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Mom's Health Physio - Her Axis, Port Harcourt Nigeria, Port Harcourt (2026)

30/04/2026

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ‘POST-BABY PAIN’… UNTIL SHE COULDN’T FEEL HER THIGH.
Three days after delivery…
She couldn’t stand properly.
Not because she was weak.
Not because she was tired.
But because her right thigh felt… strange.
Burning.
Numb.
Like ants crawling under her skin.
“She said it started during labour…”
Prolonged labour. Hours of pushing.
Baby stuck. Pressure building.
Everyone told her,
“It’s normal. Your body just went through a lot.”
But it wasn’t normal.
Weeks passed.
The pain didn’t leave.
It got worse.
She stopped carrying her baby for long.
Stopped walking comfortably.
Even clothes touching her thigh became unbearable.
Diagnosis?
Meralgia Paresthetica
A nerve… compressed during prolonged labour.
Silent injury.
Often missed.
But here’s what changed everything—
Physiotherapy.
Nerve gliding.
Postural correction.
Pelvic realignment.
Slowly… sensation returned.
Pain reduced.
Movement restored.
Not every postpartum pain is “normal.”
Sometimes… it’s a nerve asking for help.

28/04/2026

Pelvic organ prolapse: what the grades mean and what your options are.

A prolapse diagnosis is not a life sentence.
But understanding what it means is where recovery starts.

Prolapse is graded by how far the pelvic organ has descended.

Grade 1: the organ descends but stays more than 1cm above the va**nal opening.
Most women feel nothing at this stage.

Grade 2: descent reaches within 1cm of the opening.
Some women notice heaviness or pressure — particularly late in the day.

Grade 3: the tissue protrudes beyond the va**nal entrance.
A visible or palpable bulge is present.

Grade 4: complete prolapse, with full eversion of the va**nal walls.

Grades 1 and 2 are typically managed conservatively: pelvic floor physiotherapy, lifestyle modification, and in some cases a pessary — a silicone device that provides mechanical support inside the va**na.

Grades 3 and 4 may require surgery.
But pelvic floor rehabilitation is still indicated before and after any operation,
to optimise both preparation and recovery.

A 2019 Cochrane review found that pelvic floor muscle training
reduces symptom severity and can reduce the grade of prolapse in mild to moderate cases.

If you have a prolapse diagnosis,
ask your clinician which grade it is and what the conservative options look like.

28/04/2026

Your core is not just your stomach.

The core is a system not a single muscle.

It has four parts:

✓The diaphragm — your main breathing muscle, at the top.
✓The transversus abdominis — your deep abdominal muscle, wrapping around your trunk.
✓The multifidus — deep muscles running along your spine.
✓The pelvic floor — at the base, holding everything up.

These four structures form a cylinder.
When they work together, they stabilise the spine, manage pressure, and protect the pelvic organs with every breath, every step, every lift.

When one fails particularly the pelvic floor — the rest compensates.

This is why pelvic floor dysfunction often shows up as lower back pain,
hip pain, or difficulty with movements that seem completely unrelated to the pelvis.

Training your abs without training your pelvic floor
is like building a house with a missing foundation wall.

Follow HerAxis. We teach women the full system not just the surface.

27/04/2026

Constantly holding your tummy in doesn’t make you stronger
it redirects pressure straight into your pelvic floor.

26/04/2026

Stress effect on the nervous system and pelvic floor

26/04/2026

Effects of oestrogen across age groups in Women
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26/04/2026

You’re not “just getting older.”
You might be training your pelvic floor to fail every single day.

Leakage, heaviness, or that “something isn’t right” feeling doesn’t start overnight.
It’s often the result of small, repeated habits that slowly overload or confuse the pelvic floor.

These FIVE Habits slowly damage your pelvic floor

1. Constant Straining (To P*e or P**p)
Pushing hard increases downward pressure on the pelvic floor.
Over time, this weakens support and can contribute to prolapse and leakage.

2. Holding Your Breath During Effort.
Lifting, standing up, or even getting out of bed while holding your breath spikes intra-abdominal pressure.
This pressure pushes directly onto the pelvic floor.

3. Ignoring the Urge (Too Often)
Regularly delaying urination can disrupt bladder signaling and pelvic floor coordination leading to urgency or incomplete emptying later.

4. Chronic Constipation
Hard stools + repeated straining = ongoing stress and stretching of the pelvic floor muscles.

5. Always “Sucking in” Your Stomach
This keeps your core and pelvic floor in a constant state of tension.
A pelvic floor that never relaxes cannot function properly.

The pelvic floor doesn’t fail because of one big event.
It breaks down under repetitive, unmanaged pressure.

Start removing pressure before you try adding strength.
Your habits matter more than your exercises.

Which of these habits do you catch yourself doing the most?

25/04/2026

SIX MONTHS AFTER HER SECOND DELIVERY, SHE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR and pressed two fingers into the centre of her abdomen.

They sank in. Not far. But far enough.

Far enough to feel the absence of something that should have been there — a gap where she expected connection.

She had been doing sit-ups for three months. Wearing a postpartum binder since week two. Doing everything the internet told her to do.

