“Is there anything I can actually do to make labor go more smoothly?” The honest answer is that birth is unpredictable, and no amount of preparation guarantees a specific outcome, but there is real, physical-therapy-backed groundwork you can lay in the weeks leading up to labor that can help your body work with the process

If you’ve had a DEXA scan and walked away from the appointment holding a piece of paper full of numbers (T-scores, Z-scores, percentages, comparisons to “young adults”) you are not alone. I have sat down with patients almost every week who tell me the same thing: “My doctor said I have osteopenia (or osteoporosis), but

You’re mid-workout. Maybe you’re doing jump rope, running, lifting, or laughing your way through a tough set of squats. And then it happens. A leak. You move on. Sound familiar? If so, you’re far from alone. Leaking during exercise, whether it’s a few drops during a jump or a bigger loss during heavy lifting,  is

Your grip strength is telling you something! If you’ve spent any time on health fitness content lately, you have probably seen the headlines about how grip strength predicts how long you will live. You can test this by squeezing a thing called a dynamometer and you’ll know all you need to know about your future!

I’ve had three very different postpartum experiences. One vaginal birth. One miscarriage. One triplet C-section. And I’ve returned to running and lifting, real running and lifting, after every single one of them. I say that not to impress anyone, but because it changed how I practice. Before I had kids, I could recite the research

If you’re active,  running, lifting, CrossFit, whatever your thing is,  there’s a chance plantar fasciitis has interrupted your training at some point. And if you’re like a lot of the patients I see, there’s a good chance it’s come back more than once. That pattern isn’t bad luck. It’s usually a sign that the first

If you’ve spent any time searching for how to improve your balance, you’ve probably found a lot of lists: “5 exercises to prevent falls,” “10 balance moves for seniors,” things like that. As a physical therapist who has a love of working with older adults, I want to let you in on something: those lists

You laced up your shoes and head out to run. But somewhere a few miles in your knee starts hurting. Maybe it’s a dull ache. Maybe it’s a sharp pain. Maybe it’s been nagging for weeks and you’ve been hoping it would just go away. It probably won’t. But it’s almost certainly fixable. First, we

Leaking with exercise is common, but not normal! If you leak with running, jumping, or lifting weights this can be fixed! Some people assume this means their pelvic floor is weak or that it is just a normal part of aging or having children. Leaking during exercise is often more complex than simply being weak,

If you’ve been to a traditional PT clinic before, what we do here might feel a little different. That’s completely intentional. I started IdealFit because I believed there was a better way to deliver physical therapy, one that actually puts the patient first instead of the insurance schedule, the productivity quota, or the number of