Andrea Plitz PT & RYT

Check out Bloom Integrative Health's new EndoEmpower Program for those with endometriosis &/or chronic pelvic pain - a 6 week interdisciplinary program lead by our psychotherapist/ social worker, women’s and pelvic health physiotherapist and naturopathic medicine doctor.

This program aims to empower clients in their health and wellbeing with a focus on functional integration to life – all through evidence-informed education, introduction to holistic treatment modalities, self-treatment tools, and coping strategies.

Our group will stay small to allow space for all members to engage, ask their questions, and feel heard and supported.

Clients will need to undergo 3 short assessments with each of the team members before program start. Contact our admin team today to see if you qualify and to book your pre-program assessments.

Thursdays starting March 5th-April 18th from 6:45pm-8pm, live online via Zoom.

Baby Café and Workshops at Bloom Integrative Health Discover our Baby Café and Workshops at Bloom Integrative Health! Join us for expert-led sessions on postpartum care, breastfeeding, and newborn health in a supportive space for parents in Ottawa and Stittsville.

Love collaborating with allied health care pros. If you have a uterus (that is still cycling), this is not to be missed!

We are super comfortable talking about the glutes, and the piriformis, but leave the pelvic floor out of our thought process because that ( and pelvic health) isn’t our department. Folks, the pelvic floor is right there! It shares real estate with and has functional partnerships with the glutes. They are BFFs and teammates in movement and continence. Integrating them in fitness patterns, like karate, creates opportunities for them to learn to work together and adapt to stressors. Promoting both pelvic and performance health at the same time. Some glute/pelvic floor fun facts: * Tuttle et al. (2016, 2020) demonstrated that gluteal strengthening improves vaginal squeeze pressures * Foster et al. (2021) found that urinary urgency and frequency were associated with Hip muscle weakness (specifically abductors, and external rotators) #themoreyouknow #pelvicfloor #pelvichealth #femaleathlete #leakswithexercise #lowbackpain #physiotherapy #postpartumrecovery #swimbikerun #sportsmedicine #hip #pregnancyrecovery #pregnancy #glutes #ortho #musculoskeletal #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportsmedicine #sportsmed #returntoplay #hip #glutes

Yes!

Resistance training triggers hormones that increase abdominal fat burning.

When women come to me wanting to change their body composition, I direct them straight to the weight room. Contrary to the old “cardio to burn fat” “resistance training to build muscle” dogma that mainstream fitness magazines dished out for decades, resistance training is superior for burning fat–especially belly fat.

I recommend that all women strength train at least twice a week, regardless of age! Young women should incorporate lighter weight/higher repetition through a full range of motion and movement patterns to help with body composition and biomechanical changes that occur with puberty. Women in their reproductive years should look to power and hypertrophy training to improve body composition, bone density, and overall strength. Women in the menopause transition and beyond should prioritize strength-power training in their exercise routine, as hormonal changes make it harder to maintain muscle mass and strength (and the hormone changes increase belly fat storage). Strength training is looking to be the cornerstone and foundation across ages for optimizing body composition and health.

#​LHS #​LiftHeavy

Unsure where to start when it comes to bridging that gap from your individual home exercises to functional movement or performance?

Do you want to learn more about what is going on in your body; how to gain connection, movement, comfort, confidence, ease and/ or strength?

Feeling the need for smaller classes and more guided movement?

Join me for Group Physio classes - 4-6 week series aimed at YOUR health & movement needs.

Season 12 Group Physio classes start next week (March 20th). Registration (& referral) due THIS FRIDAY!

🍑 Pelvic Wellness with Andrea Plitz PT & RYT and Natalie Morris O'Keefe
🤰Prenatal Yoga with Andrea Plitz
🤱 Postnatal Core Strength with Kristy Schmekel
🦵Happy Hips (Postnatal or otherwise) with Dior Krolak
🐍 Spine Savvy with Andrea Plitz PT & RYT
🌬Pressures & Prolapse with Dior Krolak
🦵Functional Strength with Kerri Morrison-McCabe
🕸 Fascial Recovery with Kristy Schmekel
🤰Prenatal Strength with Sarah Trottier Silva

Covered by most private health benefits. Conditions apply. Registration required.

Group Physio Classes at Bloom Integrative Health & Movement Weekly Group Physio Classes curated for the participants. Weekly yoga, strength, pilates, hypopressives & alignment classes to optimize health.

Pelvic pain from congestion, menstrual cycle, endometriosis or previous surgeries? Check out my 9 min mini movement sequence.

🫶🫶Join me this March to gain more awareness, connection, integrated mindful movement for pelvic wellness in my Group Physio series at Bloom Integrative Health.

Covered by most private health insurance. Virtual option for Ontario residents.

https://bloomintegrativehealth.ca/group-physio-classes/

https://youtu.be/FZzD9o9USQI

Episode 9: Breath and Yoga for Endometriosis Did you know endometriosis affects approximately 190 million women and v***a owners worldwide?With endometriosis, the tissue that is normally found within yo...

Come move with me for Season 11 of Bloom Integrative Health's Group Physio class series:

🐍 Spine Savvy Yoga
🤰 Prenatal Yoga
🍑 Pelvic Wellness Yoga *co-taught with Natalie Morris, Physiotherapist
+ many other classes taught by talented Bloom PT Team

Series start next week, registration required by THIS Friday Jan 13th.

May be covered under private health insurance. Conditions apply.

Group Physio Classes at Bloom Integrative Health & Movement Weekly Group Physio Classes curated for the participants. Weekly yoga, strength, pilates, hypopressives & alignment classes to optimize health.

We all need to do this