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Toddlers With Chronic Diarrhea
It’s always frustrating when your child is suffering from diarrhea, but especially so when the diarrhea just won’t seem to go away. Chronic diarrhea isn’t caused by the same things that cause acute, or short-term, diarrhea, and the symptoms of the two differ. If you suspect your child is suffering from a condition that may be causing chronic diarrhea, make an appointment to speak to her pediatrician as soon as possible.
Pelvic Pain Recovery Through Yoga: One Mom’s Success Story
In a recent three-part series, I shared the story of Kate,a physical therapist and mother of two working diligently to overcome serious pelvic girdle pain (PGP).In Part 3 of that series, Idiscussed the benefits of using yoga for pelvic pain relief, especially for myalgia or hypertonicity of the pelvic floor muscles, which occurs in vaginismus. Myalgia is also known as non-relaxing pelvic floor.Symptoms of nonrelaxing pelvic floor dysfunction are associated with …
Relief From Pelvic Pain: Questions To Ask Your Healthcare Provider
This is Part 2 in a three part series on finding relief from pelvic pain through physical therapy, yoga, and other complementary therapies. Click here to read Part 1, which discussed how to recognize pelvic pain, and what therapies are available.Question from Kate, a mother of two boys, ages 5 and 7: “I have pelvic pain due to a non-relaxing pelvic floor. I cannot even sit down without pain. I am already doing pelvic …
How to Beat Summer Back Pain
Long, hot summer days bring out the weekend warrior in many of us with weekends spent playing tennis, golf, volleyball, or surfing, and weekdays spent recovering from an aching back. Ouch! Many people dont realize the importance of the spine in the well-being of their entire body until something hurts. Actually, pain in the back is more than just a physical problem. Its also a manifestation of anxiety and pressure, as emotional distress often surfaces in the body as chronic back pain.
ModernMom Chronicles: Chapter Nineteen
It took the promise of a one year Club Penguin membership to pacify Kaitlin into having the play date with the new girl. It was the right thing to do, Heather thinks. Anyone who says that they dont bribe their children is either lying or miserable. Good luck, Michael says that morning as Kaitlin stands pouting in the kitchen.