Just recently I had the opportunity to have a booth and do a presentation at the Utopia Women's Wellness event in Brisbane. It was a really fun day where I got to meet lots of new people from Brisbane (and all over Queensland) and continue raising awareness about women's pelvic health. In case you couldn't make it to the event (because you happen to live in Canada or some such far-away location), I'd like to share my talk with you on Youtube Pelvic Floor Essentials - What Eve

Because the pelvic floor muscles perform so many different and vital functions, when things are going wrong, it can manifest in many different ways. Unfortunately, that little bit of sneeze-pee that happens every now and then is an indication that your pelvic floor muscles are not functioning as well as they should and it does increase your risk of other, more serious pelvic floor issues later on. It is rare that pelvic floor issues resolve on their own, and without any inter

If you've never experienced difficulty with bowel movements before, then good for you and keep doing what you're doing! However, if you are like many of us who have had experienced constipation then you know it can be quite uncomfortable and more than a little annoying. Constipation can also become hazardous to the pelvic organs and muscles when we begin to strain and hold our breath in an effort to get the stool out. This puts an enormous amount of pressure on the pelvic str

This week I went to a yoga class for the first time in a long while. While the class wasn't held on a deck in the middle of a pool, it was still awesome and very challenging. In Grade 9 or 10 at school, I was getting disheartened by being one of the slower swimmers in my training squad. I told my Dad I didn't want to go anymore because I was the slowest and he said 'Well how are you going to get any better if you don't go'. I figured this made pretty good sense, so I kept at