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Movement Systems Physical Therapy in Gig Harbor – Pelvic Health Specialty

Starting on Wednesday, April 3, Movement Systems will have a presence in Gig Harbor at the office of Dr. Cindy ...
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How to Not Pee Your Pants When Laughing – Cure Incontinence with Advice from a Pelvic Health Physical Therapist on Pelvic Floor Muscle Training (aka Kegels)

A whopping 25-45% of women experience urinary incontinence in their lifetime1. Even though it is common, leaking when you sneeze, jump, cough ...
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No excuses. Lift weights at any age! Advice from a 65 year old.

"Deadlifting is my favorite. That’s been a vast surprise to me since I never thought I’d do free weights, let ...
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5 Reasons Why You Should Try Pilates

Pilates focuses on the powerhouse, which is the core and back muscles or the midsection of your body. These muscles ...
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3 bladder habits you should break

Thanks to this design, our bladder "learns" much in the same way the rest of our muscles do – and ...
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Hamstring tightness? Should you be stretching or strengthening?

“Tight” muscles, despite the fact they are remaining in a relatively contracted state, are not necessarily strong muscles. It may ...
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Yoga 101: Tips to make the most of your Yoga practice

Initially when I was practicing, the emphasis was on stretching. With more intensive study the past two years, however, I ...
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Dancers, It’s time to crosstrain!

IT IMPROVES PERFORMANCE. In one study, dancers who participated in a 12 week cross-training program demonstrated significant improvement in the ...
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Benefits of Aerobic Exercise

Walking can reduce pain and improve function, mobility, mood, and quality of life without worsening symptoms for those with arthritis ...
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Mood Disorders and Exercise

Exercise may be an acceptable alternative or adjunctive therapy to enhance mood, functioning, and co-morbid conditions for individuals with mood ...
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Concussions

Your risk of a prolonged recovery increases if you have certain specific signs and symptoms. These include: loss of consciousness, ...
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High Intensity Resistance Training for Osteoporosis: Are we playing it too safe?

For eight months, half of the women did twice-weekly 30-minute sessions of supervised HiRIT that included deadlifts, overhead presses, squats ...
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4 Tips to Maintain Your Exercise Routine During the Holidays

The holiday season can be a challenging time for maintaining exercise habits. The days are shorter, the weather cold and ...
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Why you should be deadlifting

Deadlifts - So why are we so terrified of it? Usually it’s something along the lines of “my back is ...
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Learn to Squat Differently – Part 1

Squatting enables you to achieve positions for movements needed in everyday life such as getting to the ground to tie ...
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Pain: Everything works, but nothing is effective

When it comes to the treating a patient in pain, physical therapists often speak highly of their favorite methods and ...
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Weight Lifting for Women with Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

Prior advice to women struggling with breast cancer-related lymphedema involved minimizing stress to the affected arm, which may lead to ...
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Sport Readiness

What is sport readiness? Sport readiness refers to the body's ability to match the requirements necessary for a particular sport ...
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Mindfulness

The world we live in is constantly pulling our attention to a million different things at what seems like a ...
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