Restoring The Pelvic Floor: How Kegel Exercises, Vaginal Training, And Relaxation, Solve Incontinence, Constipation, And Heal Pelvic Pain To Avoid Surgery - Softcover

Olson, Dr. Amanda A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692192174 ISBN 13: 9780692192177

Publisher: Amanda Olson DPT, 2018

Synopsis

This book is for any woman who has avoided the trampoline or yoga class for fear of urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse. If you have pelvic pain, dyspareunia, vaginismus, vestibulodynia, vulvodynia, lichen sclerosis, endometriosis, androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS), MRKH, or tailbone pain (coccydynia), this book is for you. If you suffer from constipation, urinary urgency, urinary frequency, or overactive bladder, this book is also for you.

This book quickly and easily teaches you how to manage conditions related to the pelvic floor, bladder, uterus, and bowel directly from a certified pelvic floor physical therapist who regularly treats women just like you in her clinic.

With a tasteful sense of humor, and compassion, Dr. Olson explains how to cure urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse using different types of Kegels. If you’re prone to urinary urgency, you’ll learn which foods to avoid. Constipated? Dr. Olson will teach you how to solve it.

The pelvic floor muscles are a vital system of muscles that support the pelvic organs (bladder, uterus, and rectum). These muscles can be too weak, too tight, or have poor coordination that can lead to issues with urination, defecation, pelvic pain, and intercourse. The good news is that these issues are solvable with natural remedies. Furthermore, learn how a pelvic physical therapist in your area can provide additional one on one help and specific kinds of treatment to address women’s health issues.

Chapters include:

1. Introduction to the Pelvic Floor, Organs, Kegels and Women’s Health
2. Urinary Incontinence: Why Do I Pee When I Sneeze?
3. Urinary Frequency and Urgency: Why Do I Have to Pee Every Time I Turn Around?
4. Bladder Irritants: Why What You Eat and Drink Can Be Irritating
5. Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Why It Feels Like Your Organs are Falling Out of Your Body
6. Kegels, Pelvic Floor and Core Strengthening
7. Constipation
8. Pelvic Pain
9. The Importance of Breathing
10. To Infinity and Beyond: Thoughts on Women’s Health for the Future

If you are trying to find a natural way of curing common women’s health issues and avoid surgery, this book is for you. Find out how breathing, down training the pelvic floor, vaginal dilator training and specific pelvic exercises can help with pelvic pain. Pelvic floor exercise for beginners and more advanced kegel exercises for progression are demonstrated, and most importantly which exercises are most beneficial to women’s health.

Curious about kegel exercise products, such as which kegel balls for beginners are best? Dr. Olson has you covered. She also explains which kegel trainer and pelvic floor strengthening devices for women are best to help you achieve your goals.

Chapter 6 discusses abs, core, and pelvic floor while chapter 8 helps you heal pelvic pain.

Chapters end with real world, anonymous examples of patients Dr. Olson has healed with the techniques found in this book.

If you have issues related to pelvic floor dysfunction, this pelvic floor book will teach you the pelvic floor therapy necessary to feel results.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Amanda Olson is a dedicated and passionate Doctor of Physical Therapy specializing in treatment of pelvic floor disorders including incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, and pregnancy related issues. She holds years of diverse clinical experience and is a certified advanced pelvic floor practitioner (CAPP-PF) by the American Physical Therapy Association and the Herman and Wallace Pelvic Institute (PRPC). She teaches pelvic health content nationally. Dr. Olson is also the pelvic expert behind Intimate Rose, a women’s health brand whose mission is to improve the health of women worldwide. She creates devices and educational resources to address common and treatable women's health issues for patients and other health care providers. Her mission is to create open dialogue and solutions for common but fixable women's health issues around the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Amanda Olson DPT
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692192174
• ISBN 13: 9780692192177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156