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”

Do I need to do Kegels? Should I stop doing Kegels? Join me for this chat and learn 5 things you need to actually be doing for your pelvic floor instead!

5 tips to boost your pelvic strength:

1. Drink 2-3 litres of water daily

2. Sleep 7-9 hours daily (including naps, rest and meditation, when unable to sleep/nap)

3. Practice mindfulness and cultivate presence in your body

4. Let go. Let go of your belly, butt and pelvic floor. Let go of societal pressures and expectations.

5. Strengthen your pelvic floor! Make sure to sign up for my Pelvic Strength Workshop Thurs, Apr 13 to learn all the strength moves for your pelvic floor, booty, inner thighs and core. The goal is to help you have better orgasms, more confidence trying various sex positions, have fewer leaks, and better pelvic fitness! https://www.thepassionatephysio.ca/pelvic-strength-for-pleasure-workshop

In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to do a pelvic floor self-examination and check if you’re doing Kegels correctly. Contrary to popular belief, you do NOT need someone to insert their fingers inside you in order to confirm whether or not your pelvic floor works. Trust yourself and your body. Just like you don’t need someone to hold your elbow while you do a bicep curl, you don’t need someone to confirm that your pelvic floor is contracting properly. You can check for yourself using your senses! I teach you how to use your eyes to look, your nose to smell, your hands to feel, and your ears to listen while you breathe and perform pelvic floor contractions and relaxations.

Kegels, or pelvic floor contractions, are a strength exercise often recommended for people with pelvic floor concerns like leaks, prolapse or pain. The problem is, Kegels often make these symptoms WORSE, and can be really problematic. Kegels can worsen pain with seggs, exacerbate leaks and even create more symptoms of heaviness.

Tune into this Mom Strength episode so learn why NOT to do Kegels!