At Your Cervix
By Emma and Gráinne
Shrouded in stigma, these issues are often poorly understood and considered embarrassing or taboo resulting in a delay accessing help. Gráinne Donnelly and Emma Brockwell are two pelvic health physiotherapists on a mission to myth bust, empower and educate the public, health and fitness professionals about pelvic health. Join as they converse honestly and authentically with a variety of interesting guests on the taboo topics others don't discuss.
At Your CervixDec 04, 2022
The nuances of resistance training and it's impact on the pelvic floor!
Tying up Season 5 of AYC the Podcast is Dr. Christina Prevett PT, PhD.
Dr Prevett is a clinical researcher who focuses on strength training in both pregnantand aging populations. She is also lead faculty at the Institute of Clinical Excellence Physio for Pelvic Health & Geriatrics, and Creator of the Barbell Mamas. Christina helps female athletes maximize fitness potential with online programming for pregnant & postpartum CrossFitters & weightlifters.
We discuss research on female athletes, common misconceptions and myths floating around social media and where future focus should lie. Christina is a BOSS and we loved having her on the show. We look forward to following her future work.
Find Christina on Instagram @dr.christina_prevett
Women's Football, Motherhood and The Future with Katie Chapman
Katie Chapman is a former English footballer who last played for Chelsea Ladies and England’s women’s national team.
At the age of 10, Katie began her professional career at Millwall Lionesses. Developing her skillset within the academy, she made her senior debut for the team in the 1996/97 season. Having showcased her ability in the 1997 FA Women’s Premier League Cup, Katie was awarded the FA Young Player of the Year which allowed her to sign a contract with Fulham, making the move to Arsenal ladies in 2006, then to Chicago Red Stars and her final senior team, Chelsea Ladies in 2014.
Aside from her senior career, Katie was the Under 18 England captain before being selected to be part of the national squad in 2000. After making her international debut in the UEFA Women’s Championship, she began starting games and scored her first international goal in the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualification. She has 94 caps for England and retired from England in 2016 and from Chelsea in 2018. Katie is also a mother of 3 boys and is now woman’s ambassador for Chelsea women’s football club.
Katie speaks to us about her incredible footballing career and being a mother athlete.
To find out more about Katie visit:
Instagram @katiechapmanofficial
champions-speakers.co.uk/speaker-agent/katie-chapman
Enhanced Recovery Postpartum with Dr Rebeca Seagraves. Why early postpartum care matters.
She has extensive experience treating perinatal and pelvic health conditions in acute care,
home health, and outpatient settings including long-term hospitalizations for high-risk
pregnancy and following perinatal loss. She has worked with inpatient obstetrics and
gynecology teams to maximize early recovery after delivery and pelvic surgery, including
hysterectomy, prolapse repair, endometriosis surgery, cesarean section, birth-related injuries,
and following obstetrics critical care interventions.
She is the founder of Enhanced Recovery After Delivery™
, an obstetrics clinical pathway that
maximizes mental and physical function during pregnancy and immediately postpartum with
hospital and in-home occupational and physical therapy. Her vision is that every person will
have access to a qualified rehab therapist during pregnancy and within the first 6 weeks after
birth, perinatal loss, pregnancy termination, and any pelvic surgery regardless of their location
or ability to pay.
enhancedrecoveryafterdelivery.com/program/
Rebeca is also the CEO of the Pelvic Health Network pelvichealthnetwork.org/?fbclid=PAAabRhhusYmb6FqDBRe9pXYV8jGhosBaaiohYjLcFzF2T_Hb8d9Dnk5Q7BdA
In this episode we refer to the '4th Trimester Care Around the World Event' which can be watched on demand here youtu.be/A-_7u7IA9TY?si=EkvuIr6rRveXbXY8
How to own your career and thrive as a female in male-dominated fields with Giselle Aerni
You can find out more about Giselle and her podcast and courses here:
Webstite madamathlete.com/
Instagram @themadamathlete
Happy listening Emma and Gráinne
'You can't post that' - a personal insight into pelvic organ prolapse with Caoímhe Cummins
We are back! To open season 5 we have a very special personal experience of navigating the trials and tribulations of postpartum pelvic organ prolapse with Caoímhe Cummins - who is the founder and person behind the popular Instagram account @thebighillhouse. Caoímhe, who is a primary school teacher turned digital creator, offers a social media window into life as a busy stay-at-home mum to FOUR beautiful kids. Her Instagram content uncovers all things involved with mum life, house DIY, fashion, beauty and current affairs. One such current affair just so happened to be the common, yet taboo, issue of pelvic organ prolapse. Tune in to see how Caoímhe discovered her pelvic floor issues and what she did about them. This is an authentic, real life, no frills insight into the real life issues that women are predisposed to. The good news is they can be managed...but you need to listen to learn how!
Diastasis! Part 2: Presenting the evidence - Navigating another pregnancy with Claire Black and special guest Antony Lo
Claire Black is a former criminal lawyer from Scotland who experienced significant, persisting diastasis following the birth of her first baby. Not only has she been a driver in raising awareness of diastasis around the world but her personal experience has also served as a catalyst for change and development to ensure professionals around the world are implementing best practice. She lives with her husband, son, daughter and two spaniels. She has always had a love for sport and exercise and recently became engaged with Crossfit (even with a significant diastasis) and is now stronger and more capable than ever before! She has a blog capturing more of her journey called Bump, Birth and Beyond www.tumblr.com/mybumpbirthandbeyond. You can also find Claire on Instagram @clairemmac.
Antony Lo is a physiotherapist from Australia and runs The Physio Detective service and My PT Education. He helps the general public and health and fitness professionals who struggle to progress women to moderate-to-high intensity exercise by cutting through the BS and thinking outside the box so they confidently assist people to achieve their goals. He earned his degree from the University of Sydney and has been in practice since 1997 (old enough to see old things come back as new things!). He completed his post- graduate Master in Manual Therapy (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy) from the University of Western Australia and commenced his Specialization training in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. He has been involved in antenatal and postnatal education and management for his whole career (since 1997). Through participation and through his work as a Physiotherapist at all levels of sport, coaching and education, he has developed a model of treatment that utilizes the best from Sports Science, Musculoskeletal/Sports Physiotherapy, Pain Science, and Women’s Health research to provide a practical, realistic holistic model of care balancing the biopsychosocial model of healthcare with the best of historical assessment and management approaches. He is privileged to teach health and fitness professionals around the world in person and online in addition to his clinical work. Antony has a wife and 3 beautiful children in the best city in the world – Sydney, Australia! Contact: www.antonylo.com www.Instagram.com/physiodetective
If you enjoy this episode, are accessible to Dublin, Ireland and wish to learn more about diastasis, Claire and I will be joining Antony Lo on his Irish leg of teaching this month 21st and 22nd January 2023. We would love you to join! Sign up at mypteducation.com/learn/#upcominglive.
