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Welcome to Episode 20 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah interviews Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Stephanie Predergast, co-founder of the Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center, about everything and anything pelvic floor related. Stephanie also answers your questions from Instagram! Here’s what we cover: Understanding the mechanics and function of the pelvic floor and how it’s different than other muscles in the body Why strengthening your pelvic floor is not always the goal and how it might make your incontinence symptoms worse The difference between stress incontinence and urge incontinence Why dyspurnia (painful sex) and vulvodynia (vulvar pain) are treatable but might get misdiagnosed as an ‘incurable disease’ When pelvic floor muscular dysfunction gets misdiagnosed as a UTI, depending on which kind of practitioner you see The efficacy and safety of hormone therapy for menopause symptoms according to NAMS (North American Menopause Society)  What is GSM (Genitourinary Symptoms of Menopause) and how is it treatable Pelvic floor concerns for people with male genitalia, a chronically underserved population Why people with low back or hip pain very often have an underlying pelvic floor issue What are some signs that a movement teacher can look out for with their clients to indicate they may need to see a pelvic floor specialist (and a screening questionnaire included below) What is the female pelvic triad and how teenage athletes may need help Reference links:As the Pelvis Turns NewsletterNAMS position paper on hormone therapyPique Health for online care for pelvic floor and sexual health Poise Impressa for incontinence supportSpeax by Thinx for incontinence supportQuick Screen for pelvic floor PTPHRC YouTube pagePelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center (they’re hiring PTs!)Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode,Sarah discusses nose breathing, mouth breathing, taping your mouth shut (only at night), and best practices for breathing while exercising, sleeping, and every time in between.  What’s the difference impact on our physiology between nose breathing and mouth breathing - and why it might be really important to try and nose breathe Are we breathing too shallowly either way How do you train yourself to nose breathe What is the impact of nitric oxide on our bodies Why it might not be as simple as “get rid of as much CO2 as you can when you exhale” but we don’t have a clear answer for that yet AND a very special breathing practice we can do together at the end of the episodeReference links:Breath book by James NestorMedical tapehttps://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breathing-videosSinusology Could nasal nitric oxide help to mitigate the severity of COVID-19?Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss teaching privates, why we didn’t use to like teaching privates, and why we like it now. This episode is full of awkward, funny, and frustrating stories from our past as private yoga teachers. We end with helpful tips that will help you enjoy teaching privates more. Where to meet with one-on-one clients/patients  Charging differently based on how much commuting is involved The big reason we didn’t like teaching privates: no clear understanding of the goal. Students who talk too much and aren’t focused on the movement Students who have expectations but you don’t like teaching that way. Students with persistent pain and questioning your scope of practice. The game changer for Laurel: training strength clients with clear, trackable goals. The benefits of talking less and observing more. Admin is a bummer. How we avoid back-and-forth emailing and tracking clients down. Our top 6 pet peeves about teaching privates, and tips we share to avoid these and love teaching privates!  Reference links:Work one-on-one with Doctor Sarah Court, DPTWork one-on-one with Laurel Beversdorf, E-RYT 500Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

This podcast explores the pros and cons of using resistance bands in strength training and yoga. Topics include the effectiveness of resistance bands for pain management and building strength, the difference between resistance training and strength training, determining load intensity, the value of resistance bands in training, incorporating resistance bands into a yoga practice, and expressing gratitude and promoting future episodes.

