Leaking Is Common But NOT Normal | Pelvic Floor Health, Immigrant Grit & Women's Health Advocacy | Dr. Charu Chopra

About this episode

Dr. Charu Chopra discusses pelvic floor health, the challenges faced by immigrant women, and the importance of women's health advocacy.

She arrived in the U.S. at 27. Never been on a plane. Left her entire family in India. Faked her accent so no one would notice where she came from. Worked harder than anyone in the room — and learned the hard way that hard work without a voice is invisible. Dr. Charu Chopra is a physical therapist of 17 years. For the past 7+, 100% of her patients have been women. She specializes in pelvic floor and breast rehab therapy — and she is one of the most honest, direct voices in women's health working today. In this episode of Women of Color: An Intimate Conversation, Deneen L. Garrett sits down with Dr. Chopra for a conversation that covers far more ground than expected: from the intersection of identity, immigration, and entrepreneurship, to the pelvic floor truths most women have never heard from a healthcare provider. What Dr. Chopra covers in this episode: Urinary leakage, pelvic pain, pain with intercourse, and bladder urgency — common, but NEVER normal. Every woman deserves to know this. The Kegels myth — why doing Kegels with tight pelvic floor muscles makes things worse, not better. Black women's postpartum mortality rate is 3 times higher than the rest of the population — and…

People in this episode

Host: Deneen L. Garrett

Guest: Dr. Charu Chopra

Topics covered

• pelvic floor health
• women's health advocacy
• immigration
• identity
• entrepreneurship
• sexual trauma
• postpartum care

Keywords

• pelvic floor dysfunction
• urinary leakage
• Kegels myth
• postpartum mortality
• sexual trauma
• healthcare provider
• women's health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arizona

Places: India, U.S.

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