Diastasis! Part 1: The truth,the whole truth & nothing but the truth ~ with Claire Black & Antony Lo
Learn all about diastasis rectus abdominis and what contemporary evidence informed management looks like as Gráinne busts the myths with Antony Lo and Claire Black and learns all about Claire's lived experience of it. If you enjoy this episode, are accessible to Dublin, Ireland and wish to learn more about diastasis, Claire and I will be joining Antony Lo on his Irish leg of teaching this month 21st and 22nd January 2023. We would love you to join! Sign up at mypteducation.com/learn/#upcominglive.
Claire Black is a former criminal lawyer from Scotland who experienced significant, persisting diastasis following the birth of her first baby. Not only has she been a driver in raising awareness of diastasis around the world but her personal experience has also served as a catalyst for change and development to ensure professionals around the world are implementing best practice. She lives with her husband, son, daughter and two spaniels. She has always had a love for sport and exercise and recently became engaged with Crossfit (even with a significant diastasis) and is now stronger and more capable than ever before! She has a blog capturing more of her journey called Bump, Birth and Beyond www.tumblr.com/mybumpbirthandbeyond. You can also find Claire on Instagram @clairemmac.
Antony Lo is a physiotherapist from Australia and runs The Physio Detective service and My PT Education. He helps the general public and health and fitness professionals who struggle to progress women to moderate-to-high intensity exercise by cutting through the BS and thinking outside the box so they confidently assist people to achieve their goals.
He earned his degree from the University of Sydney and has been in practice since 1997 (old enough to see old things come back as new things!). He completed his post- graduate Master in Manual Therapy (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy) from the University of Western Australia and commenced his Specialization training in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. He has been involved in antenatal and postnatal education and management for his whole career (since 1997). Through participation and through his work as a Physiotherapist at all levels of sport, coaching and education, he has developed a model of treatment that utilizes the best from Sports Science, Musculoskeletal/Sports Physiotherapy, Pain Science, and Women’s Health research to provide a practical, realistic holistic model of care balancing the biopsychosocial model of healthcare with the best of historical assessment and management approaches. He is privileged to teach health and fitness professionals around the world in person and online in addition to his clinical work. Antony has a wife and 3 beautiful children in the best city in the world – Sydney, Australia!
Contact: www.antonylo.com
www.Instagram.com/physiodetective
Why did no one tell me? The Female Athlete Edition with Olympian long distance runner Kara Goucher
Emma and Grainne are delighted to present a very special FINALE episode. In this episode, they are joined by Olympian and world champion long distance runner Kara Goucher! This season of At Your Cervix has discussed so many facets of pelvic health with a strong bias towards the female athlete. In this episode, the discussion with Kara brings it all together. Kara has had an incredible career and has been exposed to many of the issues we have discussed throughout this season like REDs , pregnancy and postpartum complications as well as transitioning from athlete to mother athlete. Kara is a huge advocate of educating young athletes and a true inspiration to all women, young and old!
This really is a must listen, get ready to be inspired, impassioned and excited about the future of the female athlete!
Kara's Bio
KARA GOUCHER is an American long-distance runner. She won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in the 10,000 meters and is a two-time Olympian. A podium finisher at the Boston and New York City Marathons, she also competed for the University of Colorado, where she was a three-time NCAA champion. After more than a decade as a Nike athlete, Kara is now sponsored by Oiselle and Altra and is a cofounder of the Clean Sport Collective, an anti-doping initiative. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband, Adam, also an elite runner, and their son, Colt. Read more about her at karagoucher.com.
Living with the consequences of severe birth injury with Joanna Prance
**** Trigger warning This episode discusses birth trauma and birth injuries*****
Perineal injuries during childbirth known as OASI (Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury) or 3rd and 4th degree tears. A third-degree tear is a perineal tear that extends into the muscle of the external anal sphincter. If the tear extends further into the lining of the anus or rectum it is known as a fourth-degree tear. The incidence of OASI in the UK is 2.9% with an incidence rate of 6.1% in first births – meaning around 1 in 20 first-time mums in the UK suffer this type of serious injury. The main risk factor for anal incontinence amongst childbearing women is an OASI injury but OASI injuries can also cause other symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction. An OASI can have a devastating impact on quality of life - affecting a woman’s health, intimate relationships, family relationships and employment.
In today's episode Emma Talks to Joanna Prance, Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, Ostomate and a Mum. In 1998, Jo was 22 when she sustained life-changing injuries during the traumatic birth of her son. The extent of these devastating injuries only manifested over time and she could never have imagined the ordeal of what the subsequent 23 years would bring or the impact her childbirth experience would have on the rest of her life. As a result she has undergone multiple treatments, procedures and over 17 surgical interventions, including TVT mesh, sacral neuromodulation and colostomy surgery.
Speaker Bio
Through her work as Speaker and educator Joanna is keen to raise awareness of how life-changing severe childbirth injuries are to those who suffer them and their families and to improve the outcomes for those affected by these injuries.
Jo began her involvement with The MASIC Foundation in 2019, a charity that supports women who have suffered serious injuries like OASI (Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury) during childbirth and is a MASIC Advocate.
She has also been engaged with project work for Colostomy UK, a charity that supports and empowers people living with a stoma
A keen sportswoman, she has sustained an active lifestyle despite facing numerous challenges as a result of her injuries. She enjoys yoga, walking, strength training and last year returned to competitive swimming.
Jo’s fitness and healthcare career spans over 17 years through her private work as a Personal Trainer and formerly in the public sector as a specialist Cardiac Rehabilitation Instructor.
You can find her on instagram @colostomummy
To find out more about MASICs please visit www.masic.org,uk
Menopause - Embracing the Change with Dr Orla Conlon
The conversation around the menopause is finely gathering pace. It's a hot topic in the press and there are many great campaigns, more books and resources that can help women manage the menopause and seek the treatment they want and deserve.
The menopause can be difficult to navigate and is still shrouded in mystery. Grainne and Emma had a great conversation about the menstrual cycle with Michelle Lyons in season 2 where we touched on menopause. In today's episode we were delighted to discuss the menopause in greater depth with Dr Orla Conlon. In this episode Orla debunks myths and provides some sound advice for any woman who is peri or post menopausal. She helps highlight that the menopause can be a positive time in a woman's life, a time that can be embraced.
If you enjoy this episode please share and of course leave a review!
Speakers Bio
Dr Orla Conlon graduated in Medicine from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1995 and has been working in Obstetrics & Gynaecology since 1996. She became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in 2000 and was appointed to what was previously known as The Erne Hospital in Enniskillen as Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology in March 2007. She is also a specialist with the British Menopause Society with a special interest in vulval conditions
She holds specialist training in obstetric ultrasound, gynaecological imaging, colposcopy, advanced hysteroscopy, psychosexual medicine and Menopause with a specialist interest in vulval conditions.
She has presented papers at many national & international meetings and has several publications in peer review journals.
