are seeking a new ways to regain their pelvic power. AT Renew PT, we have been raining our patients with a revolutionary new Kegel combo, the Hypopressive Kegel.

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10 Things You May Not Want to Know About Labor, Delivery, and Post-Partum— And the Truth That Will Set You Free

July 6, 2015 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With no comments yet

Birth is an all-encompassing experience filled with ups and downs. Its unpredictable nature can fill both grown women and men with fear. Fear is predominant because so many things can occur. Many times birthing partners are not prepared to handle the unpredictability or simply just don’t know that things can happen beyond their control.

When I thought about writing this blogpost I wanted it to be an exposé of sorts. As a physical therapist that rehabilitates women with obstetrical trauma I can share what I know in an honest way that is not as scary as what you may see on TV or read in the paper.

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Bladder Pain Relief Made Easy – Suprapubic Trigger Point Therapy

May 18, 2015 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With no comments yet

Many of my patients complain about pain right above the pubic bone. When I started to investigate this area over time I discovered that many of my patients would experience bladder pain, urgency and referral pain to the urethra and pelvic floor muscles. The bladder and more of the main pelvic floor muscles the PC muscle (Pubcoccygeus) live underneath the pubic bone and it makes sense that if there is a dysfunction in the bladder or the pelvic floor muscles that the top of the pubic bone and the lower abdominal area will be painful and filled with trigger points.

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Video Blog: Breathing and Pushing Techniques for Labor

October 31, 2014 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With no comments yet

The following blog and educational video clip is an excerpt from Ending Pain in Pregnancy. This book is the best collection of trade secrets from pelvic floor physical therapists, written to keep you strong and pain free during pregnancy and prepared for your labor and delivery.

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Call to Arms: Postpartum Care a Necessity?

October 27, 2013 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With no comments yet

The recent October issue of The Wall Street Journal recognizes the challenges of postpartum health care in the article entitled, “Bigger Postpartum Challenges Than Just Baby Weight”. How many women have been told, “That leaking you have is totally normal” or, “Those aches and pains are just part of having a baby”? While countries like France offer postpartum women 10-20 sessions…

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Foam Roller Exercises to Relieve Back and Neck Pain

June 15, 2013 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With no comments yet

Tired of having neck and back pain? Can’t get to your therapist because of time constraints? Why not try foam rolling your pain away. The foam roller is an extraordinary tool that helps to improve flexibility, eliminates painful trigger points and muscle spasms it also helps to reduce stress and anxiety in the body and mind.

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Prostate Surgery: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

April 24, 2013 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With Comments are off for this post

The following is an excerpt from the Fall 2013 release of Ending Male Pelvic Pain, A Man’s Manual. This great book is a must have self-help resource for all men suffering from pelvic floor conditions. This blog post will will focus on some of the issues relating to prostate screening.

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How to Treat Tailbone and Coccyx Pain

March 25, 2013 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With Comments are off for this post

At our healing center in New York City we see women with broken coccyx after childbirth, surfers with sprained coccyx from falling on surfboards and also plain old coccyx injuries from individuals falling on their butts. I had a tailbone injury several years ago that left me with sitting pain for a year. I could find nowhere to turn and no one in the medical community could help me except to give anti-inflammatories and pain meds. At the time of the injury…

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To Kegel or to Reverse Kegel – That is The Pelvic Power Puzzle

February 18, 2013 By Isa Herrera, MSPT, CSCS With Comments are off for this post

Everyone wants pelvic power, so everyone is going Kegel crazy to find that elixir. Why the gold rush to Kegels? Because having strong muscles down there can provide you with stronger orgasms, continence, lumbar spine and hip stability, harder erections and a tighter vajayjay.