By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published September 7, 2022
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Yes — SI joint dysfunction and tailbone (coccyx) injury are common, often related causes of low back and pelvic pain, especially after childbirth, a fall, or prolonged sitting. Re...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published July 30, 2022
I recently had a great conversation with MCP Product Specialist Angela Yamaoka about pelvic health screening, incontinence, and what to do when you are experiencing the symptoms.
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By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published July 15, 2022
Our bodies have a decline in estrogen as we approach menopause which can influence tissues in and around our vagina, the bladder, and our pelvis.
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Perimenopause and menopause bring a ...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published June 23, 2022
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It is never too early — or too late — to learn about pelvic health. Teaching girls and young women about the pelvic floor and how to do pelvic floor exercises early helps prevent dysf...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published June 18, 2022
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Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is when one or more pelvic organs — the bladder, uterus, or rectum — descend and press into the vaginal walls. It is very common, affecting up to 50% of wo...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published May 9, 2022
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Incontinence is any unwanted leakage of urine, whether triggered by laughing, coughing, or exercise (stress incontinence) or by a sudden urge (urge incontinence). It happens when the pe...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published February 19, 2022
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The Buff Muff App and Membership put Kim Vopni (The Vagina Coach) in your pocket, with daily access to pelvic floor exercises, guided workouts, meal plans, educational videos, exc...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published February 5, 2022
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Staying well as a woman means tending to physical, mental, and emotional health together, not treating them as separate boxes to check. That includes fertility and reproductive hea...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published January 18, 2022
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Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach, is a pelvic health educator and founder of the Buff Muff App who has spent over a decade helping women manage incontinence, prolapse, and other pelvic ...
By Kim Vopni, The Vagina Coach — Certified Pelvic Floor Fitness Specialist · Published December 21, 2021
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Recovery from rectocele surgery typically takes 4-6 weeks, during which heavy lifting should be avoided. Gentle movement, proper nutrition, and pelvic floor-friendly self-care lik...
