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Free pelvic floor exercises PDF guides and videos from Revive PT & Pilates — physical therapy for women over 40 in Encinitas, CA.

Whether you’re navigating pelvic floor changes, recovering from surgery, going through menopause, or simply want to move and feel better — these guides and videos were created specifically for you, by Dr. Dawn Andalon and the Revive PT & Pilates team in Encinitas.

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Dr. Dawn Andalon, DPT ·
Creator of the Pelvic & Core Reset™ Method
Practicing in North County since 2016

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Dr. Dawn Andalon and the Revive team have created a library of practical resources for women over 40 — because the information most women need to start healing is rarely what they receive in a doctor’s office. Browse the guides here and download whatever is most relevant to where you are right now.

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The 5-Minute Pelvic Floor Routine

If you’ve been told to “just do Kegels” and it hasn’t helped — this pelvic floor exercises PDF is for you. Created by Dr. Dawn Andalon, this simple 5-minute daily sequence reconnects you to your pelvic floor and core in a way that Kegels alone never could, and shows you the signs that mean it’s time to be seen. Designed specifically for women over 40. All you need is a wall and a pillow.

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Cleared at Six Weeks. Now What?

Surgery is one appointment. What comes after it was never assigned to anyone. Dr. Dawn Andalon walks you through five things that can change after a hysterectomy, what to practice before it, and the questions that tell you whether you’re really ready to return to normal activity.

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You Were Told Pilates Would Help. Read This Before You Start.

If you have been told Pilates would help but keep waiting until you feel ready — worried it will be too hard, or that you will get hurt — this guide is for you. Dr. Dawn explains what Pilates actually does for a woman over 40 — for your pelvic floor, your core, your bone density, and the aches that arrived without warning — and what makes the difference between a class that helps and one that does not.

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Why Everything Changed at Once

Going through perimenopause or menopause and feeling like your body has changed overnight? You’re not imagining it — and you’re not stuck with it. This guide from Dr. Dawn explains exactly how therapeutic movement, pelvic floor care, and Pilates can help manage the most common menopause symptoms, and why so many of them arrived at the same time.

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Pelvic Floor Exercises From a PT.
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More than 33,000 women follow Dr. Dawn’s videos on women’s health, where she explains complicated topics in plain language and gives you practical exercises you can do at home.

Pelvic floor PT. Pilates for beginners. Menopause and your body. Back pain relief. Post-surgical recovery. All expert-created. All designed for you.

Stop Doing Kegels. Do This Instead.

If Kegels haven’t stopped your leaking, this is why. Dr. Dawn shows the pelvic floor exercises a PT has you do instead, and what they should feel like.

Pelvic Floor Exercises With Therapeutic Pilates

How Pilates works your pelvic floor without a single Kegel, and why the breath comes before the movement. No equipment needed.

Where to Start With Exercise After Surgery

Cleared by your surgeon but unsure what your body can handle? Dr. Dawn walks through how to begin rebuilding, and what to have checked first.

Dr. Dawn’s Books —
Expert Women’s Health Guidance You Can Read at Home

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Every book Dr. Dawn has written is grounded in the same proven approach behind her Pelvic & Core Reset™ Method — practical, honest guidance for women who want real answers, not generic advice. She has authored several books for women’s health over the years, and this is the one that shares its name with the method itself.

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“I had been dealing with severe lower back pain for about 4 years… nothing really relieved the pain until I found you guys. Now I can take care of my mom; I can get on the floor and play with my grandson; I chase him around the house.”

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Where to Go Next

Physical Therapy for Women Over 40. When You Want Someone to Look.

A guide can show you where to start. It cannot watch you move. Each of these has its own page, written for the woman dealing with it.

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy

Leaking, pressure, pain, or a core that never came back.

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Urinary Incontinence

Leaking when you laugh, sneeze, lift, or run — and planning around it.

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Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Pressure, heaviness, or the sense that something has shifted.

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Hysterectomy Recovery

Rebuilding your core and pelvic floor after surgery, at the right pace.

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Menopause & Perimenopause

A body changing on its own schedule, and nobody explaining what to do about it.

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Osteoporosis & Bone Density

A scan result, and advice to be careful without anyone saying what actually helps.

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Back Pain

Pain that stays in your low back rather than traveling down your leg.

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Sciatica

Pain that travels down your leg rather than staying in your back.

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Everything You Just Read.
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If any of these resources resonated with you, your Discovery Visit is where we take everything you’ve learned and build a plan designed for your body.

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