How to improve your pelvic floor and get active after giving birth.
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It turns out pregnancy itself, regardless of mode of delivery, is a significant risk factor for pelvic floor dysfunction. And there are other risks that have nothing to do with babies.
Knowing where your pelvic floor is and how to exercise it properly can help male incontinence – and might even have some happy side effects.
Social media is awash with ads for interactive games and devices to strengthen the pelvic floor. But do they work?
Mesh surgery for urinary incontinence is effective and extensively studied, while the mesh used in pelvic prolapse is problematic. But the Senate has conflated the two, which will confuse women.
Women need to be given more information about pelvic floor health during and after pregnancy.
Women with urinary incontinence are often too embarrassed to seek help from their doctor. But there is more likelihood of a cure for those who receive treatment at an earlier point.
Women who have had children are often advised to do exercises to tighten their pelvic floor muscles. The muscles run from the pubic bone at the front of your body towards the back and help support your…
Principales colaboradores
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Sessional Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of Department of Urogynaecology, UNSW Sydney
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Research Fellow in Women's Health, University of Exeter
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Research Fellow in Women's Health, University of Exeter
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Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Health and Exercise Physiology, Bournemouth University
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Programme Director in Nursing and Midwifery, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Clinical academic PhD candidate, Bournemouth University