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel is joined by multidisciplinary movement teacher, Rosalyn Mayse aka Roz the Diva. Laurel talks with Roz about how she went from always being picked last in gym class to building a successful career as both a personal triner and a pole dance instructor, and the often exclusionary industries both pole dancing and strength training occupy. Throughout, Roz shares stories of how she built a successful career (in her words) as a, “dark skin, semi-bald, overweight, outspoken woman running around NYC half naked.” Roz shares her humor and wisdom around what inclusivity actually looks like, as someone who understands firsthand what it feels like to be excluded.Here’s more of what Roz and Laurel discussed: The different yet complementary fitness cultures of pole-dancing and strength-training The positive impression it made on Roz when she got to see female athletes that looked like her The benefits of an artistic focus in a movement practice  How pole dancing helped Roz overcome guilt and shame about her body and exercise agency, self-exploration, and self-expression The fact that people in bigger bodies have to be stronger to overcome more body weight than slender people How Roz defines the term athlete. Spoiler: more broadly than the mainstream How Roz connects with clients who are skeptical about exercise after negative mainstream exercise experiences What the general public thinks pole-dancing and strength training are vs reality Reference links:Dangerous Curves New York Times Documentary about RozRoz’s websiteSign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course! Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 15 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah discusses the lima beans of learning: research. But guess what? Reading research doesn’t have to feel like a chore, and the more you understand what different aspects of research mean, the more interesting it becomes. Three easy rules to follow for quoting research as if it’s facts Why we get so excited about some studies - and why we need to pump the brakes How to know the quality - and thus the value - of the research you are reading Why it’s important that movement teachers quote research responsibly and what can go wrong when studies are not good quality Reference links:Power Posing StudyGet Up from Ground StudyYoga Reverses Osteoporosis StudyWHI StudyYouTube video of SRT test Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss burnout: what is burnout, how do we avoid it, what do we do when it happens, and why do we see so much of it in the yoga and movement world.  Does everyone experience burnout in the same way What does it mean to be emotionally labile Why do so many yoga and movement teachers go through burnout Can a teacher in a big expensive city make a living on group classes? How do we create boundaries that keep us from trying to ‘solve’ our students’ problems? What’s the best kind of relationship to have with your students? Some practical tips to prioritize yourself and preserve your own time What does Work Smarter, Not Harder actually look like? Reference links:I Know How She Does It by Laura VanderkamAntifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder by Nassim Talib Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Laurel answers a listener’s question of whether or not it’s within a movement teacher’s scope of practice to help people with their posture. Her answer is yes and no depending. Here’s what else this episode gets into: How Laurel formerly identified as an alignment-based teacher and why she no longer does. The difference between “default-mode” alignment versus deliberate alignment. Alignment less in binary terms of good v. bad and more as a neutral tool for helping to restore variability and influence adaptations toward specific skills. Theory-induced blindness and the difficulty of noticing flaws in theories that inform your professional work. How our beliefs about posture can produce a nocebic effect. How Laurel sees posture and alignment instruction as well within a yoga teacher’s scope of practice, but how she also sees movement teachers stepping outside of their scope of practice in providing instruction. Reference links:SITE WIDE SALEPaper: Therapists Perceptions of Optimal Sitting and Standing PosturePaper: To flex or not to flex? Is there a relationship between lumbar spine flexion during lifting and low back pain? A systematic review with meta-analysisPaper: Posture and time spent using a smartphone are not correlated with neck pain and disability in young adults: a cross-sectional studyPaper: Is neck posture subgroup in late adolescence a risk factor for persistent neck pain in young adults? A prospective studyPaper: Clinical measures of foot posture and ankle joint dorsiflexion do not differ in adults with and without plantar heel painTodd Hardgrove: Great New Paper on Targeting the Brain for Treatment of Pain Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and a series of free pelvic floor exercises.Watch the video of this episode at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 12 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Sarah is joined by the one and only Jules Mitchell, to talk about myths and misbeliefs around strength, stretching, and how to really understand how research applies to our teaching. What are other models for movement beyond soft tissue - and can they coexist Does it matter if your teaching still “looks like yoga”? Should you call yourself a movement teacher instead of a yoga teacher? How accurate is it to make claims about strength in yoga?  How teachers misinterpret research and why it’s happening Does age reflect interest in different aspects of yoga Should we still be stretching? Is it possible to overstretch? What movement trends are we moving towards in the future Reference links:Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined by Jules MitchellJules Mitchell WebsiteTwelve-Minute Daily Yoga Regimen Reverses Osteoporotic Bone Loss - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4851231/ Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah debunks the commonly held beliefs around aging, strength loss, and frailty, where these beliefs come from, and what we should be doing for people 65+ instead (spoiler: once again, strength training FTW). What is the narrative around falling and why do people become so afraid of it How the fear of falling creates a self-fulfilling prophecy around age-related decline in physical performance When does muscle mass loss start as part of the aging process How strength training improves not just muscle mass but many other aspects of performance including balanceReference Links:Quantum Leap Community (Sarah’s mentorship group)QLC: The Library (Sarah’s recorded classes)Strength Training for Seniors (book)Strength Training past 50 (book)Multicomponent Exercise Program Reduces Frailty and Inflammatory Biomarkers and Improves Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Older AdultsMRI comparison of active vs sedentary 74 year oldSign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course! Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!