Carrie Pagliano Physical Therapy

Carrie Pagliano Physical Therapy I help women return to symptom free movement! Expert women's & pelvic health PT serving DC metro ar

Album dropped last night. ✨ Had a little fun mixing glitter, bold orange, and mint green for this one.Each “track” is a ...
10/03/2025

Album dropped last night. ✨ Had a little fun mixing glitter, bold orange, and mint green for this one.

Each “track” is a nod to the messy, strong, and real moments of getting back to running after baby.

What’s your favorite track—or your postpartum running era—right now? 👇

10/03/2025

🎥 You might recognize her from … but now is swapping TV lights for wellness, motherhood, mompreneur life and a whole lot of real talk.

Ellen is a mom of 2 (soon-to-be 3!), a certified health coach through the , and instructor—helping moms find strength, community, and confidence in every season.

In this reel, Ellen shares about:
✨ Being pregnant on air during 2020
✨ Postpartum recovery + returning to TV
✨ Healing from birth trauma
✨ Balancing career and motherhood

She’s sharing the real side of navigating career shifts, postpartum recovery, and being a mom of three. 

💬 Moms—have you ever felt the tug-of-war between career and motherhood?

🚨 Postpartum running advice whiplash is REAL. 🚨One minute you’re told “just relax,” the next you’re buried in a laundry ...
09/29/2025

🚨 Postpartum running advice whiplash is REAL. 🚨

One minute you’re told “just relax,” the next you’re buried in a laundry list of thoracic spine clocks ⏰, 980° breaths 🌬️, and PF activations (I’m sorry, WHAT?!).

Oh—and don’t you dare run until 4–6 months postpartum or you’re doomed for life.

No wonder so many moms feel terrified before they even lace up. I’m 12 years out from my last baby and reading this stuff still makes me sweat.

Here’s the truth: it doesn’t need to be complicated. You don’t need a PhD in biomechanics to start running again.

✅ Screen for readiness (find your gaps before they trip you up)
✅ Build your walking base (symptom-free or minimal symptoms for ~40 min)
✅ Start with walk/jog intervals (think 1 min light jog + 4 min walk) and progress from there.

Simple. Repeatable. Doable.

Not fear. Not perfection. Not “you’ll be ruined if you miss a step.”

👉 What advice did YOU get when you started running postpartum—way too much or not nearly enough?

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🏃‍♀️DM me for a return to run readiness screen, whether you're 6 weeks PP or 6 years, find your gaps and figure out where to start!

It’s a movement, not a moment.If you’ve ever laced up your shoes, clipped into a rope, or walked into a gym with a baby ...
09/27/2025

It’s a movement, not a moment.

If you’ve ever laced up your shoes, clipped into a rope, or walked into a gym with a baby at home — you’re part of it.

And the truth is, this history isn’t as far back as it feels.
✨ 1948 — Alice Coachman became the first Black woman to win Olympic gold.
✨ 1977 — The first sports bra was invented.
✨ 1984 — Women were finally allowed to run the Olympic marathon.
✨ 2024 — The Olympics reached equal quota spots for men and women.

Not so long ago, many of our moms only had cheerleading as their “sport.”

For us, being three-sport athletes in high school or competing in college felt normal. I never questioned whether I’d get to line up for cross country, head to swim or nordic ski practice, or train for track — it was just what we did.

I still remember taping Flo-Jo posters to my wall — her nails, her speed, her power. I had a pair of hot pink and white Nike tights that I wore until they practically fell apart. They felt like a superhero costume, and I’d pull them on before practice and imagine what it would feel like to fly down the track like her.

At the time, it never crossed my mind that women hadn’t always had these chances. I assumed the door had always been open.

Only later did I realize it was women like Flo-Jo, Alice Coachman, Katherine Switzer and so many others who pushed it wide enough for me — and for all of us — to walk through without even thinking.

And yet here we are, still having to explain what it means to train or compete through pregnancy, to come back postpartum, and navigate perimenopause and menopause.

These chapters don’t erase us — they expand us. They remind us that sport doesn’t just belong to the 20-year-old version of us. It belongs to every version of us.

So if you’ve ever wondered whether you still belong out there — the answer is yes.

You always have.

✨ Who were the women you looked up to in sport growing up? And who inspires you now, as you juggle being mom and athlete?

