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Pilates and Your Pelvic Floor
Dr. Sarah Edwards Dr. Sarah Edwards

Pilates and Your Pelvic Floor

What’s your relationship like with your Pelvic Floor, I wonder?

Like all relationships, our relationship with the pelvic floor can be healthy, and great when everything is going well. A healthy pelvic floor can contribute to a fulfilling sex life, efficient and ‘comfortable’ removal of waste from the body, (in men and women) and also plays an integral part in a healthy pregnancy and childbirth.

From a movement perspective, If when you move, you leak urine, or pass wind (and OK, many of us have been here)….it can be embarrassing. But it needn’t be. Often, movement is medicine…

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The language of your spine - enhancing your Pilates practice
Dr. Sarah Edwards Dr. Sarah Edwards

The language of your spine - enhancing your Pilates practice

If you’ve ever been in a Pilates class, and are instructed to ‘rotate at your thoracic spine’, or ‘lengthen toward your tailbone’ are you sure what you should be trying to do? Here’s a rundown of key terms for you, in alphabetical order: I hope you find them useful.

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Stress and the breath - the ins & outs
Dr. Sarah Edwards Dr. Sarah Edwards

Stress and the breath - the ins & outs

What is really happening to the breath when we are stressed, and why is ineffective breath so problematic?

We all have times of stress, and actually, stress can be a good thing (to some extent). But not when stress is your permanent state and it starts to affect your everyday life. Constant stress can quite easily manifest into anxiety, and I know how debilitating this can be first-hand. I personally have suffered from anxiety…

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Hello, I’m Dr. Sarah Edwards

An educator at heart, with a passion for people, I’m a Polestar-educated Pilates Instructor and Psychological Fitness Specialist, who understands anxiety, overwhelm and the importance of putting yourself first.

I help clients achieve their goals, both in group settings, online and working one-to-one in my garden studio in Solihull.

Polestar Pilates Comprehensive Instructor, specialising in rehabilitation Pilates, and Psychological Fitness Specialist

Providing positive movement experiences, without pain.