I got into fitness at a very young age and quickly ran myself into the ground with intense workouts and extreme dieting. In the beginning of my journey, it was all about how I looked. I was obsessed with my physical appearance.
That all came to a crashing halt when I had my two babies in my 30’s. All of the sudden, my body wasn’t performing like it used to.
After my second baby, Ali, I had severe separation of the abdomen (diastasis recti) and found myself with debilitating back pain. It was so bad that I couldn’t even bend over and lift my own baby.
As a fitness professional, this was extremely embarrassing.
I was determined to get my “body back.” That was a phrase that I would hear moms say all the time and I finally understood what they meant.
My leaking was so bad that any time I would cough, I would leak. I was afraid to get back into the gym to coach others, let alone train myself.
So I started doing all of the conventional methods of trying to fix my pain. I was doing all of the rehab and core training that I was told to do. I spent hours and hours of time and many years making things worse.
What I didn’t know at the time was that everything I was doing was simply putting more pressure on my pelvic floor. Pelvic floor wasn’t even something we were talking about back then but now it makes perfect sense why the pain kept getting worse.
What many people don’t know is that the pain got so bad that I seriously considered quitting fitness altogether.
I’m so glad I didn’t. I kept searching for answers.
Finally, I stopped paying so much attention to all of the conventional methods and began educating myself on the pelvic floor. It took me over 10 years to figure out the root of my issues and develop a system that can do the same for any woman experiencing pain while lifting, leaking, prolapse, lower back pain, pelvic floor spasms, or sciatica.