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4.9 • 9 of 10 recommend MoonRise
Thank God I found the Moonrise program
It’s an ethos around health and healing which has empowerment and solidarity at its centre. It invites us all to have the courage to believe in our capacity for healing. I recommend Moonrise to anyone struggling with pelvic or other women’s health issues. Everyone’s particular story is different so the program is both tailored, flexible, and as guided or self-directed as you want.
Cliona
Holistic, natural healing at its best
MoonRise played a major part in teaching me how to encourage significant improvement in my prolapse symptoms and therefore, helped me change my life for the better. The library contains a wealth of information and classes from a wide range of experts and with guidance from Filippa, I found what was right for my own personal healing journey .. read more
The approach is holistic and as such, has also helped me with my mental health as well as my physical health. I would highly recommend MoonRise to anyone who believes in natural healing and am very grateful for the guidance and support I benefitted from which is given in a caring and knowledgeable way.
Amanda MC
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Postural imbalances
Balance
Upper crossed syndrome
Poor foot mechanics
Mobility
Scoliosis
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Lower Back Pain
Spina Bifida no shunt
Spina Bifida with a shunt
Hypermobility
EDS (Hypermobile)
EDS (Classical)
Lower crossed syndrome
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Description of symptom
Constipation, straining to defecate, urine or stool leakage, and experiencing a frequent need to pee.
Our recommendation:
Begin with Hypopressives. This can help with posture and incontinence. This is through the whole postural awareness – bio tensegrity and breathwork. The poses create the flexible functional toned myofascial chains and the breath work combined with that engages the pelvic floor on a deep level as part of the team and creates a lift that is eventually over time held in place by the myofascial slings.
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Description of symptom
Dizziness or vertigo (a spinning sensation), falling or feeling as if you are going to fall, Staggering when you try to walk, lightheadedness, faintness, or a floating sensation, and confusion or disorientation.
Our recommendation
Begin with Hypopressives. This can help with posture and especially balance. this is due to bringing awareness to our posture choices – bio tensegrity and breath work. The poses create flexible functional toned myofascial chains and the breath work combined with that engages the pelvic floor on a deep level as part of the team.
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Description of symptom
Headaches, neck pain or strain in the back of the neck, chest pain and tightness, pain in the upper back, especially the shoulders, difficulty sitting, reading, watching television, or driving for long periods of time, restricted range of motion in the neck or shoulders, numbness, tingling, and pain in the upper arms
Our recommendation
Get started with 10 minutes of Hypopressives each day. This can help with posture and incontinence. this is through the whole postural awareness – bio tensegrity and breath work. The poses crate the flexible functional toned myofascial chains and the breath work combined with that engages the pelvic floor on a deep level as part of the team and creates a lift that is eventually over time held in place by the myofascial slings.
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Description of symptom
Poor foot mechanics, inability to mobilize toes, poor balance, pubic symphysis pain, and sacral pain.
Our recommendation
Because we treat the whole body in Hypopressives we delve into foot work in the sessions. This is because the feet have 250,000 nerve endings each and these nerves share a common root with the pelvic nerves. foot work improves balance, engages your fascia chains creating tensioning from the sole and dorsal areas whilst also engaging our sciatic nerve.
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Description of symptom
Pain and stiffness in the joints and muscles – particularly towards the end of the day and after physical activity, clicking joints, back and neck pain, fatigue (extreme tiredness), night pains – which can disrupt your sleep and poor co-ordination.
Our recommendation:
Hypopressives help re-engage muscles that have become tight due to lack of use, they may have lacked use due to pain caused by dry/tight fascia that have held pain in their receptors – it is now widely recognized that Fasciae contain more pain receptors than muscles, are closely linked to your autonomic nervous system and forward continuous signals to the brain. For this reason, it is now referred to in scientific circles as the largest sensory organ in the human body. Hypopressives re-hydrate the fascia chains through the body- releasing the muscles and aiding the global body slide and glide that is essential for good mobility.
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Description of symptom
Shoulders are uneven – one or both shoulder blades may stick out, head is not centered directly above the pelvis, one or both hips are raised or unusually high, rib cages are at different heights, waist is uneven, the appearance or texture of the skin overlying the spine changes (dimples, hairy patches, color abnormalities) or the entire body leans to one side.
How Hypopressives can help
The static help foundation posture patterns used in Hypopressives help to engage myofascial chains unilaterally helping to support the spinal column. This has in some cases helped to reverse some of the curvature of the spine in scoliosis. the greater awareness of posture and alignment helps the client to not defer to what feels easier becoming more aware of the positive effect of using the bio tensegrity of tensioning and releasing across the body to create a more responsive and aligned body.
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Description of symptom
Back pain, early morning stiffness, and a stooped posture with any as appetite loss, weight loss, fatigue, fever, anemia, eye inflammation, and digestive illness.
10 minutes/day of Hypopressives is our recommendation
Hypopressives help to build a better understanding of how posture effects your whole body and your pelvic floor. The fatigue in ALS can be reduced through the slow breath work – which activates more of our bodies ATP energy cells. The massage of our lymphatic system with the breath work can help sooth digestion and cleanse the system. the breath work can reduce inflammation. The arm positions and the tensioning of the myofascial chains creates a lengthening through chronically tight muscles across the chest and back. The rib movement helps to keep movement in the rib cage that can often become fused. The apnoea engages the thoracolumbar fascia in the back that helps to reduce back pain and morning stiffness.
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Description of symptom
Unspecified low back pain.
