🌟Wednesday Health Wednesday🌟
Post-Partum and trying to return to running? Try these 4 exercises:
1️⃣Reverse lunge x 10 bilaterally
2️⃣Reverse lunge with single leg stance x10 bilaterally
3️⃣Reverse lunge with single leg calf raise x10
4️⃣Reverse lunge with single leg jump (turn it into a polymeric exercise) x10 bilaterally
‼️Inhale while stepping back and exhale while coming up/stepping forward to engage deep core and pelvic floor.‼️
To schedule an appointment with Rachel, our Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist, give our office a call at 318.487.6525.
We accept most insurances or you can choose to self-pay.
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🌸Women's Health Wednesday🌸
Recently post-partum and not sure where to begin? Try these 4 exercises.
🌸 Side-lying core connective breathing:
1. Start by laying on either side
2. Knees bent, lower back in neutral with pillow between legs
3. Place two fingertips just inside both hip bones
4. Take a deep breath in, and as you exhale gently lift your pelvic floor muscles upward, at the same time draw in your belly area toward your spine (without moving hips or pressing your lower back down 5.10x each side
🌸 Side-lying Clam:
1. Begin lying on your side with your knees bent and your hips and shoulders stacked
2. Engage your abdominals and raise your top knee up towards the ceiling, then slowly return to the starting position and repeat
3. Do not roll your hips forward or backward during the exercise
🌸 Supine Bridge:
1. Begin lying on your back with your arms resting at your sides and your legs bent at the knees and your feet flat on the ground
2. Exhale and tighten your abdominals and slowly lift your hips off the floor into the bridge position, keeping your back straight. Inhale on your way back down
🌸 Pelvic Floor and TA Activation in Quadruped:
1. Start on hands and knees
2. Take a deep breath in, and as you exhale gently lift your pelvic floor muscles upward, at the same time draw in your belly area toward your spine (without moving hips or pressing your lower back down)
3. Hold the ab contraction for 5 to 10 seconds - repeat 10x
To schedule an appointment with Rachel, our Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist, give our office a call at 318.487.6525
We accept most insurances or you can choose to self-pay.
#ChooseLAPT #pelvicfloorexercises #pelvichealth #womenshealth #postpartum
Don’t let arch pain slow down your athlete!
Our deep tissue laser therapy can offer many benefits including:
⚽️ Pain relief
⚽️ Reduced Inflammation
⚽️ Improved Circulation
⚽️ Accelerated Healing
⚽️ Increased range of lotion
Give our office a call today at 318-487-6525. We accept most insurances or you can choose to self-pay.
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💪 Therapy Thursday 💪
These blaze pods allow us to challenge a variety of our patients in many different ways.
Check out this neuromuscular reaction training we use in mid to late lower extremity rehab.
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🎾🏌️ Therapy Thursday 🏌️🎾
Are you suffering from Golfer’s elbow or Tennis elbow? Dry needling may help you with a combination of proper stretching & strengthening.
Give our office a call at 318-487-6525
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ACL Rehab. Focusing on single leg stability while reaching outside base of support. Lights are random which makes the entire activity unpredictable.
Soon we will be implementing some plyometrics to the equation.
🌸 Women’s Health Wednesday 🌸
Are your hips tight? Do you regularly train hip mobility? If not, it is time to prioritize your hip health!
This 90/90 hip lift exercise is great for targeting the deeper muscles in the hip that control internal & external rotation of the hip and provides stability to the pelvic floor and low back.
⚠️ All content is educational, not medical advice ⚠️
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✨ Therapy Thursday ✨
This is our Sports Certified Physical Therapist, Eric. He is demonstrating the Turkish Get-Up. When done properly, the Turkish Get-Up is an excellent exercise to train your hips, core, shoulders, & balance, especially for athletes.
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🌼 Women’s Health Wednesday 🌼
Do you suffer from pelvic pain? Did you know tightness in your hip adductors can contribute to pelvic pain?
Try these 2 stretches to help improve your hip adductor flexibility and reduce pelvic pain.
If you would like to schedule an appointment with our pelvic floor physical therapist, Rachel, give our office a call at 318-487-6525.
We accept most insurances or you can choose to self-pay.
#chooseLAPT #physicaltherapy #pelvicfloorphysicaltherapy #pelvicfloorstretches #pelvicpain
🌸 Women’s Health Wednesday 🌸
This Happy Baby pose is a great way to relax and stretch the pelvic floor, however, many people have difficulty relaxing in this pose.
By lying on your back and placing your feet on the wall, the wall is doing the work and you can just focus on breathing and relaxing.
We recommend doing the 4-7-8 breathing technique which is breathing in for 4 seconds, holding your breath for 7 seconds, and exhaling for 8 seconds.
⚠️All content is educational, not medical advice⚠️
#chooseLAPT #physicaltherapy #pelvicfloorphysicaltherapy #pelvicfloorexercises #pelvicpain
🌸 Women’s Health Wednesday 🌸
These are great ball exercises you can do to prepare your body for labor + birth during your third trimester. Do each exercise for 60 seconds.
⚠️ All content is educational, not medical advice⚠️
If you would like more information on how you can prepare yourself for labor & birth, give our office a call at 318-487-6525 to schedule an appointment with our Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist, Rachel.
#chooseLAPT #physicaltherapy #pelvicfloorexercises #pelvicfloorphysicaltherapy #birthprep
