How Pelvic Floor Can Help Constipation.

About this episode

Leah Brueggemann discusses pelvic floor therapy with Koleen Adams, addressing common misconceptions about Kegels and pelvic health issues.

Pelvic Floor Therapy: Why Kegels Aren’t the Answer and What Actually Heals Leaking, Pain & Prolapse Balancing Hormones Naturally Podcast with Leah Brueggemann Seventy percent of people in nursing homes are there because of urinary incontinence. Read that again. The leaking you keep brushing off as “normal” after kids? It is the same thing that lands women in long-term care decades later. And almost nobody is telling you that. In this episode, Leah sits down with pelvic floor physical therapist Koleen Adams (Awaken Pelvic Therapy in Lapeer, Michigan) to unpack the real reason so many women are walking around with leaking, pain with sex, low back pain, constipation, and prolapse, and being told it is just what happens after babies. Spoiler: it is not normal, it is not your fault, and Kegels are probably the worst thing your doctor could have prescribed you. Okay, so. If you have ever been told to “just drink a glass of wine before sex”, if you skip the trampoline park because you might pee, or if you went to one pelvic floor PT and decided it didn’t work, this episode is the one to send to every woman in your life. What You’ll Learn In This Episode • Why 90% of pelvic floor…

People in this episode

Host: Leah Brueggemann

Guest: Koleen Adams

Topics covered

• pelvic floor therapy
• urinary incontinence
• Kegels
• women's health
• constipation
• pain management

Keywords

• pelvic floor
• Kegels
• urinary incontinence
• constipation
• women's health
• pain with sex
• prolapse

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Awaken Pelvic Therapy

Places: Lapeer, Michigan

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