Transitioning from Athlete to Mother Athlete with USA Olympian Tianna Madison
This interview is accessible to all members of the Athletic female and is actually a follow on from the interview that Tianna had with Grainne which you can find from Season 3 or from The Athletic Female Module 1 if you have access.
Listen to Gráinne interview Tianna Madison about her experience as an elite athletic female and the transition into motherhood.
Expert Biography
Tianna Madison is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals.
Tianna shares her personal journey with Gynaecological issues and the difficulty she faced getting diagnosed as an elite female athlete with no children (at the time). ⠀⠀
She is an empowering example and advocate for the need to increase knowledge and awareness of female specific concerns, including Gynaecological issues, in athlete populations and organisations supporting women in physically activity at any level. ⠀
We are honoured to have Tianna support the Athletic Female Course and share her experience with female specific concerns as a high performance athlete
Is there such a thing as an optimal birth? Changing the conversation with Molly O'Brien
In this episode Midwife Molly O'Brien joins Emma and Grainne to discuss childbirth. Molly has seen many women and birthing people suffer long and difficult births which led her to explore physiology and the biomechanics of human movement and apply it to the birthing process. She discusses the disruptors of the physiological birthing process and how women and birthing people can optimise the birth process. This is a great episode for anyone that works with pregnant women, is pregnant or has a pregnant friend or relative.
To find out more about Molly and her course visit www.optimalbirth.co.uk
Molly O’Brien is an experienced, registered midwife whose 24 years of practice is guided by a salutogenic approach to birth with an emphasis on preserving, supporting and optimising the physiological birth process to achieve the best possible birth outcome and experience for the mother and her baby.
She created and teaches a course for midwives, doulas, obstetricians and birth associates called ‘Biomechanics for Birth’. The course has evolved from a combination of clinical midwifery, an autodidactic pursuit of knowledge about biomechanics from sources including physiotherapy, osteopathy and movement specialists and a career attending more than a thousand births, refining the midwifery skills of perception and observation of movements, positions and attitudes of birthing women.
Attending hundreds of undisturbed physiological births in the home and midwife led birth unit setting gave her the opportunity to make a systematic exploration of midwifery skills and observations that can help identify the reasons behind labour dystocia (difficult labour).
When labour dystocia is caused by a mechanical imbalance it requires a mechanical solution using specific and directed movement. The techniques and strategies that emerged from this time helped her to revolutionise her practice and she began to regularly witness rapid and dramatic progress as she put them to use during “difficult labours”
Her aim is to introduce an understanding and resolution of the root cause of mechanical labour dystocia into mainstream midwifery and obstetric practice and education of maternity health care practitioners. There is a real possibility to significantly reduce intervention, increase straightforward births and improve the birth experience.
Molly teaches the principles of biomechanics in the birth setting as part of a Masters degree in two universities in the UK and in a Chilean midwifery school. She is regularly invited to teach in NHS hospitals and she frequently teaches the course online to a global audience of multidisciplinary practitioners.
How RED-s became my superpower with Dr Kacy Seynders
In this episode, we speak to Physical Therapist and runner Kacy Seynders who has had a turbulent journey through her childhood and adolescent years suffering from eating disorders, over-exercising and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-s).
Kacy candidly discusses the huge physical impact that her eating disorder and RED-s have had on her physical, mental health and her athletic performance. She talks about how she has finally managed to untangle the complicated relationship between body weight, body composition and performance and how she now not only leads a healthy lifestyle that nurtures her physical and mental wellbeing but how she now uses her experiences to create a healthy culture for the athletes that she works with.
To find out more about Kacy visit her website and read her blog
https://kacyseynders.wordpress.com
Transgender Athletic Performance.... is there a sporting advantage? With Joanna Harper
Welcome back to Season 4 of At Your Cervix the Podcast! We are delighted to bring to you this fascinating discussion with Loughborough University Researcher Joanna Harper about Transgender Athlete Performance. Joanna, originally from a small town north of Toronto is a medical researcher at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom where her research focuses on this very topic. Author of the book, Sporting Gender: The History, Science and Stories of Transgender and Intersex Athletes, she has also authored articles on gender diverse athletes in peer-reviewed scientific publications. Since 2015, Joanna has served as an advisor on transgender and intersex athletes to multiple sporting federations including the International Olympic Committee.
In this episode we discuss what it means to be a transgender athlete, what confusion and questions arise within high performance competition and what the science actually tells us in relation to whether transgender women hold a "sporting advantage".
Joanna's peer reviewed scientific publications include:
Pitsiladis Y, Harper J, Betancurt JO, Martinez-Patino MJ, Parisi A, Wang G, Pigozzi F. Beyond Fairness: The Biology of Inclusion for Transgender and Intersex Athletes. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2016 Nov/Dec;15(6):386-388. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000314. PMID: 27841808.
Harper J, Lima G, Kolliari-Turner A, Malinsky FR, Wang G, Martinez-Patino MJ, Angadi SS, Papadopoulou T, Pigozzi F, Seal L, Barrett J, Pitsiladis YP. The Fluidity of Gender and Implications for the Biology of Inclusion for Transgender and Intersex Athletes. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2018 Dec;17(12):467-472. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000543. PMID: 30531465.
Harper J, Martinez-Patino MJ, Pigozzi F, Pitsiladis Y. Implications of a Third Gender for Elite Sports. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2018 Feb;17(2):42-44. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000455. PMID: 29420345.
Harper J, O'Donnell E, Sorouri Khorashad B, McDermott H, Witcomb GL. How does hormone transition in transgender women change body composition, muscle strength and haemoglobin? Systematic review with a focus on the implications for sport participation. Br J Sports Med. 2021 Aug;55(15):865-872. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-103106. Epub 2021 Mar 1. PMID: 33648944; PMCID: PMC8311086.
As always, we appreciate any discussion raised by our episodes so please contact us via Instagram (@at_yourcervixthepodcast )
The 3 C's (Comparison, Competition and Collaboration) with Jo Turner
Find out more about Jo and her podcast at www.mehab.co.uk, @mehab_jo (Twitter and Instagram).
The Unhappy Bladder - what bladder pain syndrome is and what we can do about it with Jilly Bond
Welcome to our season finale where we are joined by world-renowned pelvic health expert Jilly Bond. Today Jilly joins us to discuss bladder pain syndrome is and what we can do about it?
Jilly is also a researcher and educator based in Wales, UK, with a specialist interest in pelvic pain. She has worked clinically in various areas of the NHS, led a private hospital service and her own clinic. Professionally she has sat on the executive board for Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy (POGP), as part of the POGP Journal editorial team, and has been part of the organising committee for IUGA symposiums. She is now providing professional mentoring, live and online courses for Physios, collaborating on international research projects and is a regular conference speaker.
