Pelvic Floor Health: Podcast Feature “Down There Aware”
ABOUT THE PODCAST: DOWN THERE AWARE
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with the amazing mother-daughter pair, who recently launched the Down There Aware podcast. Down There Aware is aimed at bringing awareness to gynecologic cancers, women’s healthcare issues, and advocacy issues. Alex and Mary Massey bring you weekly episodes shedding light on the realities of being a woman in our healthcare system today. I love their perspective as a window across different age groups as well! All of these aspects are incredibly important in helping people get the pelvic floor health education and understanding they need.
Pelvic Floor Health: An Introductory Conversation is available on multiple podcast platforms and answers many key questions.
In this podcast episode, we discuss many topics pertaining to pelvic floor health. We hope that by listening to the podcast, not only will you have a better understanding of your pelvic floor and how it works, but also better confidence to self-advocate for the care and attention you need. It can be hard to have confidence when working with today’s healthcare system, but with knowledge and understanding of your own body, you will be better able to self-advocate during your pelvic floor health journey.
OVERVIEW
Here are a few things that we discuss in the episode:
- Pelvic Floor Health Basics
- 4 Main Functions
- Birth trauma
- Where to look for pelvic floor health care
- How do you find a pelvic floor physical therapist?
- How can gynecological cancers affect the pelvic floor?
- Vulvar Ice Application & Moisturizer
- Increased awareness of your pelvic floor
- Do physicians regularly recommend patients to pelvic floor pts, or not?
- Surgery recovery
- How, unfortunately, sometimes patients need to educate their providers
- DON’T listen to someone who tells you “you are exaggerating”, “that’s normal”, or “you’re just getting older”
- DON’T let your provider’s biases affect your care
- Women are often dismissed or ignored in the healthcare world unfortunately
- Have you taken a mirror and looked at your own vulva?
- Fertility
- Sometimes your treatment requires building a care team, who are all the people are your roundtable?
- State Practice Acts and how to find out what yours is
- What Dilators are and how they could help
- YouTube Video Guides
We hope you enjoy this podcast and learn a lot from listening to it!
If you think pelvic floor dysfunction could be your issue, please find a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist in your area for an evaluation.
PELVIC FLOOR HEALTH REFERENCES
Get Started on Your Path to Pelvic Floor Progress
VIDEO: What is the Pelvic Floor?
VIDEO: How to Find the Best Physical Therapist for You
Check out these websites for more information on finding a local PT:
If you feel that would benefit from pelvic floor physical therapy or think you are experiencing symptoms that may require diagnosis, you can book a FREE 20-minute consultation HERE.
Or, if you’d like to learn more about all things pelvic floor health, head over to Instagram! You can always reach out in the DM’s if you have any questions!
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