Our recommendation:
10 minutes/day of Hypopressives. This technique engages and activates the myofascial posterior chain. This will help create positive movement patterns and better posture- ensuring that habitual movement patterns will hopefully diminish. The creation of better engagement of the whole connect chain- this means that the back muscles will start to have the support of the anterior chain. This means they won’t be having to do all the work. Better posture patterns will encourage you not to flare your ribs, which could be contributing to back pain.
The thoracolumbar fascia is a crosshatch of three layers of fascia right at the exact spot of the lower back. it is the key to loading across the whole body – transferring tension from the glutes through to the latissimus dorsi and around from one side of the transverse to the other.
Research in 2019 showed that the majority of pain receptors are in the fascia – so if you have had a back injury and the fascia has not been tensioned and released the way it requires to keep moist and supple it will become dry. If the back injury heals and the fascia is not released and moistened again the back pain will potentially persist until the fascia is mobilised.
Hypopressives mobilise the fascia through the enaggent of the thoracolumbar fascia during the combination of poses and breath work.
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Description of symptom
Caused by a gap forming between the vertebrae in your spinal cord. This may cause bowel and/or bladder problems (constipation, incontinence), back pain, muscle weakness, and scoliosis.
Our recommendation:
Get started with Hypopressives breath work. Hypopressives can help with posture in spina bifida and incontinence. this is through the whole postural awareness – bio tensegrity and breath work.
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Description of symptom
Caused by a gap forming between the vertebrae in your spinal cord. This may cause bowel and/or bladder problems (constipation, incontinence), back pain, muscle weakness, and scoliosis.
Our recommendation:
Hypopressives can help with posture in spina bifida and incontinence. This is through the whole postural awareness – bio tensegrity and breath work.
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Description of symptom
A laxity in the joints.
Our recommendation: 10 minutes/day of Hypopressives
Hypopressives help to stabilize the joints this helps to prevent hyper extension through ligaments and tendons. The working of the body as a team helps to create great resting tone across the whole body helping to stop dislocations and support stretchy ligaments.
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Description of symptom
EDS has many symptoms and corresponding extras – please see the separate note about POTS . Increased joint mobility (although may also have some really stiff joints too) Stretchy skin, fragile skin that bruises or breaks easily, digestive problems, joint pain, dizziness and increased heart rate when standing up(see POTS), organ prolapse, bladder or fecal incontinence.
Our recommendation:
Hypopressives for 3-6 months. Hypopressives help to stabilize the joints this helps to prevent hyper extension through ligaments and tendons. The working of the body as a team helps to create great resting tone across the whole body helping to stop dislocations and support stretchy ligaments.
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Description of symptom
Joint hypermobility, loose (unstable joints that dislocate easily) stretchy skin, fragile skin, smooth velvety skin, wounds that are slow to heal and leave wide scars, hernias and organ prolapse.
Our recommendation:
10 minutes/day of Hypopressives.Hypopressives help to stabilize the joints this helps to prevent hyper extension through ligaments and tendons. The working of the body as a team helps to create great resting tone across the whole body helping to stop dislocations and support stretchy ligaments.
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Description of symptom
Lower back pain, arch in your back and a pelvis tilt that together make your buttocks and stomach protrude.
Hypopressives for 3-6 months is our recommendation
Hypopressives can help with posture and incontinence. this is through the whole postural awareness – bio tensegrity and breath work. The poses create the flexible functional toned myofascial chains and the breath work combined with that engages the pelvic floor on a deep level as part of the team and creates a lift that is eventually over time held in place by the myofascial slings.
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Diastasis Recti
C-section shelf
Always hunching / poor posture
Belly pooch or bulge
Coning: Abs poke out like a shark fin
Doning
Jelly-like feeling around belly button
Pain or difficulty lifting objects
Pain or discomfort when walking
Pain or discomfort when doing everyday tasks and activities
Look 4 or 5 months pregnant
Lower back pain
Look and feel bloated
Torso looks/feels wider
Softness around belly button
Hernia
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Description of symptom
This is a widening of the linea alba the connective tissue between the rectus abdominis muscles. The linea alba becomes thinner and without the support of the rectus abdominis muscles it leaves very little support for the internal viscera. This is not an an abdominal hernia – a hernia is when the connective tissue separates.
How Hypopressives can help
The rib engagement helps to mobilize the ribs which have often become stuck in a flared position either due to pregnancy or posture choices. The breath work also engages the obliques and transverse muscles and this helps to bring the rectus abdominis and linea alba back to a working relationship. The poses help to reintegrate the myofascial chains and breath to create a better functioning core and bring linea alba back together.
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Description of symptom
This is when the scar tissue from the c-section becomes stuck (the different layers adhere together, creating a shelf above the scar.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives work through fascia chains re-moisturizing areas of fascia that have become stuck or dry. It is akin to a dam on a river slowly the push and pull of the river breaks through the dam and the water flows again. Scar tissue can become functional and gliding across individual layers harmoniously.
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rounded shoulders, a forward head position, and a curved or slouched back.
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refers to a protrusion or a noticeable roundness in the abdominal area, specifically the lower abdomen.
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refers to a phenomenon where a person’s abdominal muscles (abs) become very defined and prominent, resembling the shape of a shark fin.
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Long hole between the abs like a crater
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sensation of softness or a squishy texture when touching or pressing on the area around the belly button
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weakness, reduced strength, or discomfort when attempting to lift even relatively light items.