She received her masters degree in 2017 looking at self-efficacy in pelvic pain treatment and is at the beginning of a PhD in pelvic pain and interoception. Her research interests include understanding neurocentric treatment mechanisms in visceral pain and somatoperceptual distortions. Her Youtube channel has free resources for patients and clinicians. If you're interested in pelvic pain she'd love to hear from you.
https://www.jillybond.com/
Why Sleep Matters with Matt Philips
Why is sleep so important? What effect can a lack of sleep have on your mental and physical health? Can caffeine really affect your sleep that much? What can you do when sleep is hard to come by?
These are the type of areas around sleep that we delve into with Matt Philips this week.
For over ten years, Matt was part of a multidisciplinary team of physiotherapists, sports therapists, osteopaths, podiatrists and massage therapists. In witnessing the coming & going of many misconceptions within the Running Industry, Matt decided through his website www.runchatlive.com to try and help both runners and therapists evolve from outdated ideas and embrace a more evidence-based approach to running injury prevention & management. Matt has written for numerous websites & running magazines including Runners Connect & Outdoor Fitness. Matt currently offers specialist online consultation for runners & non runners struggling to achieve results. The ‘Sports Therapy Association Podcast‘ is recorded live every Tuesday at 8pm (UK time) via YouTube then upoaded to all podcast podcast apps.
Matt is not a sleep specialist but has suffered from insomnia and sleep deprivation for years. Keen to understand more this year he underwent a sleep study. Modern sleep research is now far more equipped at measuring the effect of poor sleep quantity & quality, and the results are pretty shocking as Matt Philips, has found.
Join us as we discuss many of the answers to the questions posed above and explore just why sleep matters.
Find out more about the studies and researchers discussed via MAtt's month-long podcast series around sleep here:
https://www.runchatlive.com/sleep-awareness-month-sports-therapy-association-podcast/
Pregnancy beyond RED-S with Swedish triathlete Sofia Häger
Sofia Häger is an active 30 year old mum to a 5 month old curious girl. She has always loved working out and played tennis during her teens and through college. After college running became her passion but all the associated injuries eventually led her to triathlon, where she is hooked!
After multiple stress fractures and injuries she came to the self-discovery that she had RED-S. Sofia discusses her experience and how she managed this condition to enable her to get pregnant with her first child.
While currently on maternity leave, Sofia works full time as a project manager and also has her own business in nutrition for women (www.sofiasportsandnutrition.weebly.com).
She is continuing to try to figure out how to be the best mum for her daughter, partner to her boyfriend and at the same time have high goals in triathlon.
We look forward to hearing what you all think.
Resources mentioned: Book - No Period. Now what? Nicola J Rinaldi, PhD.
How to change the narrative around women's health with The Well's Baz Moffat
Meet The Well HQ, Baz, Bella and Emma – the coach, the GP and the scientist. Independently, all three have worked with women for decades – training athletes, teaching body literacy and trying to smash the taboos that block progress. In 2018 they joined forces!
The Well is built on cutting-edge science, expertise and experience. In this episode, Baz Moffat talks to Emma and Grainne about the work The Well is doing to contribute to a change in the narrative around women's health, specifically in schools and within female athletic team sports.
To find out more about The Well and the work they are doing please visit https://www.thewell-hq.com/about/
How an ankle injury saved my life with USA Olympian Tianna Madison
This week's podcast episode was recorded for The Athletic Female course, a course that Grainne, Emma and Helen McElroy have written and produced for health and fitness professionals who work with the female athletes. You can find out more about this course by heading to www.theathelticefemale.com and or listening to season 2 where Emma, Grainne and Helen discuss the course in more detail.
This interview is accessible to all members of the Athletic female but we wanted to share it with you on At your Cervix this week because it is such an eye opening interview. This week Grainne interviews Tianna Madison an American track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump and short sprinting events. She is a two-time Olympian with three gold medals.
Tianna shares her personal journey with Gynaecological issues and the difficulty she faced getting diagnosed as an elite female athlete with no children (at the time). ⠀⠀
We really hope you enjoy it and as always please share and review
If not for you with Georgina Lucas
Trigger warning - this post discusses baby loss
This week Emma and Grainne are joined by mother, editor and author Georgina Lucas Emma first met Georgie in clinic when she came to see her for a postpartum check following the birth of her 2nd baby, Grey. Tragically Grey passed away when he was 21 days old. Emma treated Georgie for a long time and got to know Georgie well. At the beginning of this year Georgie’s first book ‘If not for you’ was published. ‘If not for you’ is Georgie’s incredible, moving memoir of the 21 days she and her husband Mike shared with Grey and the aftermath - the search to make sense of their unimaginable loss. On this week’s episode, you can hear Georgie talk to Grainne and Emma about her heartbreaking journey, Grey, her memoir, her postnatal recovery and her life now. It’s a beautiful episode and very much worth a listen! If you love the podcast please review us and let us know what you think
If not for you is available from all good booksellers https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/georgina-lucas/if-not-for-you/9781408714546/
BABY LOSS RESOURCES
Aching Arms achingarms.co.uk
Supports those who have suffered the loss of a baby during pregnancy, at birth or soon after.
Arc arc-uk.org
Helps parents and healthcare professionals through antenatal screening and its consequences.
Bliss bliss.org.uk
Aims to give every baby born premature or sick the best chance of survival and quality of life.
Borne borne.org.uk
Researches the causes of premature birth in order to save lives. Child Bereavement UK childbereavementuk.org
Supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement.
Mama Academy mamaacademy.org.uk
Empowers all maternity professionals and expectant parents on stillbirth prevention methods to help more babies arrive safely.
The Mariposa Trust mariposatrust.org
Supports those affected by baby loss and bereavement.
The Miscarriage Association miscarriageassociation.org.uk
Supports those affected by miscarriage, molar pregnancy or ectopic pregnancy.
Our Missing Peace ourmissingpeace.org
Helps all who have been affected by the death of a child.
Petals petalscharity.org
Provides specialist counselling after baby loss.
Sands sands.org.uk
Provides support for anyone affected by the death of a baby, improves the care bereaved parents receive, works to create a world where fewer babies die.
Saying Goodbye sayinggoodbye.org
Provides comprehensive information, advice, support to anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby, at any stage of pregnancy.
Teddy’s Wish teddyswish.org
Funds research into the causes of baby loss and provides hope for grieving families.
Tommy’s tommys.org
Provides support and funds research into stillbirth, premature birth and miscarriage.
Unique rarechromo.org
Supports and informs families living with a Rare Chromosome Disorder.
