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

by Amanda A. Olson

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

1. Introduction to the Pelvic Floor, Organs, Kegels and Women’s Health
2. Urinary Why Do I Pee When I Sneeze?
3. Urinary Frequency and Why Do I Have to Pee Every Time I Turn Around?
4. Bladder Why What You Eat and Drink Can Be Irritating
5. Pelvic Organ 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 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.

Genres: Health

156 pages, Paperback

Published September 18, 2018

Reviews

[Lauren Bennett · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a physical therapist (orthopedic but not pelvic certified), this book is an excellent look into the treatment methods and philosophies of pelvic floor PT. I picked up this book at a Women in Sports conference after meeting Amanda Olsen and have since referred many patients to it as well as referenced it in my own practice.
As an early-career professional, it’s recently come to my attention just how underserved women are in medicine (men as well when it comes to pelvic issues). I’m doing my part in educating myself to advocate for these women (for example, treating a “groin strain” or “chronic Achilles tendinitis” that is actually due to pelvic floor dysfunction and imbalances) and this book is a great resource for my clinic and my patients.

[RaeAnne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Due to some recent health issues, I have been learning a lot about my pelvic floor. I felt like this book gave me a nice overview and so much to think about and look into more. There were a lot of helpful practical tips and exercises and I found the book to really help me get a start into this new area of health care, imminent and preventative. An excellent resource for every woman 25+. This is something we should be talking about, normalizing, and seeking relief in. We don't need to suffer in silence!

[michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful tips

This book is so good with pics for core
exercise
s. They have incontinence breathing techniques & I never even heard of that. Lots of tips for incontinence & other issues. So helpful if you have incontinence issues with different techniques.

[Alaina Price · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative

Lots of good information. Easy to read. A good place to start to address incontinence and other pelvic floor issues.

[Sue Bossley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent how-to. Very helpful. Written in a very user-friendly mode, and with a lot of informational tips and comments. I will likely use as a resource more than once again.

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Accessible to most-patient or clinician
Valuable educational info and some great exercises to get you started

[Winnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some outdated info but good to learn about the psychology behind urinary problems.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Informative and helpful with good exercises.

[Katra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short and loaded with helpful information.

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