3 things you can do to stop leaking at the gym.
Do you leak when you exercise? Do you make an excuse not to attend if your gym session includes running, skipping or, even worse, double unders and box jumps? This...
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Aquaflex is no longer available - what are the alternatives?
Aquaflex Pelvic Floor Exercise System has been a favourite easy- to -use set of pelvic floor or kegel weights for decades.Sadly production was recently ceased without warning and I have been...
Feedback From Michelle Lyons Courses in Australia
Feedback From Michelle Lyons Courses in Australia Here is some of the feedback we received from the courses Michelle ran in Australia in 2015: Thanks so much Fiona. The course...
What's Under Your Pretty Skirt?
The author is a Women's Health Physiotherapist, a colleague and friend of mine .Whilst she prefers to remain anonymous, she has bravely decided to share her story with you...
Your E-Stim / TENS questions answered
TENS , E-STIM....Frequently asked Questions? MY MACHINE CUTS OUT AT 5mA this means that you do not have a complete circuit. If you are testing by holding between your...
Feel the Need, the Need for Speed?
Do you feel the need, the need for speed when getting to the toilet to pee? An urgent need to get to the loo is a common thing and often...
Getting to the core of things
There is a lot of research evidence describing the co-contraction of your CORE MUSCLES pelvic floor (PF) and transversus abdominus (TrA) in unison with your diaphragm (D) and Multifidii (MF)....
Celebrity Continence….?
Goodness me there have been a lot of media reports of late with stories linking “celebrities” and incontinence….. hopefully in some bizarre way , this may raise the profile of...
Pelvic Floor and Exercise : Haemorrhoids from the Gym ?
I recently caught up with an old friend for coffee when she was visiting from interstate and as we were sitting chatting away bringing each other up-to-date on family events...
Pelvic Floor Muscle Training in Treatment of Females....latest research
World renowned researcher Kari Bo from Norway and associates have just epublished their latest research , ahead of print publication , in the World Journal of Urology .
The aim was to present and discuss the evidence for “Pelvic floor muscle training in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and sexual dysfunction.”
Data sources for the review are from many of the world’s leading resource files such as the Cochrane Review and Pub Med and only RCT’s ( randomly controlled trials) in English were reviewed .