Zoe Clarke Coates - @zoeadelle
Feathering the empty nest - her Mum’s Voice blogs in particular @feathering_the_empty_nest
The Mindful Grief Coach - @themindfulgriefcoach
Grief Gang - @thegriefgangpodcast
Julia Samuel - @juliasamuelmbe
Priyanka Saha - @the_lilyflower
My Chemical Menopause with Kirsty Dougal
Kirsty Dougal is Scottish but lives in the Cotswolds. She is 42 and works in research funding for biological sciences. Outside of work, she is passionate about horses, having previously worked in the equine industry. If money was no object she would happily spend her time outdoors cuddling horses! 4 years ago her life was turned upside down due to the perimenopause and menopause. She experienced the perimenopause at 38! Her symptoms were life-altering and her battle to seek diagnosis and treatment have been very difficult. Her transition into the menopause is not conventional. At 41 she went through a chemical menopause before having surgery last year to be put into a surgical menopause! She realised first-hand how poor support is and is now driven to do what she can to help other women understand the topic and know how to advocate for themselves and access the right help.
Resources
https://www.newsonhealth.co.uk/
https://www.themenopausecharity.org/
https://www.menopausalnotmad.co.uk/
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23
Why Mum's Don't Jump! Pelvic Organ Prolapse with Helen Ledwick
We open this season talking to Helen Ledwick the creator of ‘Why Mums Don’t Jump’ -- a podcast about pelvic floor problems after childbirth. She’s a former BBC journalist and a mum-of-two with pelvic organ prolapse.
When delivering her second baby, Helen experienced a 3rd-degree tear and subsequent pelvic organ prolapse. Unaware of pelvic floor dysfunction until this point and frustrated, anxious, and keen to learn more, Helen began to explore the world of pelvic health and found that there were so many more women affected by these common but not normal symptoms that can occur at any time in a woman life, but often around pregnancy and childbirth.
Helen 'fell' down many rabbit holes whilst researching her symptoms and was overwhelmed by the misinformation, scaremongering and myths that existed for all pelvic floor conditions including pelvic organ prolapse. As a result she started her very successful podcast 'why mums don't jump' and has gone on to myth bust, empower and support other women who suffer from pelvic organ prolapse and other pelvic floor dysfunction.
This is Helen's empowering pelvic organ prolapse story and is a must for anyone suffering with pelvic floor dysfunction or who works with and supports women
Check out Why Mum's Dont Jump Here https://whymumsdontjump.com/
POGP and leaflets: https://thepogp.co.uk/resources/booklets/
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Lot of love Emma and Grainne
Bonus Episode The Athletic Female with Dr Helen McElroy
✨Special Bonus Episode ✨
Hello everyone!
Some of you may know that whilst we have been having a little podcast break we have been putting together a course called The Athletic Female alongside Dr Helen McElroy!
This course is all about the female athlete (no surprises there) and is an absolute passion project of ours!
We wanted to tell you all about it so we got together with our co-founder of The Athletic Female Dr Helen McElroy to tell you all!
This episode is also special because it’s the first time that Gráinne and I have been in the same room to record!
This course is suitable for all health and fitness professionals who work with the female athlete and we would love for you to sign up!
We have an early bird discount in place when you purchase the course which you can take advantage of until tomorrow night (27th Feb 2022)!
To sign up head to www.theathleticfemale.com
Grainne and Emma will be back in the late Spring with Season 3 of @atyourcervix_thepodcast so if you have any topics around women's health that you would like us to discuss do let us know xxx
Season 2 Ep 8 What Does it Mean to be a Strong Woman? with Molly Galbraith and Marika Hart
Here it is, our final episode. We think it is an absolute cracker 😂. It’s released on Sunday (Boxing Day) - a present from us to you!
Join us as we talk to Molly Galbraith founder of Girls Gone Strong, a movement dedicated to women's health, strength and empowerment and fellow pelvic health physiotherapist Marika Hart who supports Girls Gone Strong as a subject expert in perinatal and pelvic health topics.
We find out all about Girls Gone Strong, how working collaboratively can create something really special for all women as well as the power of women supporting each other and lifting each other up!
Get ready for GIRL POWER!
As this is our last episode we want to say a special thank you to Pelvic Relief for being such a wonderful sponsor this season, you have been the dream!
At Your Cervix The Podcast will be back with you next year and we can’t thank you enough for listening! We however have a few requests 😘. Please share episodes you like and review us. When this happens we can spread the word of our incredible experts so please if you have a minute please help us!
We would also love to know how we can improve, what do you like, who do you want to hear from? This is your podcast so let us know how we can continue to be At Your Cervix!
Resources:
Molly Galbraith
Instagram: @themollygalbraith
https://www.mollygalbraith.com/home1
Marika Hart
Instagram: @marika.physio
https://marikahart.com/
Girls Gone Strong https://www.girlsgonestrong.com/
Book: Strong Women lift each other up by Molly Galbraith https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strong-Women-Lift-Each-Other/dp/0785239081
Season 2 Ep 7 Why is laughter the best medicine? with Elaine Miller
It’s taken us a whole year to get this super talented but super busy lady onto our podcast but it’s finally happened, just in time for Christmas!
Elaine Miller has impressively combined art and science, to create comedy sketches and shows that break down barriers and educate men and women about their pelvic health.
You may have seen her on @lorraine, @packedlunchc4 or even heard her on @bbcwomanshour, talking about pelvic health in her own hilarious and approachable way!
Her humour is infectious and approach is unique. We were super keen to delve into her own personal experience of urinary incontinence, the work she is doing in schools, comedy clubs, the Edinburgh Festival, with media, and in Parliament!!! We also wanted to find out why Laughter is the best medicine even in the world of pelvic health!
Elaine Miller is a fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and award-winning comedian. She is interested in the sociology of incontinence and the barriers to help-seeking. Her paper on using humour as a public health promotion tool was published in August and she is about to tour her comedy show "Viva Your Vulva" to further that research.
A systematic review of humour-based strategies for addressing public health prioritiesElaine Miller,Heidi J. Bergmeier,Claire Blewitt,Amanda O'Connor,Helen Skouteris
First published: 19 August 2021
https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13142
You can find her here:
www.gussetgrippers.co.uk
Instagram: @gusset_grippers
Twitter: @GussieGrips
Season 2 Ep 6 Midwifery, Motherhood and the Maternity Crisis with Midwife Pip
This week Emma and Grainne speak to Pip. Pip is a practicing NHS Midwifery Sister in the UK, an enthusiast of all things women’s health and also mum to her 9-week-old baby boy. Pip has worked across various maternity settings from community, homebirth, birthing centres and is now based on a labour ward (although she is currently on maternity leave). Now she has had a baby we were fascinated to find out what her views are of midwifery and of course motherhood now she is on 'the other side'. We talk frankly about the 'maternity crisis' and explore the changing landscape of pelvic health and collaborative work necessary for effective perinatal care.
Pip believes that pregnancy and birth are such monumental times in a woman’s life that should be truly positive and empowering regardless of the twists and turns that may crop up. Based on this, Pip’s mission is to provide honest support and information through her Instagram page @midwife_pip, Podcast- Midwife Pip Podcast and through her online courses which can be found at www.midwifepip.com.
Season 2 Ep 5 Getting physically active and exercising during pregnancy with Dr Margie Davenport
Advice and guidance have dramatically varied over the years around this topic. In the mid 1900s pregnancy was regarded as a state of confinement. It was believed that exercise should be discouraged for fear of harming mother or growing baby.
