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Explore this page to find both, with our evidence-based articles written by experts on our team and deep dives into the experience of caretaking written by our founder.
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From the MommaStrong Team
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Written by Courtney Wyckoff
Understanding Your Body
Use these infographics to understand your body and how it works. These can be referenced to ensure you are using proper form during your workouts.
We also have a several of anatomy animations which you can view on our Anatomy Animations page.
Check out our Community for specific Toolkits to help you with you daily workout track.
How & When to Get Help
When to Seek an Orthopedic/Musculoskeletal PT
We all have aches and pains, but sometimes exercise can aggravate underlying issues that we may not have even known was a problem! So if you have any of the following, you may want to seek extra help from a PT in your area.
Pain deep in a joint (e.g. knee, elbow, shoulder) more than a muscle
Pain that progressively worsens rather than improves with exercise
Pain that is sharp/shooting or radiating down your arm or leg
Numbness and tingling anywhere in the body
In most states, you can see a PT without a referral from a doctor.
Learn more about that, and about how to search for a PT in your area.
When to Seek a Pelvic PT
Pelvic health PTs (previously known as “women’s health” PTs) can be so incredibly helpful for so many things, and a lot of people don’t even know they exist! Pelvic PTs can help with issues related to bowel, bladder, and sexual function; they can help you prepare for or recover from childbirth; they can even help with chronic pelvic pain occurring from endometriosis, after multiple abdominal surgeries, or after any type of pelvic trauma.
They also treat men and children, and people who are transgender or gender-fluid (which is why they are trying to move away from the term “women” to the term “pelvic”). If you think pelvic PT may help you, check out our guide for more information on finding someone in your area, and on good questions to ask before you start treatment!
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