Often when we think of things that cause pelvic floor issues (including incontinence, prolapse, pain etc), we think of pregnancy and childbirth, or some kind of injury. However, there is a very good chance that during your day, there is something YOU are currently doing that is inhibiting your pelvic floor muscles' ability to work the way that they should. While this may not be a big deal if you do it once or twice, if you do it once every day, or perhaps once every hour, thi

I love travelling and feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to do so. However, one of the downsides about moving to the other side of the world is that you do spend a lot of time in transit just to get home for a visit. Over the last month and a bit, I have done a ridiculous amount of flying (for educational courses, home visits and fun), spending about 45hrs in the air (between Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Brisbane, Sydney, Dallas and Austin) and a whole b

​ While there are many great things about being female, our anatomy combined with our upright, two-legged posture puts us at a significant disadvantage when it comes to pelvic floor dysfunction (PFD) compared to men. Even before becoming pregnant and giving birth! For example, our higher incidence of urinary incontinence can be somewhat attributed to the much shorter distance from the bladder to the outside world (via the urethra). The female pelvis is also wider and therefor