{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Balancing Hormones Naturally","title":"How Pelvic Floor Can Help Constipation.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2323,"description":"Pelvic Floor Therapy: Why Kegels Aren’t the Answer and What Actually Heals Leaking, Pain & ProlapseBalancing Hormones Naturally Podcast with Leah BrueggemannSeventy percent of people in nursing homes are there because of urinary incontinence. Read that again. The leaking you keep brushing off as “normal” after kids? It is the same thing that lands women in long-term care decades later. And almost nobody is telling you that.In this episode, Leah sits down with pelvic floor physical therapist Koleen Adams (Awaken Pelvic Therapy in Lapeer, Michigan) to unpack the real reason so many women are walking around with leaking, pain with sex, low back pain, constipation, and prolapse, and being told it is just what happens after babies. Spoiler: it is not normal, it is not your fault, and Kegels are probably the worst thing your doctor could have prescribed you.Okay, so. If you have ever been told to “just drink a glass of wine before sex”, if you skip the trampoline park because you might pee, or if you went to one pelvic floor PT and decided it didn’t work, this episode is the one to send to every woman in your life.What You’ll Learn In This Episode•        Why 90% of pelvic floor issues are caused by tightness, not weakness, and why Kegels can make them worse•        How your pelvic floor is wired into your fight or flight nervous system (and why it clenches when life feels unsafe)•        The wild client story of “sister poops” and how a phone call can trigger fecal incontinence•        Symptoms you would never connect to pelvic floor: low back pain, hip pain, headaches, prolapse, chronic constipation•        Why over 90% of jaw clenchers are also clenching their pelvic floor•        The exact questions to ask before booking your next pelvic floor PT so you don’t waste another appointment•        Why insurance-based clinics often miss the root cause and how direct pay changes the game•        What recovery should actually feel like and the two-to-three visit rule for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/86wOr6F_xPdgn7OPf0XXH95ik4VSvdkxX5yC3FNCRRo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZDg5/ZjRlYmM5NDBiZTc4/MDg0MmUyMWY5OTAx/NWQyYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}