Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) doesn't only happen to older women, and it happens more than you might think. In fact it is estimated that 50% of women of childbearing age will experience some level of Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Sadly though it is rarely discussed, frequently dismissed as 'just the way it is after you have [...]
Hernia, diastasis recti, and prolapse are all related to excessive intra-abdominal pressure, meaning too much pressure inside your abdomen and/or pelvis. Exercises for umbilical hernia and other issues stated, need to be carefully considered. This pressure has built up inside your body and has nowhere to go but outwards and downwards, and so eventually something [...]
Your post-pregnancy body Your post-pregnancy body, even your very post-pregnancy body, looks and feels different. But when is different “normal” and how do you know when something is just not right? What if you're experiencing abdominal pain 6 weeks postpartum? What’s your tummy supposed to look like? Is it normal to [...]
Pelvic Organ Prolapse or ‘POP’ is something you really need to get educated about. There’s clearly a lack of guidance and information around this subject judging by the sheer volume of questions I get on a daily basis, and the amount that came flooding in before I recorded this video. As always, I want [...]
You loved our diastasis recti infographic... so we made you one telling you everything you need to know about your undercarriage. Fall in love with your pelvic floor. ❤ We made a diastasis recti infographic for you too! Click the image to check it out. Learn, giggle, pick up a peanut and please [...]
I was delighted this week to be contacted by Women’s Health Physiotherapist at La Femme Physio in Kingston upon Thames, Claire Rutherford, who wrote: "...I am a clinical specialist in Women’s Health Physiotherapy and have been reading the great work you’ve been doing and all the sound advice you’ve been giving to women. It’s great [...]
Sometimes women are recommended TVT surgery for severe pelvic floor weakness or post-baby stress incontinence... And sometimes it turns out they don't need it after all. Meet Lisa, who told me she no longer needs her scheduled TVT surgery for post-baby stress incontinence, and that she put it all down to following the MUTU System [...]
We don’t talk about wee leakage much with our girlfriends. It’s not really thought to be a topic of ‘polite conversation’. But we really should, because despite the apparent taboo, 1 in 3 women aged 35 and over suffers from light bladder leakage. If we talked about it, perhaps we would do more about it! [...]