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sensation of unease, pain, or unpleasantness experienced while walking.
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refers to a sense of unease, pain, or unpleasantness experienced while performing regular daily activities.
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refers to a situation where a person’s abdominal region appears enlarged or protruded, resembling the appearance of someone who is around 4 to 5 months into a pregnancy.
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refers to discomfort or pain experienced in the region of the back below the ribcage and above the buttocks.
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often used metaphorically to describe a sensation or appearance of being excessively full, swollen, or distended.
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refers to a perception or sensation that the width of their upper body, particularly the area between the waist and shoulders, appears or feels broader than usual.
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lack of firmness or tension in the region around the belly button.
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medical condition that occurs when an organ or tissue protrudes through a weak spot or opening in the surrounding muscles or connective tissues.
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Feeling Stuck
Self-doubt
Anxiety
Anger
Grief
Feeling Lost
Depression
Stress
Menopause anxiety
Overwhelm
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Description of symptom
Feeling like there is no way forward either emotionally or physically.
Our recommendation
We recommend our 12-week program that helps you create a shift in your emotional (and physical) state of being. By working with and releasing trauma, we come back stronger.
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Description of symptom
A feeling of not being able to follow through with things.
Our recommendation
We recommend our 12-week program that helps you create a shift in your emotional (and physical) state of being. By working with and releasing trauma, we come back stronger.
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Description of symptom
Fast breathing, poor sleep, teeth grinding, stress, relationship issues.
Our recommendation
We recommend our 12-week program that helps you create a shift in your emotional (and physical) state of being. We work with your parasympathetic nervous system to create a sense of calm and center.
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Description of symptom
Flashes of anger for no reason- feeling like they are about to lose their temper at the drop of a hat. Angry that this has happened to them. Could also be perimenopause rage (irrational anger, snapping for no good reason)
Our recommendation:
Anger and the impulse to anger comes from the nervous system and can be the sympathetic response to ‘fight’.
We recommend our 12-week program that helps you create a shift in your emotional (and physical) state of being. We work with your parasympathetic nervous system to create a sense of calm and center.
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Description of symptom
Wanting to hide away, being tearful, feeling overwhelmed and thinking of what if’s.
Our recommendation:
Our 12-week program that helps you create a shift in your emotional (and physical) state of being. We work with your parasympathetic nervous system to create a sense of calm and center while releasing all those trauma induced grief.
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Description of symptom
Not knowing what’s best for yourself when it comes to health, not knowing how to help yourself.
Our recommendation
10 minutes/day of Hypopressives.Hypopressives will give you a great start in your healing journey. You will feel positive change from the very first work you will do on breath. As you start to see how interconnected your body is- you will begin to feel less lost and more in control and ready to take more action.
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Description of symptom
Depression affects people in different ways and can cause a wide variety of symptoms. They range from lasting feelings of unhappiness and hopelessness, to losing interest in the things you used to enjoy and feeling very tearful. Many people with depression also have symptoms of anxiety. There can be physical symptoms too, such as feeling constantly tired, sleeping badly, having no appetite or sex drive, and various aches and pains. At its mildest, you may simply feel persistently low in spirit, while severe depression can make you feel suicidal, that life is no longer worth living.
Our recommendation
Our complete 12-week program that is complete with dedicated 1-1 support. The 1-1 support will help you feel empowered while the methods will help you regain a sense of confidence.
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Description of symptom
Physical symptoms includes headaches or dizziness,
muscle tension or pain
stomach problems,
chest pain or a faster heartbeat
sexual problems. Difficulty concentrating,
struggling to make decisions,
feeling overwhelmed
constantly, worrying and
being forgetful.
Our recommendation:
10 minutes/day of Hypopressives 3-6 months. Hypopresives release tension through the rhythmical breath work – this creates a calm mindfulness that reduces stress. Hypopressives slow the heart rate, the breath poses help to release muscle tension. the practice helps to create a sense of being present and being calm.
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Description of symptom
Symptoms may include anger/ irritability,
anxiety,
forgetfulness,
loss of self-esteem,
loss of confidence,
low mood and feelings of sadness or depression.
Poor concentration – often described as ‘brain fog’ and/or lost words.
Our recommendation:
10 minutes/day of Hypopressives. This will give you a great start in your healing journey. You will feel positive change from the very first work you will do on breath. As you start to see how interconnected your body is- you will begin to feel less lost and more in control and ready to take more action.
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Description of symptom
Emotional overwhelm may be caused by stress, traumatic life experiences, relationship issues, and much more. If you feel emotionally overwhelmed for an extended period of time.
Our recommendation:
Begin with our 12-week program. The methods in this program work carefully with the vagal nerve. The inhale activates our sympathetic/action response whist the exhale activates our parasympathetic vagal break – slowing our heart rate and regulating the sympathetic response.
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Hip Pain
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Description of symptom
Hip pain is a common complaint that can be caused by a wide variety of problems. The precise location of your hip pain can provide valuable clues about the underlying cause. Problems within the hip joint itself tend to result in pain on the inside of your hip or your groin. Hip pain on the outside of your hip, upper thigh or outer buttock is usually caused by problems with muscles, ligaments, tendons and other soft tissues that surround your hip joint.
Our recommendation
10 minutes/day of Hypopressives with suitable modifications.
Hypopressives improve resting tone in the muscles across the whole body. This can help stabilize joints where there is instability due to ligament or tendon laxity – this can be a real issue for some women during and after pregnancy.
