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80. Kegel chairs, Incontinence & Pelvic Pain with Dr. Sinéad Dufour

Surabhi Veitch

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MoSt #80: Kegel chairs, Incontinence & Pelvic Pain with Dr. Sinéad Dufour Surabhi Veitch, The Passionate Physio

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Can Kegel chairs fix your pelvic floor issues?! Is your “unstable pelvis” causing pain during pregnancy? Tune into this episode to find out!

Surabhi chats with Dr. Sinéad Dufour, leading researcher and pelvic physiotherapist in a conversation all about incontinence, pelvic girdle pain and HIFEM technology.

We get into:

  1. The benefits of virtual and hybrid models of care when it comes to pelvic physical therapy

  2. What the research says about pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain (PGP)

  3. Reducing fear of movement and getting moms moving

  4. Understanding physiologic vs structural pain

  5. Pelvic floor dysfunction and urinary incontinence

  6. High-intensity focused electromagnetic technology (HIFEM) like Emsella and other “Kegel chairs”

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Dr. Sinéad Dufour Bio:

Dr. Sinéad is an academic clinician who shares here time between clinical pursuits as the Director of Pelvic Health at the WOMB and academic pursuits in the Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University. She has been a practicing physiotherapists for 20 years. She completed her MScPT at McMaster University (2003), her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science at Western (2011), and returned to McMaster to complete a post-doctoral fellowship (2014). Her current research interests include: conservative approaches to restore pelvic floor function, pregnancy-related pelvic-girdle pain, interprofessional collaborative practice models of service provision to enhance pelvic health and perinatal fitness for elite athletes. Sinéad is an active member of several organizations charged with optimizing perinatal care and pelvic health and has led and contributed many national and international clinical practice guidelines to improve care provision. Sinéad also currently serves as a council member for the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, Canada. Sinéad is a well-recognized speaker at conferences around the world and a sought out expert to consult with companies whose aim to improve perinatal care and pelvic health.

Connect with Dr. Sinéad & Important Links:
—Instagram @dr.sinead
—Work with Dr. Sinéad at Urospot and Compass Rose Wellness
—Dr Dufour’s publications: https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/sdufour

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