Alpha Pelvic Health and Wellness

Did you get the information you needed after your csection?

It’s sooooooo important to help mom heal after a major abdominal surgery!l like cesarean birth. As challenging and icky as the scar may feel after delivery, it’s so imprortant to work on your scar to help decrease restriction, decrease numbness, improve sensation, and decrease pain around the scar.

One of the easiest things you can do to improve your scar is to use silicone for healing. It can come in strips or gel. You can start using as soon as the scar is healed and use for 6 months. It can help decrease the color, texture and pain of the scar.

Physical therapy can also help address scar mobility and recover abdominal strength after your cesarean delivery.

Like after any other major surgery, the post-cesarean-section experience is no walk in the park; you’re talking pain, limited activities and likely scarring, not to mention that recovery takes weeks.

Yet for many women, the surgery can have lasting effects, including loss of core strength, urinary incontinence and back pain. So how can women prevent these issues or effectively treat them once they’ve started happening?

Pelvic health physical therapy can help you recover from this major abdominal surgery, with the RIGHT post c-section care!

It may be common to have pelvic floor issues but it is NOT normal!

Something is wrong with this picture...All of the prenatal visits…and then….
At your SINGLE VISIT postpartum where you're "cleared for all activities", are your pelvic floor and core even checked? 🤨

You're "cleared" to return to exercise, but who helps you do so safely? Who follows up to see if you're having heaviness, leakage, bulging/coning of your abdominals that you didn't have before? Are you going right back into running, jumping, and high intensity before your muscles are coordinating properly because nobody told you that wasn't the best for your body that quickly? 🤨

You're "cleared" to resume s*xual activity, but who follows up to help navigate any pains and discomforts once you've actually tried? 🤨

You're "cleared" for resuming normal activities, but your tissue, incisions, and muscles haven't even fully healed yet. 🤨

Your body went through a lot and I'm here to help you navigate the healing and rebuilding process. 🙋🏼‍♀️

It's that time of year, friends! It's time to VOTE the BEST of Kearney 2023! Click the link below and enter your nominations!
You will find our name in the categories of:
1. Physical Therapy Clinic - Alpha Rehabilitation
2. Massage - Alpha Rehabilitation Massage

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If you are experiencing urinary incontinence that is keeping you from enjoying your life. Come find me at Alpha rehab and we will talk about why leaking happens, how to manage and control it, while you build strength, endurance, and stability!

Merry Christmas from our pelvic floors to yours!

What can pelvic floor rehab help???

⭐️urgency/frequency/leakage
⭐️fecal incontinence
⭐️constipation
⭐️pelvic pain
⭐️low back pain
⭐️pain with in*******se/tampons
⭐️pressure/prolapse
⭐️core weakness/diastais recto
⭐️scar pain/c-section recovery
⭐️birth prep
⭐️postpartum healing

Do you have back pain during pregnancy? These maternity support belts are just one of the few things that can help support your growing belly.

It provides not only low back support but also helps take pressure off that round ligament in the front.

Let us know if you are having back pain and we can size a belt that will best fit you.

Magnesium plays many crucial roles in the body, such as supporting muscle function, nerve function, and energy production .

According to DiNicolantonio, O’Keefe, and Wilson(2018), many adults are at risk for magnesium deficiency due to a variety of factors including chronic disease, medications, decreased content in food crops, and the availability of refined and processed foods.

Facts you may not know: ⬇️

🙌 Magnesium is often referred to as the “relaxation mineral.”

🙌 There are different types of magnesium to be used for different purposes.

🙌 Magnesium is the most abundant mineral in the human body.

*Please note that this is general information and should not be construed as medical advice. You should consult your healthcare practitioner before starting any new supplements. *

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And sometimes pe*******on goes too deep. If you are one of those that has pain with in*******se, specifically deep pain, I am absolutely in love with the Ohnut.

From that unwelcome jolt of pain during certain positions to conditions like endometriosis, I highly recommend this product to my patients to assist in their journey towards pain free in*******se.

Pelvic floor physical therapy can help you improve pain with s*x and the Ohnut can assist!

If you have any questions, email me at [email protected] and I can assist you with your needs.

I took a class last week on how pelvic floor therapist may be able to assist you in your fertility journey. One big way we can assist you is using our manual skills.

How does this work?? 🤷‍♀️

MANUAL THERAPY

Women’s Health Physical therapists are often known for helping women during pregnancy and postpartum. But most people do not think to seek one out while they are trying to conceive.

A manual physical therapist can help to minimize adhesions, restrictions, and immobility in the body whether it may be primary infertility from PCOS and endometriosis or secondary infertility after a previous c-section or abdominal surgery that could be creating a restriction in the uterus or fallopian tubes.

Gone untreated, these can often cause a women’s ovaries to torsion/twist. This twisting of the ovaries can make it significantly harder for the s***m and egg to drop in where they need to so that they can implant in the uterus.

Twinning at the office today. Go Big Red!

A little learning about how pelvic floor therapy can help fertility at Kits Kitchen and Coffee downtown Kearney!

More information coming soon on how pelvic floor therapy can assist you in your fertility journey!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Together we FIGHT!

We support those who are fighting and surviving. Our women’s health and lymphedema providers are here to assist you in your journey.

Alyssa and Carrissa can work with you one on one to restore function with therapy including specialized manual techniques and exercises to revitalize movement and reduce pains.

Alpha Rehabilitation, P.C.

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👩🏼‍🍼During a Cesarean Section, a horizontal incision is made through the skin, fat, and underlying tissue. Then a vertical incision is made through the abdominal muscle, followed by further horizontal incisions to get into the uterus to get to baby. 7 layers cut! 😳

Many mamas are “cleared for activity” 🏃🏼‍♀️after 6-8 weeks with minimal to no guidance on what to do about the scar. If left untouched…

👗The scar can become highly sensitive. This can make undergarments, pants, blankets, dresses uncomfortable.
😩The scar can be painful for weeks or even years.
💦The scar can cause bladder dysfunctions.

It’s never too late to start working on your scar. When your OB clears you to work on your scar (typically 8-10 weeks postpartum), perform the following:
1. Start AROUND the scar. Gently stretch the skin in various directions.
2. Move on top of the scar and gently stretch the skin in various directions.
3. Gently pinch and pick the scar up, finding areas of restriction where it’s harder to lift.
4. For sensation sensitivity, 1x/day gently rub various materials on and around the scar. This could include cotton ball, tissue, dry washcloth, etc.

Book an appointment with me and I can help provide direction on scar management, utilize manual techniques to improve scar and tissue mobility deep beneath the scar, and help build core strength back.

📞Call (308) 233-5060 for an appointment