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Hip openers: we crave them, but are they really what we need?

Our nervous system (a.k.a. our bodyguard) can sense that our joints are threatened, and they do their work to protect these joints….by increasing tension in the muscles surrounding them. This is experienced as a feeling of tension in our muscles. It may be perceived as something negative that we need to eliminate, when it is actually our body protecting itself! And we try to eliminate this feeling of stiffness by stretching.

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Is It Normal to Leak During Pregnancy? It Depends.

Urinary incontinence that significantly affects the quality of life is experienced by an estimated 54% of pregnant women. Because this is so common, we may think that this is an inevitability that won’t improve until after we give birth.

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