Thankfully things have changed and now women are encouraged to be physically active and exercise because of all the wonderful benefits they bring both mum-to-be and baby. However, there still remains uncertainty in this area. In 2019 a team in Canada led by Dr. Margie Davenport wrote much-needed evidence-based guidance - The Canadian guidelines for physical activity throughout pregnancy. This guidance details why and how women can remain or even start to get physically active during their pregnancy.
In today's episode, Margie talks to Emma and Grainne about the guidelines, the benefits of physical activity and exercise, busts many of the myths around this topic and discusses the need for further research so that women are better served during their pregnancies.
If you are thinking about getting pregnant, pregnant or working with pregnant women this episode is for you.
You can find Margie on the following channels:
Instagram: @exerciseandpregnancy
Twitter@ @ExercisePreg
2019 Canadian guideline for physical activity throughout pregnancy bjsm.bmj.com/content/52/21/1339
Season 2 Ep 4 'Beating Cervical Cancer - My Story' with Sarah Newman
Season 2 Ep 3 'Decolonizing Fitness' with Inemesit Graham
This week Grainne and Emma are joined with Inemesit Graham a fitness professional, pregnancy, and postpartum athleticism coach.
In season 1 we spoke with Illiyin Morrison, a midwife and birth trauma specialist who regularly highlights and educates about racial inequalities in healthcare. Today we wish to build upon that conversation by delving deeper and gaining wider perspectives from Inemesit Graham.
Inemesit was born in Nigeria, moving to England when she was 5 years old, and has currently resided in Canada for the last 13+ years.
She is the founder of Mummy Fitness, an online perinatal fitness platform and her passion for health and fitness stems from her own struggles of understanding her body. Body image issues trace back to early childhood when she moved to the UK, highlighting the societal expectations and constructs created in the western world. Her journey into motherhood further challenged body image and expectations. The more Inemesit began to learn and understand about her body, the less she disliked it. She is now a voice of self-appreciation and racial equality and inspires women all around the world. Her goal is to offer a decolonized approach to fitness based on body liberty and not body oppression.
You can find Inemesit on
Instagram: @mummy_fitness
www.mummy-fitness.com
https://www.mummy-fitness.com/blog/what-is-normal
This episode is sponsored by Pelvic Relief (www.pelvicrelief.co.uk) Pelvicrelief is our favourite go-to to buy quality products for Pelvic Health including soul source dilators, GRS dilators, Ohnut, EVB support wear, period Incontinence pants, ES magic and Yes lubricants and moisturisers! Thank you Pelvic Relief for sponsoring Season 2
Season 2 Ep 2 Pelvic Health in the Orthodox Jewish Community with Rochelle Cowan
Here on AYC we are keen to explore and understand different cultures, belief systems, and how they impact a woman's health, her lifestyle, and her pelvic health. This week on AYC we invited fellow Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Rochelle Cowan to share her insights and experiences within the Orthodox Jewish Community. Rochelle generously discusses her wonderful, personal stories about her religion, quashes many myths about her community, and discusses the pelvic health services that she offers the women within her community.
Rochelle is a women’s health physiotherapist, originally from Australia who has been working for over 20 years. She is an orthodox Jewish woman and has 5 kids between the ages of 15-7. A lot of her patients are other orthodox women in her community and she uses her life experiences along with her professional knowledge to provide evidence-based treatment. She has a very holistic approach to her work and her aim is to empower women with knowledge snd tools to deal with their conditions and normalise the conversation surrounding pelvic health
This episode is sponsored by Pelvic Relief (www.pelvicrelief.co.uk) Pelvicrelief is our favourite go-to to buy quality products for Pelvic Health including soul source dilators, GRS dilators, Ohnut, EVB support wear, period Incontinence pants, ES magic and Yes lubricants and moisturisers! Thank you Pelvic Relief for sponsoring Season 2
Season 2 Ep 1 Understanding Pregnancy Related Pelvic Girdle Pain with Dr Sinéad Dufour
Welcome back to Season 2 episode 1 of At Your Cervix- The Podcast. In this episode, Grainne and Emma are joined with Dr Sinéad Dufour, Pelvic Health Physiotherapist, Academic, and expert in Pregnancy-Related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP). PGP (sometimes referred to as SPD) is a condition that affects at least 1 in 5 pregnant women. It can for many prove very painful and debilitating. It remains a condition shrouded in myth and treatment options vary amongst professions. In this episode, Sinéad discusses the current understanding and best evidence-based approaches to treating PGP , busting a multitude of myths along the way. This is a must listen to if you treat women with PGP or if you have ever experienced or are experiencing PGP during pregnancy. Dr. Sinéad Dufour is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Health Science at McMaster University. She teaches and conducts research in the Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Rehabilitation Science. She completed her MScPT at McMaster University (2003), her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science at Western (2011), and returned to McMaster to complete a post-doctoral fellowship (2014). Her current research interests include: conservative approaches to manage pelvic floor dysfunction, pregnancy-related pelvic-girdle pain, and interprofessional collaborative practice models of service provision to enhance pelvic health and pain science. Sinéad stays current as a pelvic health physiotherapists through her practice at The World of my Baby (the WOMB) a family of perinatal care centers in Ontario, Canada. Sinéad has been an active member of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) sitting of multiple committees and leading several clinical practice guidelines. She also proud to serve as a clinical advisor many women’s health businesses. Her passion for optimizing perinatal care and associated upstream health promotion for women stemmed from her own experience becoming a mother of twins. She is an advocate for women’s pelvic health and a regular invited speaker at conferences around the world. Relevant Links: IG: @dr.sinead www.thewomb.ca https://experts.mcmaster.ca/display/sdufour https://reframerehab.com/ https://biaformations.com/en/ https://aptapelvichealth.org/education/freewebinars/
Papers mentioned by Dr DuFour
Palsson TS, Gibson W, Darlow B, Bunzli S, Lehman G, Rabey M, Moloney N, Vaegter HB, Bagg MK, Travers M. Changing the Narrative in Diagnosis and Management of Pain in the Sacroiliac Joint Area. Phys Ther. 2019 Nov 25;99(11):1511-1519. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzz108. PMID: 31355883.
https://www.rosttherapy.com/information-for-therapists/
This episode is sponsored by Pelvic Relief (www.pelvicrelief.co.uk) Pelvicrelief is our favourite go-to to buy quality products for Pelvic Health including soul source dilators, GRS dilators, Ohnut, EVB support wear, period Incontinence pants, ES magic and Yes lubricants and moisturisers! Thank you Pelvic Relief for sponsoring Season 2
Hypopressives, chiropractic and pelvic health
In this special BONUS session At Your Cervix co-host Gráinne sits down with colleagues Emir Lervy and Christen O'Neill to discuss collaborative working and personal experiences with pelvic health. They delve into the role of chiropractors specialising in pelvic health and explain what hypopressives are. If you were unaware of the varying professions working in pelvic health then tune in and learn all about the benefits of multidisciplinary approaches to patient care.
