by Kelsey Contreras | Mar 21, 2025 | Fitness, Injury Prevention, Load vs Capacity, Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Women's Health
What is it? Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), formerly known as the ‘Female Athlete Triad’ is a condition of prolonged low energy availability in either female OR males that results in physiological or psychological symptoms. Put simply, your body is not...
by Kelsey Contreras | Oct 31, 2024 | Fitness, Injury Prevention, Load vs Capacity, Nutrition, Physical Therapy
Whether recovering from a new injury, nagging aches and pains or trying to improve fitness and performance, many factors are at play outside of the work you put in at the gym or in physical therapy. Yes, moving your body daily and being committed to your rehab are...
by Kelsey Contreras | Aug 23, 2024 | Anatomy, Fitness, Injury Prevention, Load vs Capacity, Pelvic Health, Physical Therapy, Pregnancy and Postpartum, Women's Health
I first want to let you all know that it is 100% normal to have a diastasis rectus abdominus (DRA) during pregnancy and ALL PREGNANT WOMEN will have one. What is it? In order to accommodate your growing baby, your belly expands and your 2 abdominal muscles that make...