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Dr. Monica Goodman | Pelvic & Orthopedic Physical Therapist |📍KC

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Fitness Forward Pelvic + Ortho PT
KC’s Best Physical Therapist ‘26 🏆
ICE Certified Specialist
Pregnancy + Postpartum Athleticism Coach
📍KC | Virtual

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The prenatal and fitness space is finally shifting away from being afraid of core exercises to encouraging safe core loading.

At our recent Elevate & Educate event, Dr. Monica, DPT (owner & founder of @resist.rx) broke down what the data actually says about Diastasis Recti and strengthening.

- 100% of pregnant women experience an increase in space between their core muscles (diastasis recti) because it is a normal adaptation, not an injury or body failure
- Roughly 70% naturally heal around 12 months postpartum
- Research from 2024 proves that core exercises do not worsen DR

To clinicians & wellness providers: Make sure your knowledge is up to date and load the core in all 3 planes

To mamas: you are not fragile - find someone to teach you how to load safely

We need to teach our bodies how to load, manage pressure, and build resilience for birth and motherhood.

Let’s continue to change the narrative. Share this with a clinician or mama who needs to hear it today, and drop your thoughts below!

#DiastasisRecti #PhysicalTherapy #CoreLoading #PressureManagement #Pregnancy

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Clinicians, coaches, wellness providers - need to network and get a CEU?

Join us Friday, October 16th from 4:00-5:00 pm for our Elevate & Educate series featuring Monica Goodman, a KC based physical therapist and owner of @resist.rx.

Topic: Diastasis Recti: Clinical Application & Core Loading Strategies

Take time to network with other local healthcare and wellness providers and build your referral community. Feel free to arrive 30 minutes early or stay 30 minutes after for extra networking.

Where: Prairie Movement PT, Overland Park, KS
CE: 1.0 Contact Hour Certificate provided

Reserve your spot today using the link in our bio.

#ClinicalEducation #diastisisrecti #PelvicHealth #PhysicalTherapy #Core

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@resist.rx hosted a core + pelvic floor workshop at Evexia this weekend 🙌

We’re all about giving our coaches - and our clients - new ways to move better, engage smarter, and connect to their bodies.

Your core and pelvic floor do more than you’d think, and this workshop turned that education into movement you can actually use.

What workshop should we bring to Evexia next? 👇

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What is perimenopause and how does it affect your pelvic floor?

🎙️ Tune in to Episode 53 of the @higherformpodcast where Britni and Dr. Monica Goodman dig into the role estrogen plays in pelvic floor health, what happens when it starts declining, and why strength training through that transition matters more than most women realize.

Monica also gets real about the myths that have kept people from getting help and what a fitness-forward approach to pelvic floor care actually looks like.

Available now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, & more.

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Join Dr. Monica Goodman, Pelvic & Orthopedic Physical Therapist, in our Core & Pelvic Floor workshop!

Learn simple breathing and bracing techniques that can improve core strength, reduce pain, and support pelvic floor health 💪🏼

📅 Saturday, August 15 | ⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 Evexia Health & Performance

✨ Free & open to everyone — members and non-members welcome! Bring a friend!

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Core and pelvic floor dysfunction is one of the most common and least addressed issues in fitness. And it’s not just a postpartum thing.

🎙️ Episode 53 of the @higherformpodcast is live! This week, Britni sits down with Dr. Monica Goodman to talk all things core and pelvic floor health at every stage of life. Monica brings a fitness-forward approach to pelvic floor care that challenges the myths that have kept people on the sidelines for years, and makes the case for why strength training is the single most important thing you can do to support your pelvic floor no matter your age, gender, or stage.

Available now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, & more.

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A little peek at my workout today 👀

I MISS POSTING MY WORKOUTS 😭

I have been in such a funk with social media and posting and just life guys…being a mom is noooo joke right now.

I thought it would get better as Riley got older but in some ways it’s harder..it’s stressful af..he’s all over the place, not sleeping, and fussy fussy some days😵‍💫

But on other ways it’s soooo fun- I don’t want to miss a moment of it 🥹 I’m soaking it all in as he’s walking, running around, laughing hysterically, teasing us back, and TALKING NOW!