Dr Emir Lervy DC BSc (Hons) Chiropratic has been a Chiropractor for 13 years, helping her community stay relaxed and pain free. She has a special interest in pregnancy, post natal and childhood Chiropractic care, helping pregnant women achieve the best, most relaxed pregnancy with better outcomes for birth. She advocates for adjusting the post partum patient to help them to heal quicker and cope better with the physical and emotional stresses of this stage. She has also gained a certificate in Hypopressives - enabling her to further help women with pelvic issues through a home exercise programme. She finds that adjusting babies and kids helps to regulate their nervous system, allowing them to relax and mature into more relaxed adults.
Find Emir at http://www.achiropractictouch.com/ or Instagram: @achiropractictouch
Christen O’Neill is a pelvic health physiotherapist working within the NHS and privately at FitBumpsandBeyond360. Christen is a mum to two lively boys Lochlann 3.5 and Cillian 1.5. Christen is passionate about Pelvic Health and is well familiar with the impact that pregnancy and childbirth places on the pelvic floor and body in general. With her colleague Suzanne, Christen has created and continues to develop FitBumpsandBeyond360. Through FBB360 they offer ante and post natal education and exercise classes and general Pelvic Health clinics. Through FitBumpsandBeyond360 they want to create a safe and supportive environment in which women can thrive and rehab with the appropriate guidance and support.
Find Christen at https://www.360healthni.co.uk/about-3 or Instagram: @360HealthNI
Gráinne and Emma look forward to returning with Season 2 in a few weeks time. If you enjoy our episodes please subscribe to and review our channel so that others can become aware of it.
We look forward to being "at your cervix" again really soon, E and G xx
Season 1 Ep 13 Menstrual health the 5th vital sign with Michelle Lyons
In this episode, Michelle shares her wealth of knowledge about a very current and hot topic, menstrual health. Just why is menstrual health so important? As Michelle explains, the ACOG have declared that menstruation is the 5th vital sign, as important as temperature, pulse, respiratory rate or blood pressure but how much do you really know about your menstrual health? Enjoy some great conversation and knowledge bombs about hormones, periods and the menopause, a must-listen for ALL!
To find out more about Michelles work and to enroll onto her courses please visit:
celebratemuliebrity.com/ or you can find her on Instagram michellelyons_muliebrity
Menstruation in Girls and Adolescents: Using the Menstrual Cycle as a Vital Sign:
www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2015/12/menstruation-in-girls-and-adolescents-using-the-menstrual-cycle-as-a-vital-sign
Anterior cruciate ligament injury: towards a gendered environmental approach
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/03/09/bjsports-2020-103173.abstract
Season 1 Ep 12 'My Surrogacy Journey' with Katie Richardson
In episode 12 Grainne and Emma speak to pelvic health physiotherapist Katie Richardson. Katie, originally from Ireland, lives in New Zealand and is a mother of 2, with a third baby on the way. She has also been a surrogate for her sister, which is the focus of today's chat.
Katie's surrogacy journey is extraordinary, made so more complicated due to the Covid pandemic. We delve into the issues around pelvic health and postnatal rehabilitation as a surrogate but her story goes beyond the realms of pelvic health, it is a tale of sisterly love, motherhood, and beating the odds. Thank you Katie for sharing your story.
You can find Katie on Instagram @wholehealthNZ
Season 1 Ep 11 Researching Exercise in Females with Dr Izzy Moore
We discuss the female research gap, how we all met and how we have collaborated to answer the call for female specific research. We discuss the study led by Izzy, that Gráinne and Emma were involved alongside a team including Megan James, Dr Alex Jones and Joanna Perkins. The study investigates factors influencing whether females return to running after pregnancy and it has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/06/22/bjsports-2021-104168.
A blog highlighting the key findings of the research can be found on Izzy's blog here: sites.google.com/view/drizzymoore/blogs/23rd-june-2021-return-to-running-following-childbirth?authuser=0
This episode is fun and light-hearted and we cannot wait to hear what you think about it.
Find Izzy:
Twitter: @izzymoorePhD
Email: imoore@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Season 1 Ep 10 Let's talk about Sex with Dr Karen Gurney
This week Emma and Grainne speak to Dr Karen Gurney, clinical psychologist and psychosexologist. Karen is director of the Havelock clinic, featured in publications like @marieclaireuk @cosmopolitanuk & @refinery29uk and appeared on TV, radio and many other podcasts. She is also author to one of our favourite books of 2020 ‘Mind The Gap. The truth about desire and how to future proof your sex life’ and last year did a TED talk titled ‘The surprising truth about desire and how to future-proof your sex life.’
During this episode she talks to us about sexual satisfaction, educating kids about sex, the orgasm gap, sexual dysfunction, sex post-baby and during the menopause and a whole heap more.
It’s one of our fave episodes so please do tune in!
Throughout the episode several key resources are mentioned which are as follows:
Sex Is a funny word: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Funny-Word-Bodies-Feelings/dp/1609806069
Sex positive families - https://instagram.com/sexpositive_families?igshid=1ubqvcw5h80qo
Karens' Online workshops - https://havelockonlineworkshops.teachable.com/
Karen's Free Resources - https://thehavelockclinic.com/resources/
Free professional resources here https://thehavelockclinic.com/professional-resources/
Mind the Gap https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1472267133/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_1472267133
Karen's TED talk - https://youtu.be/krA8-_iXptE
You can find Karen on:
Instagram: @thesexdoctor
Website: www.thehavelockclinic.com
This episode is kindly sponsored by Pelvic Relief (www.pelvicrelief.co.uk)
Pelvicrelief is our favourite go-to to buy quality products for Pelvic Health including soul source dilators, GRS dilators, Ohnut, EVB support wear, period Incontinence pants, ES magic and Yes lubricants and moisturisers!
Pelvic Relief is offering 10% off all products to At your cervix the podcast listeners until the 31st July 2021 using code 'atyourcervix10'
Season 1 Ep 9 Birth Trauma and Racial Inequality within Maternal Healthcare with Illiyin Morrison
This week Emma and Grainne are joined by Midwife, Mentor, and Mother, Illiyin Morrison. Illy's profile has risen dramatically over the past year with her empowering, honest, and thought-provoking Instagram account @mixingmotherhood. She has spoken on many high-profile podcasts including Giovanna Fletcher's 'Happy Mum Happy Baby'.
Illy is extremely passionate about birth education and facilitating healing from experiences that may not have been as positive as hoped for through birth debriefing. She offers courses on hypnobirthing and birth debrief courses which you can find via her website www.mixingupmotherhood.com and discusses the importance of these topics in this week's episode.
The three discuss systemic racism, bias, and inequality within the maternal healthcare system and how this has led to the mortality of black, brown and mixed heritage women and birthing people and how change needs to and can be met.
