The Bromley Method

Your shoulders have been aching for months. Your doctor says it's probably from sitting at your desk. Your trainer thinks you slept on it wrong. You've tried everything and nothing helps.

Frozen shoulder is notably more common during perimenopause, and some healthcare providers are increasingly aware of this hormonal connection when treating women over 40 with shoulder problems.

Here's what's happening: Estrogen helps maintain the health of connective tissues throughout your body. When levels start fluctuating, tissues become less resilient and more prone to inflammation.

This can affect: → Shoulders (frozen shoulder is extremely common) → Knees and hips → Hands and wrists → Back and neck → Any joint that's had previous injury

Almost ALL of the women in my 1:1 practice have dealt with random shoulder pain that came out of nowhere and went on and on for months, sometimes years that doctors usually attribute to "getting older." These days I know to mention the possibility of perimenopause so that they can start advocating for themselves and their healthcare.

If you're dealing with joint pain that seemingly came out of nowhere, hormones might be the missing piece of the puzzle.

Have you experienced this? Tell us in the comments 👇🏻

The connection between teeth grinding and your pelvic floor…

This might sound completely random, but hear me out - there's actually a fascinating connection between tension in your jaw and tension in your pelvic floor!

→ Both your jaw and pelvic floor are controlled by similar parts of your nervous system
→ Both areas tend to hold stress and tension
→ Both respond to the same fight-or-flight patterns
→ Both can become chronically tight from emotional stress or trauma

If you're someone who holds tension in your jaw, there's a good chance you're also unconsciously holding tension in your pelvic floor. Your body doesn't usually tense up in just one isolated spot!

Next time you do a pelvic floor release exercise, take a moment to check in with your jaw too. Are you holding tension there as well? Often, consciously relaxing one area can help the other area release too.

This doesn't mean jaw tension CAUSES pelvic floor problems - but it can be a helpful indicator that your nervous system is in a tense state overall, which definitely affects your pelvic floor function!

This is why it’s so important to start with releasing pelvic floor tension. Because we can’t rehab a muscle that won’t move!

https://bromleymethod.com/tight-pelvic-floor-fix

I am so honored to announce that as of today, April 1st, Instagram has asked me to be their official pelvic floor advisor!!



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👀 Keep your eyes on your own prize. Everyone else is.

💡 Sure, let other people be an inspiration. But save your energy for YOU and what YOU need to do for yourself in order to allow healing to occur. Don’t waste your energy on worrying about what anyone else thinks of you.

🚫If social media is a trigger for you, follow more of what inspires you and unfollow anyone who triggers you. Life is too short to be allowing social media to negatively affect your own journey.

Comment below, I would love to know what you found helpful in your postpartum healing journey 👇🏻