Yet when she engaged her core, it buckled instead of braced. When she lifted her toddler, she felt it in her lower back, not her centre. A ridge appeared down her abdomen whenever she tried to exercise.

“A mummy tummy,” her friend said.

But this wasn’t about time.

This was Diastasis Recti.

The re**us abdominis muscles are joined by the linea alba, a fibrous midline tissue that stretches during pregnancy. In some women, it doesn’t regain its tension after birth — leaving a gap that cannot transfer load effectively.

And when that tension is lost, the effects spread:
— Lower back pain
— Pelvic instability
— Abdominal doming
— Difficulty with everyday movements
— Pelvic floor dysfunction

The sit-ups? Making it worse.
The binder? Supporting externally, not restoring function.

Real rehabilitation starts with breath — reconnecting the diaphragm, deep core, and pelvic floor. Then progressive, load-specific work that rebuilds tension.

It’s not about closing the gap completely.

It’s about making it strong again.

Rachael didn’t need more sit-ups. She needed proper assessment.

Have you ever felt that ridge or that “buckling” in your core?

Tag a new mother who needs to read this before she starts sit-ups.

24/04/2026

“Your skin didn’t just ‘age.’ Your hormones changed.”

When oestrogen drops, collagen doesn’t just quietly decline , it reshapes how your entire body functions.

This is why:
• Your skin feels thinner
• Your joints feel stiffer
• Your pelvic floor feels weaker
• Your digestion shifts
• Your va**nal tissue changes

It is physiological.
And the most important part?
Every single one of these changes is manageable when you understand what’s happening underneath.

Study this image. Not just to read it but to connect the dots in your body.

Save this post. You will need it.
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Mom's Health Physio - Her Axis

24/04/2026

Oestrogen does more than you were told.
Most women learn about oestrogen in the context of periods and pregnancy.
That is about a quarter of what it actually does.

Oestrogen keeps your joint cartilage healthy.
It protects bone density.
It helps regulate your nervous system's pain response.
It influences muscle recovery after exercise.
It maintains the health of your pelvic tissues.

When oestrogen declines — perimenopause, menopause, postpartum, certain medications — your whole body registers the shift.

The joint aches that seem to come from nowhere.
The slower recovery after exercise.
The pelvic discomfort during intimacy.

They are connected. And understanding the connection is the first step.

📌What physical change surprised you most as your hormones shifted? Share below.

24/04/2026

SHE COULD NOT TRUST HER OWN BODY ANYMORE

It started with running water. While washing dishes, the tap ran. A violent urgency struck. She had to run. Not walk. Sometimes she didn’t make it.
She turned the tap on slowly, then barely at all. She bathed with a bucket. The shower’s sound triggered her. She stopped water after 5 pm and quit coffee. She mapped every room for the nearest toilet. This was survival.

Her son was 18 months old. She was 37. Her bladder had become something she feared. She told a friend. The friend suggested Kegels. She did them faithfully for eight weeks. Nothing changed. Kegels weren’t the answer.

She had urgency incontinence. It’s not stress leakage from a cough or jump. It needs a different understanding.
The bladder is a muscle. It fills slowly. At capacity, it signals a manageable urge. You have time.

In urgency incontinence, the system misfires. The bladder contracts suddenly. It’s not full. The signal is overwhelming. It demands immediate response. The urge is real. But it’s disproportionate. The bladder reacts to triggers, not fullness.

Triggers like: running water, cold air, arriving home, anxiety, caffeine.

After Childbirth urgency urinary incontinence can develop from: nerve injury, pelvic changes, or brain-bladder disruption. Kegels strengthen muscles. But urgency incontinence is a signaling problem.

Treatment include: bladder retraining to delay voiding, reduce trigger sensitivity, and restore brain override of early contractions. With pelvic physio and diet changes, outcomes are very good.
She didn’t need maps. She needed to understand her bladder’s wrong pattern. Patterns can be unlearned. At 20 months postpartum, she saw a pelvic health physio. By month four, she could hear running water without moving. She stood at the sink and cried, feeling nothing.

Is this your experience? Have you known the difference before now?

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23/04/2026

THEY SAID SHE WAS ‘SLEEPING AROUND’… BUT SHE WAS ACTUALLY BLEEDING INSIDE.”

She was 16.

Every month
she disappeared.

Curled up in pain.
Sweating.
Crying.

Her periods were not just painful…
They were debilitating.

But no one listened.

“You’re exaggerating.”
“Maybe you’re sexually active.”

Shame replaced support.

Years passed.

Pain worsened.
School suffered.
Mental health declined.

Until one scan revealed the truth:
Endometriosis

Tissue growing where it shouldn’t.
Causing inflammation.
Adhesions.
Severe pain.

And years of neglect.

Physiotherapy became part of her healing.

Pelvic pain management.
Myofascial release.
Relaxation training.

Pain didn’t vanish overnight…
But it became manageable.

Her life… slowly returned.

Not every painful period is “normal.”
Sometimes… it’s a condition being ignored.
Pain is not always loud.
Sometimes it whispers…
Until it becomes a scream.

If your body is telling you something…
don’t normalize the dysfunction.

Listen.
Act.
Heal.

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