Tighten Your Tinkler Blog
What is perimenopause?
Like pelvic floor dysfunction, perimenopause has been getting more attention in recent years (and we’re here for that!). Nicknamed puberty 2.0 in this overview article by Oprah Daily, perimenopause describes the years of horm...
"I had never understood that after having my first child, it was almost like my back was being compressed. And then I had hip flexor tightness that was driving me bonkers. I would work out, I would do all these things to try and stretch, but nothing ...
"I'd been dealing with this problem for years - issues with my hip flexor pain and the pee issues that I was having. I was doing all of these things, and then it got to the point where I couldn't do anything without causing pain. And so then I just ...
"Hi, my name is Jessica. I'm a childbirth educator and birth doula. As a woman who's given birth twice myself and had issues with diastasis recti and abdominal separation, chronic lower back pain. Also as a childbirth educator and birth doula, I coul...
"Hi, my name is Mary Anne, and I have pelvic organ prolapse. It means my vagina is falling out. I run to the bathroom too many times a day. And I have pelvic pressure, back pain pressure, and I'm very uncomfortable in a lot of settings.
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"Hey, I'm Lindsay, and I'm a mom of three. Well, I was having pain in my hip. I was having pain the whole time that I was pregnant for my third child, and I figured, ok, that this is just typical pregnancy pain. You just deal with it. Of course, afte...
"My name is Eliza. I have a daughter who is almost two. After I had my daughter, I was having some serious problems with my SI joint. It was giving me a lot of pain. I had been seeing a pelvic floor therapist for about six months, doing some pretty i...
📣 If we could put a billboard up on the interstate it would probably include the message in today's show as a P.S.A. for all women to see!
The majority of the women who've worked with us have been guilty of doing at least one of these things.
They ...
Do you feel like it's been way harder than you expected to get back to feeling normal or feeling like you again after having children?
⭐ Learn our fool-proof way to know if your "up and in" muscles are working for you!
✅ Today we will show you 3 self-checks so you can see and feel if your posture & core muscles are working!
It's been an emotional time, and it only feels right to share that with you - openly, honestly, and vulnerably. 💕
We've been reflecting on our transitions into motherhood and the challenges we've faced.
Know that if you struggle to ask for help,...
Lunges can be tricky! So many of the women who work with us tell us how they “can’t” lunge anymore, mostly because of knee and hip discomfort. They get really frustrated because they want to do them, since most exercise programs recommend lunges...
