Do Kegels really help? How often have you been told that doing Kegels is the answer to your problems? And how do you know if you are even doing them correctly? Dr. Arnold Kegel, a physician and pioneer in the field of gynecology, coined the term "Kegel" in 1948, when he found that women experienced an improvement in urinary leaking by contracting the pelvic floor muscles. This is based on the premise that the pelvic floor muscles are weak. Although there is evidence that perf

How many women do you know that stop at every bathroom they pass or interrupt an exercise class or run to use the bathroom? Urinary urgency is the sudden, uncontrollable need to use the bathroom, which can lead to urinary leaking and negatively affect quality of life. There is a very specific neurological relationship between the bladder and the pelvic floor muscles called the sacral micturition reflex. The bladder is a smooth muscle and is under control of the autonomic nerv

Women are having babies later in life compared to our ancestors. With increasing maternal age and sedentary lifestyles, there is a greater risk of lumbopelvic pain and other dysfunctions. Throw in pelvic girdle dysfunction from past experiences of traumas and falls from sports, surgeries and even infertility, and the problems are magnified. Lumbopelvic pain is defined as pelvic girdle pain and occurs in 24-90% of women while they are pregnant (Van Benten et al, 2014). How do