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Poor breathing mechanics
Sports induced asthma
Jaw tension
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Description of symptom
Breathing too fast, upper chest breathing, breathing into the belly, belly moving in on the inhale.
Our recommendation
Hypopressives is your answer. The breath work in Hypopressives calms the nervous system, which will help with anxiety and will help slow the breath. The focus on lateral and umbrella breathing will help to bring the breath to a more functional movement pattern.
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Description of symptom
Feeling breathless during exercise. Having to use an inhaler when exercising.
Our recommendation:
Hypopressives!The breath work in Hypopressives calms the nervous system, which will help with anxiety and will help slow the breath. The focus on lateral and umbrella breathing will help to bring the breath to a more functional movement pattern.
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Description of symptom
Pain in the jaw area, sore teeth, tooth grinding at night, and sore neck. Hypertonic pelvic floor.
Our recommendation:
Hypopressives – this wonderful technique bring a awareness to holding excessive tension in the jaw. We cue the releasing and relaxing of the jaw throughout the exercises and breathwork. This building an awareness of the tension can help release the pelvic floor, neck and of course jaw. This leads to a more connected apnoea and a new ability to work muscle chains rather than just the jaw.
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Heaviness/Bulging Sensation
Weak pelvic floor
Low Libido
Bladder leakage/incontinence
Hemorrhoids
Wideness/Vaginal gas/queefing
Vaginal dryness
Pain in pelvic floor
Pain during intercourse
Prolapse
Heaviness/Bulging/Chafing
Hypertonic pelvic floor
Chafing
Hypotonic/Weak Pelvic floor
Abnormal Vaginal Discharge
Vaginal Gas
Cystocele
Constipation
Rectocele
Vaginal Dryness/Vaginal Atrophy
Uterine Prolapse
Stress Incontinence
Pelvic Pain
Fecal incontinence
Hypertonic Pelvic floor/Pelvic tension
Painful Sex
Burning pelvic pain
Nocturia
Mixed Incontinence
Tailbone pain/Coccydynia
Overflow Incontinence
Fibroids/Cyst
Functional Incontinence
Vaginal Vault prolapse
Pudendal Neuralgia
Enterocele
Urge Incontinence
UTI
Vaginal laxity
Poor resting tone
Endometriosis
Urinary incontinence
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Description of symptom
This can feel like a dragging sensation, like a tampon is stuck inside, it will in all This can feel like a dragging sensation, like a tampon is stuck inside, it will in all likelihood feel heavier as the day goes on. sometimes it can feel sore like something is pulling inside. feel heavier as the day goes on. sometimes it can feel sore like something is pulling inside.
How hypopressives can help
Hypopressives reduce the pressure in the pelvis and the apnoea breath helps lift the pelvic organs back towards their positions in the pelvic bowl. The poses improve resting tone across the muscles and fascia chains helping to support the pelvic organs.
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Description of symptom
Pain, dragging sensation, wideness, reduced sensation, not functioning optimally.
How hypopressives can help
Hypopressives create a reflexive movement pattern between the thoracic diaphragm and the pelvic floor. Each exhale the pelvic floor becomes a little more engaged and toned. The muscles become more able to support the pelvic floor so the ligaments can have a chance to remodel.
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Description of symptom
Not wanting to have sex or just don’t have the urge anymore.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help by ensuring all the cells in the body are oxygenated. The pelvis becomes less congested. Hypopressives improve energy levels making us feel more like having sexual contact.
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Description of symptom
Leaking urine during everyday activities, such as lifting, bending, coughing, or exercising, being unable to hold in urine after feeling a sudden, strong urge to urinate, leaking urine without any warning or urge, being unable to reach a toilet in time, wetting your bed during sleep and leaking during sexual activity.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives take the pressure off the bladder, the breath work and apnoea breaths help to bring the organs back into position and then the poses help to improve resting tone in the muscles and fascia slide and glide. this helps to support the organs whilst the ligaments remodel. The poses and breath work make us more aware of the postural habits that may be effecting our pelvic floor. We improve the resting tone in the pelvic floor and this also helps to avoid external irritation of the bladder.
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Description of symptom
Symptoms of piles include bright red blood after you poo, an itchy anus, and slimy mucus coming from your bottom.
Piles usually get better on their own. You can ease discomfort by avoiding constipation. You may need hospital treatment if your piles are severe.
It’s not clear what causes piles. You’re more likely to get them if you’re regularly constipated, pregnant or often push too hard when pooing.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives reduce pressure on the pelvic floor. The breath work helps to reduce constipation.
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Description of symptom
Vaginal gas (vaginal flatulence or queefing) is when you pass gas from your vagina. The noise you hear is trapped air coming out of your vagina. It’s usually harmless and caused by sex, exercise or weak pelvic floor muscles.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives create a synergistic movement pattern with the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms. This reflexive movement help to create engagement of the pelvic muscles, ligaments, tendons creating a functional toned pelvic floor and pelvis that will be less likely to queef.
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Description of symptom
Is for the most part a symptom of the change in estrogen levels as we pass through peri menopause to menopause.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help by keeping the vaginal walls moving and working. They are muscles this helps combat in some part the vaginal atrophy that is associated with the loss of moisture in the vagina once we are past our fertile years.
