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The Gift of Female Fitness Programs (and more!)

Everything I’ve accomplished in my career began as a desire to address a personal problem I was experiencing and was often fueled by the fact that there was a giant gap or inadequacy that needed to be filled.

Let me back way on up.  I was in 5th grade, sitting in the library watching my sister’s 4th grade class performance.  It was a rendition of We Didn’t Start the Fire by Billy Joel, and I’m guessing the teacher had designed her own creative lyrics, but I...

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The Gift of Scar Massage

Happy Healing Post Surgery

Scar Tissue and C-Sections

Hi! My name is Krysia Tscherewik and I have the most wonderful job in the world. I have had the honor to work with thousands of women for the last seventeen years. My job? I am an abdominal therapist. I know it sounds weird at first but when I tell you what it can do for you, you will be signing up.

Abdominal therapy helps with reproductive and digestive issues, such as PCOS, Fibroids, Irregular periods, Period pain, Infertility, Crohn's...

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Say Goodbye to the Mommy Pooch: 5 Effective Exercises to Strengthen Your Core

Are you tired of struggling with the notorious "mommy pooch" that just won't seem to go away no matter how hard you try? Suffering with a weak midsection is not just a normal part of pregnancy and recovery and it’s time we demand better from our fitness routines and healthcare professionals.  In this article, I will reveal five highly effective exercises that will help you tone your abdominal muscles and start feeling stronger in your center. Whether you recently had a baby or...

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Regaining Core Strength After Pregnancy: A Guide to Diastasis Recti

Are you a new mom struggling to regain your core strength after pregnancy? Some of you who are nodding “yes” are 6 months postpartum…..and some of you are 6 years or more so please know you're not alone. Many women experience a common condition called diastasis rectus abdominus (DRA) which refers to the separation of the abdominal muscles, during pregnancy. While some will spontaneously heal in the postpartum period, many will not.  In an effort to “tone”...

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Rebuilding Your Core: Effective Exercises for Abdominal Separation Recovery

Are you a new mom struggling to regain your core strength after pregnancy? Or did you just drop your kid off at college and decide it’s time to address the flabby belly you keep tucking into your mom jeans? Don't worry, you're not alone. Many individuals face this common issue, but the good news is that there are effective strategies that can help you rebuild your core and recover from abdominal separation. But I’ll let you in on a little secret.  You need a whole-body...

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FemPower Health Feature: Restoring Your Core from Diastasis Rectus

I was honored to be a guest on the FemPower Health Podcast.  Georgie Kovacs is an amazing host, and her passion for women’s health seeps through the airwaves.  She interviews experts worldwide on various topics, including hormones, sex, mental health, period issues, birth control, the menstrual cycle, fertility, and pleasure (just to name a few).  

I was privileged to discuss Diastasis Rectus Abdominus (DRA) during our time together.  DRA refers to an abnormal...

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Diastasis Recti Abdominus (DRA) / Core Restore by Pilates By Carrie

Don’t you DARE start a new exercise program in 2021 without reading this first!!! 

Our inner core is like a house comprised of a roof (diaphragm), front door (deep abdominals), foundation (pelvic floor), and back door (lumbar multifidus).  Most of us have “houses” that are currently FIXER UPPER projects. 

I would never ask a house with a roof that was caving in or a floor that was leaking to withstand a storm, just as we should NOT expect our bodies to...

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Let Go of These Exercises

“To Everything (turn, turn, turn) there is a season (turn, turn, turn). A time to gain, a time to lose.”

The Byrds were first to remind us, and then the migrating geese, and finally the Fall trees shedding their leaves are one final reminder that “letting go” is part of the natural order of things.  We humans don’t embrace change nearly as easily.

And from my experience, the same applies to women and their exercise regimens. It can be hard to let go of the...

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3 Reasons Mommy and Boot Camp Don’t Belong Together

Boot Camp:
1) A military training camp for new recruits with strict discipline;
2) A prison for youthful offenders, run on military lines;
3) A short, intensive, and rigorous course of training.

I rest my case.  

The words “Mommy” and “Boot Camp” do not belong in the same sentence together. Or at least a boot camp should not be a “Mommy’s” first choice of exercise post-baby.  

I like to compare your core to a house. The roof of your...

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DRA & Pregnancy: What You Need to Know

Diastasis Rectus Abdominus is an abnormal separation of the rectus abdominus (“6-pack”) muscles that occur from the excessive, repetitive force on the connective tissue of the abdominal wall.  

While this condition is not unique to the pregnant individual, pregnant women are more vulnerable to this condition due to their hormonal environment combined with the excessive forward pressure placed on the connective tissue from the growing uterus.  Some statistics report that...

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