Alison Ribeiro, Physiotherapist

Alison Ribeiro, Physiotherapist ❤️Women's Pelvic Health Physio - pregnancy, postpartum, menopause
🏆Educate. Encourage. Empower.

01/16/2026

Birth Skill 4: Stress Balls
👐🏽 Hands/fingers have the highest concentration of nerve endings and large areas of the brain allocated to register sensation from them.
✅ Active hands block pain.
📈 Be gentle first and gradually increase as needed (so as to not fatigue too early)
If you're looking for more in depth information, purchase Birth Skills by Juju Sundin for yourself, or book in for a labour prep session with yours truly!
Coming up next: Birth Skill 5: Keywords
Questions ⁉️ - Ask away!

01/15/2026

Birth Skill 3: Visualization
🌊 From 0-3cm - focus on images of ripples, waves and energy across abdomen
↪️ From 4-7cm - visualize your cervix opening, baby coming down, baby turning
🚶🏼‍♀️🫁🗣️ From 7-10cm - you'll likely need to combine skills here along with visualization (movement, breathing, vocalization etc.)
👶🏽 Crowning - visualize outlet as soft, relaxed, able to expand, yielding to baby
If you're looking for more in depth information, purchase Birth Skills by Juju Sundin for yourself, or book in for a labour prep session with yours truly!
Coming up next: Birth Skill 4: Stress Balls! 🥎🥎
Questions ⁉️ - Ask away!

01/14/2026

Birth Skill 2b: Vocalization 🗣️
✅ Equip yourself with a variety of strategies as your preferred method may not work on the day of.
📈 Make the sound match the intensity of your pain so you don't notice the pain.
🖼️ Practice the 'aahhh' sound with mental images like 'pain/stress out'
If you're looking for more in depth information, purchase Birth Skills by Juju Sundin for yourself, or book in for a labour prep session with yours truly!
Coming up next: Birth Skill 3: Visualization 👀
Questions ⁉️ - Ask away!

01/13/2026

Birth Skill 2a: Breathing 🫁
✅ Equip yourself with a variety of strategies as your preferred method may not work on the day of.
🫁 Breath IN provides oxygen for you, baby and your muscles needed for birth.

🫁 Breath OUT takes away stress and tension created by contraction.
😌 Make your exhale long - this taps into your parasympathetic nervous system that's most helpful for calming and relaxation.
If you're looking for more in depth information, purchase Birth Skills by Juju Sundin for yourself, or book in for a labour prep session with yours truly!
Coming up next: Birth Skill 2b: Vocalization 🗣️
Questions ⁉️ - Ask away!

01/12/2026

Birth Skill 1: Movement 🚶🏼‍♀️
⛔ Don't use this too early in labour - reserve it for when you really need it.
🧠 Leg activity changes the perception of pain by stimulating the sensory receptor sites on soles of feet, skin on legs/hips/knees/ankles. If you generate enough activity, you can start to override the painful sensations by bombarding your brain with sensations that are pain-free.
If you're looking for more in depth information, purchase Birth Skills by Juju Sundin for yourself, or book in for a labour prep session with yours truly!
Coming up next time: Breathing! 🫁
Questions ⁉️- Ask away!

01/09/2026

📚 I finally got around to finishing this book, and, wow, it's such a great resource for those wanting to learn skills for labour and delivery!
✅ I'll be summarizing some of my favourite tips in upcoming posts so if it resonates with you, get your own copy! Juju goes into great detail and includes numerous birth stories to support the benefits of the strategies.
🤰🏽If you're pregnant, and looking to optimize your pelvic floor and learn strategies for labour and delivery, reach out!

12/18/2025

✅When getting back to activity, it's important to start with the basics and focus on form first.
💪🏼Bird dog is a very common, and excellent, core exercise when done well.
↔️Here are a few modifications to make and ways to progress through to the final exercise to ensure you reap all the benefits.
⁉️ Questions about how to modify exercises that you find challenging? Let me know!

💦 Unsure if your bladder habits are optimized?💪🏼 Check with your local pelvic physiotherapist to learn the right strateg...
12/10/2025

💦 Unsure if your bladder habits are optimized?
💪🏼 Check with your local pelvic physiotherapist to learn the right strategies for you!
🤯 Every session is packed full of education. If you understand what's going on and have strategies to manage, you'll be more in control of the outcome.
Questions ⁉️ Ask away!

🙏🏼Grateful for the ability to play a role in helping others thrive.
12/02/2025

🙏🏼Grateful for the ability to play a role in helping others thrive.


10/22/2025

🤰🏾There are many changes that happen to our bodies during pregnancy that don't magically fix themselves afterwards, and postural changes are no exception.
Instead of focusing just on the pelvis, take a look at the ribs!
Incorporate this into your exercise routine - find the posture first, make sure you can breathe with ease, then move with intention. You'll feel your core in a whole new way! 💪🏼
Questions ⁉️ Ask away!

🤯 All of the above interact with one another.Finding your ease of breath ( #1) optimizes the connection between your dia...
10/01/2025

🤯 All of the above interact with one another.
Finding your ease of breath ( #1) optimizes the connection between your diaphragm, pelvic floor and core. You can assist with this by leaning forward ( #3) slightly - imagine you're running into a moderate headwind, or run up hills.
Ensuring rotation through your thorax and ribs ( #2) as you run ensures a more relaxed core ( #4) and prevents ab-gripping. If we're gripping our core, we aren't maximizing the diaphragm/pelvic floor connection and it prevents rotation (and increases pressure on the pelvic floor which can lead to a multitude of issues).
🏃🏼‍♀️If you're wanting to get back to running post surgery, postpartum, post injury, or you just want to make sure you're setting yourself up for success and injury prevention - let me know!
Questions ⁉️ Ask away!

I appreciate any and all feedback I receive, but I must say, comments like these really make my day ❤️.It encourages me ...
09/23/2025

I appreciate any and all feedback I receive, but I must say, comments like these really make my day ❤️.
It encourages me to continue providing the most compassionate and empowering experience for everyone I have the pleasure to work with.
I appreciate you all! ❤️

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