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Description of symptom
Pain in the pelvic floor can come from so many different issues. It can be due to laxity in the ligaments due to relaxing during pregnancy and post pregnancy. It can be because you have hyper mobility in the ligaments in your body and as we age or due to pregnancy the area around the pubic symphysis or coccyx, sacral area can become stretched or lengthened and this can cause movement that can create pain.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives take the pressure off the bladder, the breath work and apnoea breaths help to bring the organs back into position and then the poses help to improve resting tone in the muscles and fascia slide and glide. this helps to support the organs whilst the ligaments remodel. The poses and breath work make us more aware of the postural habits that may be effecting our pelvic floor. We improve the resting tone across our whole body and this can help support across the joints creating an environment where the ligaments and tendons have support to remodel.
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Description of symptom
This can be because of a hypertonic pelvic floor. It can be because of sexual trauma. It can be because of STD’s as well (so get checked by your doctor just in case). It can also be due to the drying of the vagina during perimenopause and menopause and can also be during breastfeeding.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives as a whole holistic program look at creating functional reflexive movement in the pelvic floor. This will encourage the pelvic floor to let go of the excessive tension it is holding as we integrate back into being part of the team. For menopause the movement of the vagina as a muscle will help to keep atrophy at bay as much as we can.
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Description of symptom
Prolapse is when the organs in the pelvic bowl are being pulled down – for cystocele and uterine prolapse, rectocele and urethrocele the organs are moving towards the entrance of the vagina. For rectal prolapse it is the the rectum prolapsing out of the anus.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help by reducing pressure on the pelvic floor, lifting the pelvic organs and then the poses help improve resting muscle and fascia tone thus supporting the organs in place.
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Description of symptom
This can feel like a dragging sensation, like a tampon is stuck inside, it will in all likelihood feel heavier as the day goes on. sometimes it can feel sore like something is pulling inside.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives reduce the pressure in the pelvis and the apnoea breath helps lift the pelvic organs back towards their positions in the pelvic bowl. The poses improve resting tone across the muscles and fascia chains helping to support the pelvic organs.
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Description of symptom
When muscles, fascia and other structures of the pelvic floor become tight and restricted which can result in pain and issues with bowel, bladder, and sexual function.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help the body relearn how to release the pelvic floor. The breath work engages the release on the inhale and the contraction on the exhale- once your body begins to trust this movement pattern it becomes reflexive throughout the day and release its holding pattern.
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Description of symptom
Caused by repeated friction (through skin-to-skin or skin-to-material contact) and moisture, especially during warm weather. This may be also caused by physical activities, tight clothes, obesity, irritant, breastfeeding, and prolapse
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives start to create lift in the pelvic floor – moving the pelvic organs back to a higher place in the pelvic bowl.
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Description of symptom
Low muscle tone, and your pelvic floor muscles do not have the strength to properly position and stabilize your pelvis to support good bladder/bowel function.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help the body relearn how to release and contract the pelvic floor. The breath work engages the release on the inhale and the contraction on the exhale- once your body begins to trust this movement pattern it becomes reflexive throughout the day and release its holding pattern.
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Description of symptom
A change in the color or smell of the discharge, and irritation, itchiness, or burning in or around your vagina
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives can help with some of the symptoms of menopause or irritation due to a drop in estrogen during breast feeding. The breath work creates homeostasis in the nervous system – Paced breathing compared with usual breathing for hot flashes” they found that 15 minutes of breath work TWICE daily not only reduces hot flushes but also reduced PMS symptoms and headaches while improving mood, stress tolerance, and sexual function.
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Description of symptom
Hearing and feeling air escape from your vagina, similar to hearing a fart from your rectum.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives create a synergistic movement pattern with the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms. This reflexive movement help to create engagement of the pelvic muscles, ligaments, tendons creating a functional toned pelvic floor and pelvis that will be less likely to queef.
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Description of symptom
The vaginal wall towards the bladder bulges into the vaginal canal.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives engage the anterior chain activating this fascia connection from the detrusor muscle though the medium ligament through the thoracic diaphragm. The gradual rise of the diaphragm during the exhale and during the diaphragms ascent in apnoea.
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Description of symptom
Most commonly occurs when waste or stool moves too slowly through the digestive tract or cannot be eliminated effectively from the rectum, which may cause the stool to become hard and dry.
How Hypopressives can help
The breath work in Hypopressives helps to engage the digestive system by mobilizing the lymphatic system. The actual umbrella breath can help relax the sphincter on the exhale. The calming of the nervous system also creates less anxiety around toileting and this reduces the tension that can contribute to constipation.
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Description of symptom
Vaginal wall towards the rectum gets pulled into the vagina.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives engage the posterior chain activating this fascia connecting and as a part of the myofascial chains from the feet, calves, hamstrings, glutes, back extensors, psoas, trapezius and over the top of the head to the forehead. The gradual rise of the diaphragm during the exhale and during the diaphragms ascent in apnoea activate the psoas which is one the support muscles for the posterior section of the pelvic floor and pelvis. This combined with the anterior section of the fascia chains help to create more integrity withing the lower pelvis and improving the tone of the supporting fascia.
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Description of symptom
Dry, itchy skin in the vaginal area as well as pain and discomfort.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help by keeping the vaginal walls moving and working. They are muscles this helps combat in some part the vaginal atrophy that is associated with the loss of moisture in the vagina once we are past our fertile years.
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Description of symptom
The cervix and uterus is being pulled down in the vaginal canal toward the vaginal opening.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives create a synergistic movement pattern with the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms. This reflexive movement help to create engagement of the pelvic muscles, ligaments, tendons creating a functional toned pelvic floor- this helps to draw the uterus back up- the activation of the whole pelvic floor also helps to strengthen and tone the vagina itself which helps to support the cervix.