Further information on this can be found in the MMBRACE maternal report 2020
https://www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/assets/downloads/mbrrace-uk/reports/maternal-report-2020/MBRRACE-UK_Maternal_Report_Dec_2020_v10_ONLINE_VERSION_1404.pdf
Season 1 Ep 8 Twins, Tummies and Triathlons with Heather Sellars
This episode is sponsored by @absolutephysio. If you have just had a baby or think you have a diastasis recti (tummy gap) we highly recommend Grainne's Patient Diastasis recti e-book. (https://absolutephysio.dpdcart.com/product/199837) If you are a medical, healthcare or fitness professional and want to know more about how to treat and manage diastasis recti then check out Grianne's e-learning course, 'Diastasis revolution: evidence-based evolution and management'. (https://absolutephysio.thinkific.com/courses/diastasis-rectus-abdominis-evaluation-and-management)
For At your Cervix the podcast subscribers Grainne is offering 50% off her Patient e-book with the code 'atyourcervix' valid until 30th September 2021. She is also offering 15% off her Diastasis Revolution course if you use the code 'atyourcervix' valid until 30th September 2021.
If you would like to find a pelvic health physiotherapist close to you do check out the squeezy directory www.squeezyapp.com.directory
Season 1 Ep 7 - Bringing female health into focus with the English Institute of Sport with Dr Anita Biswas
In session 7, Emma and Gráinne sit down to chat with Dr Anita Biswas who is a leading Sports Medicine Physician at the English Institute of Sport (EIS) at Bisham Abbey, including a strategic role with responsibility for optimising athlete health. She has worked with national and international sports teams at the Olympic Medical Institute, The British Olympic Association Intensive Rehabilitation Unit and the EIS. She is passionate about keeping athletes playing their sports, keeping active people active, regardless of age, and helping inactive people become active. She has a holistic approach, treating not only an injury but addressing the underlying cause or causes. She works closely with allied professionals including physiotherapists and podiatrists to ensure optimal care for her patients.
We discuss the EIS SmartHER program, their increased focus and service development for female athletes and pelvic health and lots of discussion about what pelvic health is and what a pelvic health evaluation may look like.
You can find out more about Anita and the EIS at https://www.eis2win.co.uk or on the EIS social media channels: Instagram @eis2win Twitter: @eis2win
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Season 1 Ep 6 - Cliterally Speaking with Jessica Pin
Jessica Pin is an internationally renowned advocate for equitable coverage of clitoral anatomy in medical literature and curricula. She is a published researcher on the topic of clitoral anatomy and her health advocacy journey began due to personal experience of female genital surgery. This session follows on from the amazing
TherapyLive session with Jessica, Emma and Grainne. Find that here
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Season 1 Ep 5 - Boobs, Bras and Breast Health with Nicola Brown
In session 5 Emma and Gráinne discuss boobs, bras and breast health with Dr Nicola Brown. They lift the lid on common mistakes women make when it comes to bra fitting and the various types of support available. They discuss the implications of poor breast support and how better breast health education during the teenage years can improve girls' body confidence, health and participation in physical activity. Nicola offers advice to women of all ages and backgrounds and this session is one for ALL women and anyone serving women….male or female.
Find Nicola on Twitter: @DrNikkiBrown Insta: @nikster_nb www.treasureyourchest.org
Siobhan O Donovan is the founder of PostureFitting physiotherapy service and the creator of "GALS against GRAVITY" workshops, which aim to raise awareness amongst health and fitness professionals about the issues associated with poorly fitting bras.
She is on a mission to educate women worldwide to prevent the negative implications of poor breast support and prevent it becoming a barrier to exercise. She needs other physios, healthcare & fitness professionals to join her on that mission!
Find out more at: Facebook - PostureFitting, IG @posture.fitting, Twitter @posturefitting, LinkedIn PostureFitting, email - siobhan@posturefittingphysio.com, website - www.posturefittingphysio.com
Bonus Session: This Vet Runs - coping with a less active pregnancy with Nat Scroggie
Nat discusses how running enormously helped her cope with her experience of baby loss in 2018 and the blog and support group she set up for Vets experiencing baby loss or infertility. She opens up about pregnancy following baby loss and her unexpected difficulty of keeping active due to significant pelvic pain.
Season 1 Ep 4 - How To Power Through Pregnancy With Sophie Power
Emma Brockwell is behind the Microphone this month interviewing Sophie Power who does some incredible things in the world of endurance running. Thats before you consider she did some of these things while either pregnant or just a few months post-partum. Covering topics like running while breast feeding, how to adapt your exercise while pregnant and more controversial topics such as event organisers getting annoyed at women breast feeding at their events...
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Bonus Session - Diastasis Revolution- Busting The Myths!
During episode 3 of @atyourcervix_thepodcast, @physiomumuk and @absolute.physio spoke to @stephrothstein about her postnatal journey, recovery from pelvic floor dysfunction, diastasis recti and return to run postnatal, smashing her pre baby PBs and feeling stronger than ever!
Last night @absolute.physio talked to @physiomumuk about Diastasis recti so if you have a diastasis or work with women with this condition do check it out here.
We believe it is so important that the perceptions of the postnatal body are reframed, the myths and taboos surrounding pelvic health are busted and informed evidenced based information is available to everyone!
Follow @atyourcervix_thepodcast on Instagram and enter our competition to win the diastasis rectus abdominis e-book or even a free entry to the online diastasis revolution course written by @absolutephysio #postnatalrecovery #diastisisrecti #pelvicfloor #atyourcervix #pregnancy #tpmp
Ep 3 S1- "Flawless" - Redefining the Postnatal Body with Stephanie Bruce
We discuss Stephs journey with Diastasis Recti, how she overcame the aesthetic stigma associated with it and became "internet famous" overnight by not covering her postpartum belly up when back running at events. We discuss the lack of awareness of pelvic health issues within her running world and the importance of women supporting women. Steph discusses the retreats she now runs several times a year for women to access an overall experience of wellbeing.
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Ep 2 S1 - Too far, too fast, too soon with Joe O'Connor and Lizzie Lee
Gráinne Donnelly is At Your Cervix for Session 2 of the podcast where she interviews Joe O’Connor and Lizzie Lee. Joe is an Exercise Physiology and Performance Nutrition lecturer at IT Tralee and the strength and conditioning coach for Olympic athlete, Lizzie Lee. Lizzie is a mother of 3 who represented Ireland in the 2016 Rio Olympics marathon race.
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Ep 1 S1 - PMSL with Luce Brett
Emma speaks to author and blogger Luce Brett about her new book PMSL: or how I literally pissed myself laughing and survived the last taboo to tell the tale. They talk about the impact of pelvic floor dysfunction, the taboos and stigmas that still surround urinary and faecal incontinence, the treatment that exists and the importance of lifting the lid on all things pelvic health.
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