Sara Reardon

Today I speak with Dr. Sara Reardon, a doctor of physical therapy and board-certified pelvic floor physical therapist specializing in the treatment of bowel and bladder issues, painful intercourse, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and menopause. She is the founder of The Vagina Whisperer, an online platform with pelvic floor and core exercise programs for pregnancy, postpartum, painful sex and pelvic floor strengthening.  Sara is passionate about normalizing the conversation around pelvic floor health and increasing awareness of pelvic floor physical therapy as a treatment option to prevent and overcome pelvic health issues.

Sara shares her experiences as a new mom and how being a physical therapist informed those early days. 

We  talk about:

-Pelvic Floor PT

-Postpartum exercises

-preparing for breastfeeding

-listening to your instinct

-slowing downtime postpartum return to exercise

-doing exercise you love

-seasons of motherhood

-having patience with yourself

Time Stamps

1:00 introduction

2:19 experience going through  pregnancy and postpartum

4:43 what she would do differently

10:30 you don’t know what you don’t know

12:10 giving ourselves grace

14:05 Peleton love 

15:30 going through different seasons

21:15 overextending ourselves

30:07 continuing to evolve postpartum

33:10 being the Vagina Whisperer

41:55 Rapid Fire questions

CONNECT WITH CARRIE

IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/

Website: https://carriepagliano.com

CONNECT WITH SARA

IG: https://www.instagram.com/the.vagina.whisperer/

Website:  www.thevagwhisperer.com

Free Guide 6 exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor: https://thevagwhisperer.com/strengthening/

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