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Description of symptom
Unintentional loss of urine prompted by physical movement or activity that puts pressure on your bladder, such as coughing, sneezing, laughing or exercising.
How Hypopressives can help
Stress incontinence is caused by an increase in intra abdominal pressure which creates a downwards pressure on a pelvic floor in trauma. Hypopressives balance pressure in the body and lift pressure off the pelvic floor during the exhale and apnoea breath.
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Tenderness, soreness, aching, discomfort, sharp or piercing pain at any given moment in your pelvic floor or pelvis.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives take the pressure off the bladder, the breath work and apnoea breaths help to bring the organs back into position and then the poses help to improve resting tone in the muscles and fascia slide and glide. this helps to support the organs whilst the ligaments remodel. The poses and breath work make us more aware of the postural habits that may be effecting our pelvic floor. We improve the resting tone across our whole body and this can help support across the joints creating an environment where the ligaments and tendons have support to remodel.
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A sudden need to go to the toilet but are unable to reach a toilet in time.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives increase the teamwork across the muscles and fascia in the pelvic floor- they also engage myofascial chains part of the posterior chain is the psoas that connects from the thoracic diaphragm through the pelvis to the femur increasing the tone within the posterior pelvic floor. The poses we use help to re-engage the glutes in a responsive, functional way an the glutes feed into the levator ani muscle which surrounds, supports and helps facilitate the opening of anus. There are also connections to the sacrotuberous ligament which supports the pelvis and is the receiver of the majority of muscle fibres from the glutes. This then has connections with the falciform ligament of the liver which is also part of the anterior fascia chain.
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Tightness in your pelvic floor, also called pelvic tension. May create pain and discomfor.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help the body relearn how to release the pelvic floor. The breath work engages the release on the inhale and the contraction on the exhale- once your body begins to trust this movement pattern it becomes reflexive throughout the day and release its holding pattern.
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Pain only at sexual entry, pain with every penetration, deep pain during thrusting and may last hours after intercourse.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help the body relearn how to release the pelvic floor. The breath work engages the release on the inhale and the contraction on the exhale- once your body begins to trust this movement pattern it becomes reflexive throughout the day and release its holding pattern.
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Burning pain or aching pain or throbbing pain during intercourse and lasting hours after intercourse.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help with the pain through the breath work calming the nervous system response. They also lift the organs away from the entrance of the vagina.
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Waking up during the night to urinate.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help calm the nervous system, activate the nerve-endings and create a lift in the organs so that nocturia stops.
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Description of symptom
You experience intense urges to pass urine, few seconds between the need to urinate and the release of urine, and unintentional loss of urine prompted by physical movement or activity that puts pressure on your bladder, such as coughing, sneezing, laughing or exercising.
How Hypopressives can help
Mixed incontinence is caused by an increase in intra abdominal pressure which creates a downwards pressure on a pelvic floor in trauma. Hypopressives balance pressure in the body and lift pressure off the pelvic floor during the exhale and apnoea breath. There can also be an element of nerve damage especially with urge incontinence and functional incontinence. The breath work brings a homeostasis to the nervous system which means that the opening and closing of the urethra will start happening when it is supposed to.
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Tenderness paired with a dull, achy pain in the tailbone area, at the very bottom of the spine, between the buttocks.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help to lift pressure off the tailbone by strengthening and engaging myofascial chains. The breath work helps to release any tension and tone the muscles to help support the coccyx at the same time.
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The bladder cannot completely empty when you pass urine or when your bladder cannot store any urine at all, which causes you to pass urine constantly or have frequent leaking.
How Hypopressives can help
Overflow incontinence is caused by an increase in intra abdominal pressure which creates a downwards pressure on a pelvic floor in trauma. Hypopressives balance pressure in the body and lift pressure off the pelvic floor during the exhale and apnoea breath. There can also be an element of nerve damage especially with urge incontinence and functional incontinence. The breath work brings a homeostasis to the nervous system which means that the opening and closing of the urethra will start happening when it is supposed to.
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Intramural fibroids grow within the muscular uterine wall. Submucosal fibroids bulge into the uterine cavity. Subserosal fibroids project to the outside of the uterus. Symptoms include heavy menstrual bleeding, menstrual periods lasting more than a week, pelvic pressure or pain, frequent urination, difficulty emptying the bladder, constipation and backache or leg pains.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help lift pressure off the pelvic floor and decongest the pelvis. The breath work helps with any pain.
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Leaking urine during day-to-day activities, feeling a sudden and strong urge to urinate, wetting the bed while sleeping and/or leaking urine without any urge and failing to make it to the toilet in time.
How Hypopressives can help
Functional is caused by an increase in intra abdominal pressure which creates a downwards pressure on a pelvic floor in trauma. Hypopressives balance pressure in the body and lift pressure off the pelvic floor during the exhale and apnoea breath. There can also be an element of nerve damage especially with urge incontinence and functional incontinence. The breath work brings a homeostasis to the nervous system which means that the opening and closing of the urethra will start happening when it is supposed to.
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The top of your vagina (known as the “vaginal vault”) droops down into your vaginal canal. This usually occurs in people who have had a hysterectomy (removal of your uterus).
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives create a synergistic movement pattern with the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms. This reflexive movement help to create engagement of the pelvic muscles, ligaments, tendons creating a functional toned pelvic floor- this helps to draw the vaginal wall back up- the activation of the whole pelvic floor also helps to strengthen and tone the vagina.