But I want to get back on here and post..I’ve been pretty active on my stories but I miss talking to you guys in the comments and honestly just miss sharing my fitness journey!

I’m going to be posting workouts, foodie stuff, life and mom stuff…just anything I really want🤷‍♀️

Let me know if you want to see anything in particular⬇️⬇️

The last 4 weeks now I’ve been following @movelikeamotha March Madness Challenge workouts and it’s been QUITE the shift for me.

I was on the full body workouts for about 2 years now..I haven’t done split workouts in a HOT MINUTE🥲

But this was suuuchhh a needed change and lot such a positive fire in me!

I’m more intentional!

I feel stronger!

I look stronger 🥹

My core finally feels stronger and I feel sooo much more connected to my body and strength again!!

As a physical therapist, I’m like “you should know this”

And I do—for other people…for myself, it’s hard to look from the outside and decide exactly how I should be changing my training for my specific goals…

I had lingering pelvic floor issues, I didn’t feel motivated to help myself, I wanted to just brush everything under the rug and forgot I had anything “wrong.” All of a sudden I started to not recognize myself in the mirror and I felt like I was just going through the motions with my training instead of actually TRAINING 💪🏼

Well 4 weeks later I’m just giving Anna a big shoutout for bringing this positive change into my life 🩷

I can’t wait to finish this challenge and keep going with more intentional training and connect ing to my whole body🙌🏼

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The lengthening at linea alba (your midline, the DRA area) is NECESSARY for baby to grow.
A recent study showed NO increase in risk factors (including doing core work during pregnancy) for those with and without diastasis. What this means: WE NEED TO STOP PATHOLOGIZING THIS NORMAL CHANGE!

Do we want to make sure we’re managing load at the core well? Yes (that’s what you should come to me for!) Does that mean we avoid all core during pregnancy and if we see coming/doming? HECK NO! We load to improve load tolerance.

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Maybe 10 family members.

And 3 friends. .

Hope you ask crushed your Thanksgiving and loved the people you were surrounded with.

#physicaltherapist #reddingca #health #norcal #rehab #hayfork #grateful #thanksgiving

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My love letter to myself and anyone about to start their motherhood journey.

There can be so much fear and apprehension. Unknowns about what life will look like. What fitness will look like.

Motherhood is hard. Fitness in motherhood can be hard. But it can also be really beautiful. To let go of some expectation and embrace the messy fitness motherhood can bring.

Your pelvic floor can recover. Your fitness can return. You are strong and resilient. You can also let go of your competitive athlete journey and embrace movement in different ways. Your journey is your own.

But there is magic when your kids embrace fitness with you. When they share the joy of movement. When you smile as you watch them talk about PRs and running races with you.

It’s terrifying. It’s beautiful. It’s messy.

To all my to be mamas, I’m with you. I’m advocating for you. And your providers are here to help you ❤️

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“Don’t do crunches”
“Don’t do planks”
“Avoid anything that causes coning”
“Don’t train your core, it’ll make your diastisis worse”

What the heck can we do then?

This 👆🏻

Deep core work with pressure management and proper engaging of your TrA is perfectly safe🫸🏼🫷🏼

Enough of this heavy focus on “don’t do”

Let’s focus on what we “can do” 🙌🏻🤭

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💭 1 in 10 men will suffer from Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome at some point in their symptoms. Symptoms of this include:
💢urinary frequency, urgency, and burning
💢penile & perineal pain
💢post-ejaculatory pain
💢erectile dysfunction

The symptoms are exacerbated by sitting, exercise, ejaculation and urinating and bowel movements. The symptoms of CPPS mimic prostate infections.

📣Spoiler alert: the majority of men with these symptoms do NOT have a prostate infection 😯 Do you know the proper way to diagnose a prostate infection? Is it a urine sample? A blood test? Chances are you are not aware of the 4-glass test and you need to be.

Drop a “💊” in the comments to be sent a link to a blog for what you need to know!

#pelvichealth #pelvicpain #CPPS #menshealth #ED #menshealthmonth

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