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🎧Hear more from climber-mom-author Episode 160

How bad do prolapse symptoms have to get before you deserve support?Do you have to fail pelvic floor PT first—or should ...
09/22/2025

How bad do prolapse symptoms have to get before you deserve support?

Do you have to fail pelvic floor PT first—or should we be rethinking pessaries altogether?

The barriers to access have crumbled:
✨ OTC options like Impressa &
✨ Even menstrual cups & discs show anecdotal relief
✨ More pelvic floor PTs are trained to fit pessaries

Think of it like a pelvic orthotic—supporting your organs, easing symptoms, and buying you time to build strength, coordination & pressure management.

Could earlier use postpartum mean fewer symptoms, less fear, and more freedom to move? Maybe even a gradual taper once your body adapts?

The pessary conversation is changing fast. This might be the start of a .

👇 What do you think—would you try one sooner rather than later?

Holy hell, it should not be this hard. Here's the latest episode from a peri mom just trying to get keep it together...M...
09/21/2025

Holy hell, it should not be this hard.

Here's the latest episode from a peri mom just trying to get keep it together...

My estradiol patch was due for renewal. No update from the pharmacy, so I checked the app. It said they were “waiting on my doctor.” A few days later—still nothing. The pharmacy had already contacted my GYN three times. Crickets. Their advice? You call them.

So I did. That’s when I learned I need an “annual visit” specifically coded as annual before they’ll renew (even though I was seen less than a year ago for medication issues).

The nurse helped me book an appointment months from now and sent in a short-term prescription to hold me over. Perfect, right? Nope.

The app updated the next day: “pending," so I called the pharmacy. The pharmacist explained the nurse wrote for 2 months, but my insurance only covers 90 days. The system flat-out blocked it. The only fix? My doctor’s office calling THEM back.

(Translation: me making more phone calls.)

Thankfully, the sweetest pharmacist took pity on me. She found the cash price with a coupon—$60 for 2 months—and even called it into another pharmacy that actually had it in stock. I’ll pay out of pocket or with my HSA because at this point I just need the damn patch (IYKYK)

This took over a week of chasing, phone calls, learning loopholes, and trying to outsmart two broken systems—insurance and healthcare.

And I could do it. I had the time, I had the flexibility, I had the money.

But what about the women who don’t? The ones who can’t call during business hours? Whose first language isn’t English? Who can’t miss work for another appointment? Who can’t afford $60 just to bridge the gap?

The system is SO broken. I have doctors who know I’m on this medication. It works.

But keeping access to it feels like a privilege. It shouldn’t be this complicated.

👉 Has this ever happened to you? Share 👇

The Most Decorated 100-Meter Sprinter in History, also a mom—announced her retirement on her terms. 👑A reminder that som...
09/20/2025

The Most Decorated 100-Meter Sprinter in History, also a mom—announced her retirement on her terms. 👑

A reminder that sometimes the plot isn’t perfect, but you can choose the ending.

Looking back, it hasn’t always been this way.

There was a time when women were excluded, unseen, or written off in sport.

Now we’re watching a generation who not only show up—but perform, excel, and keep going through pregnancy, postpartum, motherhood, and beyond.

We’re learning there are no limits. No “expiration date.” No one way to write the story.

And what stands out is that moms in sport are showing us that strength evolves.
Not just coming back, but coming back different.
Not just taking part, but taking up space in the history books.

They remind us: we don’t do it alone. It takes a village.
👉 Someone handling the daycare pickup
👉 A partner juggling bedtime
👉 Friends sending “you’ve got this” texts or memes at midnight
👉 Coaches and teammates who don’t see motherhood as a weakness—but as part of her edge

This is the lesson moms keep giving us:
➡️ Strength isn’t about perfection—it’s about persistence.
➡️ Motherhood isn’t a limitation—it’s a launchpad.
➡️ The cape we wear may be invisible, but it’s real. We ARE superheroes.

It’s messy. Exhausting. Some days feel like a trainwreck.

But moms keep showing us what resilience really looks like—on the field, on the court, on the track, and at home.

So here’s to the women rewriting what’s possible.

You’ve changed the game—for all of us watching. 💥

Thank you Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce—for showing us resilience, strength, persistence, and jaw-dropping speed…proving once again that moms have superpowers. 🧡

👇Tag the mom who inspires you, no matter if she's your everyday ride or die or someone inspiring you from afar—because she’s not just part of the story. She’s reshaping it.

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Arlington, VA
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