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Long-term pelvic pain that originates from damage or irritation of the pudendal nerve – a main nerve in the pelvis. Shooting, aching, burning or stabbing, tingling, prickling or numbing, hurting worse in the evening and feeling better in morning.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives help by re-educating the pelvic floor into learning to contract and extend – this helps take any pressure off the pudendal nerve which may be creating discomfort. The breath work and apnoea are key here.
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The vaginal wall towards the small intestine gets pulled into the vagina.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives create a synergistic movement pattern with the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms. This reflexive movement help to create engagement of the pelvic muscles, ligaments, tendons creating a functional toned pelvic floor- this helps to draw the pelvic viscera gradually up – the activation of the whole pelvic floor also helps to strengthen and tone the pelvis.
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You experience intense urges to pass urine. There are often only a few seconds between the need to urinate and the release of urine.
How Hypopressives can help
Urge incontinence is caused by an increase in intra abdominal pressure which creates a downwards pressure on a pelvic floor in trauma. It can also be caused by irritation to the bladder. it is important to maintain great posture and sit on your sitting bones! Hypopressives balance pressure in the body and lift pressure off the pelvic floor during the exhale and apnoea breath. There can also be an element of nerve damage especially with urge incontinence and functional incontinence. The breath work brings a homeostasis to the nervous system which means that the opening and closing of the urethra will start happening when it is supposed to.
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A strong urge to urinate that doesn’t go away, burning feeling when urinating, urinating often, and passing small amounts of urine, urine that looks cloudy, urine that appears red, bright pink or cola-colored — signs of blood in the urine, strong-smelling urine and pelvic pain.
How Hypopressives can help
UTI’s is caused by an increase in intra abdominal pressure which creates a downwards pressure on a pelvic floor in trauma this can create a shorter urethra track which can lead to more UTI’s . It can also be caused by irritation to the bladder. it is important to maintain great posture and sit on your sitting bones! Hypopressives balance pressure in the body and lift pressure off the pelvic floor during the exhale and apnoea breath. The breath work brings a homeostasis to the nervous system which means that the opening and closing of the urethra will start happening when it is supposed to.
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A sensation of vaginal looseness.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives create a synergistic movement pattern with the thoracic and pelvic diaphragms. This reflexive movement help to create engagement of the pelvic muscles, ligaments, tendons creating a functional toned pelvic floor and pelvis that will be less likely to queef.
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Muscles in the pelvic floor become too tense and are unable to relax.
How Hypopressives can help
Hypopressives are a whole body toning experience – the tensioning creates tone in the fascia and muscles- the poses create tone in the postural muscles and the breath work creates tone in the viscera and diaphragm and pelvic floor.
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This is a condition in which the uterus lining tissue begins growing outside the uterus. It can create pelvic tenderness that may be described as hip pain by patients. In this condition, you will feel pain from the spine and back around the hip and buttocks too. You may suffer from sciatica as well that can cause pain in the hip or the back. Endometriosis can be in other parts of the body too.
How Hypopressives can help
Imagine if we could massage the pelvic organs all day long, even without thinking about it? All you have to do is … breathe.
Hypopressives help us relearn how to breathe. People are generally much more oxygen starved than we know. Most of us never learned to use our breath in the right capacity, and we end up shallow breathing from our upper chest all-day-long. All-life-long. This not only makes us oxygen starved, and therefore chronically fatigued (cue one aspect of, endometriosis), but it also creates stagnation in the abdominal and pelvic cavity by not allowing these areas movement.
If you have endometriosis on your diaphragm this is especially important because it means you probably haven’t activated your diaphragm in a very long time. Your diaphragm is a muscle, not an organ, so if you haven’t been actively using it it’s been in “off” mode for as long as you’ve been chest breathing. Like other muscles, start using it and watch the circulation flood through, watch it get stronger, and watch the endo lesions start to lessen as your cells become healthier.
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Description of symptom
Leaking urine when coughing, sneezing, laughing, or exercising, Feeling sudden, uncontrollable urges to urinate, frequent urination, waking up many times at night to urinate and urinating during sleep.
How Hypopressives can help
Urinary incontinence is caused by an increase in intra abdominal pressure which creates a downwards pressure on a pelvic floor in trauma. It can also be caused by irritation to the bladder. it is important to maintain great posture and sit on your sitting bones!
Hypopressives balance pressure in the body and lift pressure off the pelvic floor during the exhale and apnoea breath. There can also be an element of nerve damage especially with urge incontinence and functional incontinence. The breath work brings a homeostasis to the nervous system which means that the opening and closing of the urethra will start happening when it is supposed to.
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- Covers physical exercises, lifestyle & mind over medicine techniques
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I’m so happy and comfortable with Moonrise! I’m doing the hypopressives course and am already feeling confident about healing my prolapse and improving my.whole body. Abby Lord is so completely relatable and the support from Filippa for any questions is great. I’ve seen the high priced offerings for other courses and am beyond grateful that this is affordable, making pelvic floor dysfunction healing possible for almost anyone. I took the leap to invest in myself after 10 years of prolapse misery. All I can say is, don’t hesitate – do it!
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I have been welcomed into this healing community, and have been supported by personal attention from Filippa, with excellent informative teaching videos from Abby and from Filippa. So far, in just a few weeks, I have begun to feel better, and my symptoms have lessened. I look forward to further progress.
