Many women are afraid to exercise when they have a prolapse. Truth be told, movement is essential, and NOT moving is worse for prolapse than exercise.

Exercising with prolapse is all about ensuring a good pelvic floor and core engagement without breath-holding.

These exercises are really good for ...

Did you know that abdominal exercises and inner thigh exercises can help with overall pelvic floor function?

Did you also know that if you combine them WITH Kegels, it packs even more of a punch!

This study evaluated the electrical activities of the pelvic floor muscles in response to selected abd...

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Incontinence is any unwanted loss of urine at any time and any amount. So, if you are not sitting on the toilet, wanting to go pee and urine comes out of you, that would be termed "incontinence."

Urine is stored in the bladder, and our bladder signals our brain ...

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Hysterectomies are typically performed to treat cancer, chronic pain, or heavy bleeding that has not been controlled with less invasive methods.

Depending on your condition, your surgeon will remove some or all of your uterus and possibly additional parts of your repro...

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If you have been diagnosed with a condition that requires a hysterectomy, you likely have a lot of questions about the procedure, your recovery, and your long-term health.

Hysterectomy is major surgery so in this article we look at the reasons for proceeding wit...

Are you struggling with pelvic floor symptoms consuming your thoughts and interfering with your quality of life?

Are you considering surgery as an option?

Recently I wrote an article about my Pelvic Surgery Success program discussing my personal journey of deciding to have surgery for rectocele pr...

Menopause often brings changes in a woman’s pelvic floor function.

The pelvic floor muscles can be weak, overstretched, slow to work, too tight or torn just like the other muscles of your body.

When the pelvic floor weakens it can lead to pelvic organ prolapse, where one or more organs of the pelv...

Pelvic health is a balance between effort and ease. 

We need to lengthen and strengthen. I often lengthen first to get rid of the tension that may interfere with the ability of the muscles to contract fully and move through their full range of motion but it is also nice to lengthen and release at t...

If you’ve heard the term plyometric before, it’s likely been associated with jumping movements like box jumps. But plyometrics actually applies to any exercise or activity that is short, fast, and explosive, allowing you to generate maximum force in the muscle in the shortest period of time.

Explos...

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A vaginal hysterectomy is performed when there is a prolapse of the uterus. A pelvic floor repair is suggested when a part of the vagina is prolapsing and causing bothersome symptoms.

A vaginal hysterectomy is an operation to remove the uterus through the vagina. One or both o...