Your Pelvic Floor

A Practical Guide to Solving Your Most Intimate Problems

Kim Vopni

• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781786784872
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery

This is the first pelvic floor health book aimed at ALL women, including trans women, outlining the importance of understanding your pelvic floor and how it impacts on overall health, fitness and wellbeing for life - not just around pregnancy and childbirth.

This book outlines symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction, and shows you how to fix them.

What is pelvic organ prolapse - which 50% of women will experience - and can it be prevented?

Urinary incontinence is treatable with physio. Women on average suffer symptoms for 7 years before going to a healthcare professional which has a huge effect on mental health. Pelvic floor issues are often only talked about in relation to pregnancy and childbirth. This is not just a "mum issue": high impact exercise (running, HIIT, CrossFit) affect the pelvic floor. Young athletes/gymnasts who have never had children are highly likely to suffer from incontinence.

Women should not accept dysfunction as a "normal part of being a woman", but instead need to prioritize their pelvic floor health - this book shows that it is never too early and, crucially, never too late to do so.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• About the author
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 – Your Pelvic Floor – A Bit of Anatomy
• Chapter 2 – The Symptoms of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• Chapter 3 – What Causes Pelvic Floor Dysfunction?
• Chapter 4 – Pregnancy, Birth and Pelvic Floor Recovery
• Chapter 5 – The Non-Physical Effects of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• Chapter 6 – Solutions for Managing Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
• Chapter 7 – Movement and Exercise
• Chapter 8 – Frequently Asked Questions And Final Tips
• Appendix 1: Movement Methods To Train The Pelvic Floor – Pfilates and Hypropressives
• Appendix 2: The Core Collaborators
• Appendix 3: Pessaries
• Tips From The Global Pelvic Health Village – What Pelvic Experts Say
• Resources And Useful Organizations
• Endnotes