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A very enjoyable course. Feeling so much better for practicing Hypopressives. Filippa and Abby who teach this course are genuine, excellent teachers. All the videos are easy to follow with very clear instructions. I practice every day for about 10 minutes and now feel confident that with time my prolapse will heal. Also customer support at MoonRise is very efficient and helpful.
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Still have questions?Here are some answers that can help
Yes Hypopressives can help with these symptoms and other connected conditions affecting our core, back & pelvic health.
Hypopressive exercises combines various positions of the arm and feet along with the apnea or breath hold to activate your myofascial slings.
Myofascial slings are complex connections of muscle, fascia, and ligament, which help support the inner, stabilising muscles (deep supportive core) of the trunk and significantly contribute to movement and stability of the lumbar spine and pelvis. Every single Hypopressive helps you rejuvernate and reconnect your pelvic floor and core naturally.
Hypopressives require no equipment and are suitable for women of all ages and conditions. With tons of modifications available, you are never left behind with Hypopressives.
If you have a limited budget & time, we recommend beginning with our Hypopressives Course. You only need 10 minutes/day and for a 1-time payment of 119 USD, you get lifetime access to all content, live classes & 1-1 support to ensure you are doing the technique right.
If you need more 1-1 support, access multiple therapies and can spend more resources, we recommend our full signature Pelvic Floor Dysfunction program with Filippa. In this 12-week program, you get the following:
- You get Filippa working 1-1 with you.
- You have access to multiple therapies (Hypopressives are included)
- You would start with 10 minutes/day and slowly get up to 30-45 minutes/day of self-healthcare work.
- The 12-weeks gives you the opportunity to dive head first to reclaiming your health
- You can also pause the program for up to 8 weeks since life happens and this should not feel stressful.
We tend to see better outcomes as you add more therapies to your toolbox to reverse symptoms.
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Regarding the results:
As you can imagine, the answer is very individual.
Some women notice a change after 3-6 months. Some after 3-6 weeks. Our recommendation is at least 10 minutes per day for 3-6 months.
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Yes! We have seen women of all ages see results. Our oldest member is 91 years old who reversed the symptoms of incontinence within 6 months.
Yes! A hypertonic pelvic floor is an overactive, highly tensed pelvic floor. Doing more Kegels here would be detrimental since it creates more tension.
While relaxation is the way to go, you need to aim for a reflexive pelvic floor i.e. a pelvic floor that supports you in your everyday movements and in your everyday life.
We recommend joining our 12-week pelvic program to get your pelvic health back
Your purchase includes:
- 12-week access to a tailor-fit program that includes exercises customized for you. We’ll make sure that your program is suitable for your unique circumstances, the symptoms you need to work through, and that contraindications are clearly stated.
- The pre-recorded videos that you can watch them on any device, from the comfort of your home.
- Communication with Filippa who answers all your questions, checks in with you, and is dedicated to your progress and healing.
- A thriving, positive community of women, teachers, and health care experts who support and cheer you on.
- Weekly Live classes
- Full access to our Hypopressives basic course
The Hypopressives program consists of the following:
- Follow-along videos 10 minutes/day to learn the technique and follow-along
- Live Classes every week to deepen your practice and ask questions
- 1-1 Support via email to ensure you are doing the technique right
- Once your technique is approved, you get access to more flows & the full program is then unlocked. This ensures you have no unintended side-effects
- All the above is included for lifetime access
Yes, Hypopressives can work even if you have been operated for pelvic dysfunction/prolapse. If you have recently been operated, we recommend getting a certificate to get started working out again from your doctor. Until then, we recommend only doing the lateral breath & alignment, and not the apnea.
For Hypopressives
You are eligible to get your full money back if you get no results after doing our course. You would need to fulfill all the below critiera:
- Followed the program as designed including watching the full course/set of videos
- Received an approval from your hypopressives instructor about your techniqu
- Consistently practiced 10 minutes/day for 180 days at least
We then ask you to fill in a form for us to process your request and approve it. If approved, we return the full amount back to your card. Refunds can take up to 5 business days from approval by us.
For Pelvic Dysfunction Program
You are eligible to get your full money back if you see no results from our program. You would need to fulfill all the below criteria:
- Followed the program as designed including watching the full course/set of videos
- Been in contact with your dedicated pelvic coach
- Consistently practiced the therapies assigned to you for at least 10 minutes/day for 180 days
We then ask you to fill in a form for us to process your request and approve it. If approved, we return the full amount back to your card. Refunds can take up to 5 business days from approval by us.
If you are joining us since you are not seeing results from Kegels, we would recommend you to avoid Kegels for the time you try us.
Hypopressives & our 12-week program activates the slower muscle fibers, fascia and nerve threads that we don’t activate when we do a Kegel. We also think it is a cleaner approach to understand if our programs are working for you.
Yes with the right set of personalized exercises, Diastasis can indeed be reversed years later.
The key to getting this right is to ensure the following:
- You have measured your separation right (we teach this in our program)
- You listen to your body and follow the exercises safely
- You communicate with us if something doesn’t feel right
- You are consistent in your practice (90-180 days, 10 mins/day)
- You give your body the right support mentally and emotionally.
You use a set of body-based practices created specifically for women with Diastasis Recti (DR) that are both safe and proven to work. They work because they address the root cause of this condition – which is the overstraining or damaging of the linea alba (connective tissue) located in your abdomen. Plus, when you add in some mind-based & lifestyle practices to these physical DR exercises, you create an environment where you can accelerate your healing.
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