Sports, Fitness + Play

Maintaining or building muscle and physical fitness is being found to be the single most important effort we can make towards living a healthy life as we age, and everyone comes to us from a different place. Many of you were active as children and got derailed with academia, career and children. Many of you were competitive athletes throughout college, and were repeatedly told not to listen to the messages your body was telling you. Many of you have tried a sport or fitness program that resulted in injury because there wasn’t appropriate guidance with your starting point and progress, and you had to let it go.

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Postpartum women often come to us without pelvic symptoms, but with a lot of fear around how to protect their pelvic floor from injury and prolapse during exercise and play with their children. Are you afraid to jump on a trampoline? Run in the yard with your kids? Don’t let the impacts of birthing your children keep you from playing with them. We can show you how to control and support your pelvic floor and bladder in whatever activity you choose, so you can participate in joy rather than fear.

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The research is showing that an incredible number of postpartum women and post surgical men stop exercising due to fear of leaking. There are multiple factors to address, in addition to the muscular function of the pelvic floor, and at IOPT, we will guide you through them all.

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Avoiding exercise has a cumulative and life altering impact, and you can change that. At IOPT, we will meet you where you are, and safely guide you wherever you want to go in your fitness journey. We specialize in getting you started, so you feel safe to progress on your own.