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It turns out pregnancy itself, regardless of mode of delivery, is a significant risk factor for pelvic floor dysfunction. And there are other risks that have nothing to do with babies.
They are rarely talked about but vaginal pessaries can give women freedom and security if they have prolapse or urinary incontinence.
If you haven’t had kids you probably haven’t given much thought to your pelvic floor muscles. But 5 out of 5 experts say all women should regularly exercise them.
Mesh surgery for urinary incontinence is effective and extensively studied, while the mesh used in pelvic prolapse is problematic. But the Senate has conflated the two, which will confuse women.
Regulatory bodies approved some medical devices to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence before having data to prove their safety and efficacy.
Women need to be given more information about pelvic floor health during and after pregnancy.
Women with urinary incontinence are often too embarrassed to seek help from their doctor. But there is more likelihood of a cure for those who receive treatment at an earlier point.
Women who have had children are often advised to do exercises to tighten their pelvic floor muscles. The muscles run from the pubic bone at the front of your body towards the back and help support your…
Millions of Australian women experience a pelvic organ prolapse, but they suffer in silence. This hidden epidemic is a well-kept secret and few people in the rest of the community know anything about the…
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Adjunct associate professor and urogynaecology & pelvic reconstructive surgery, Head Pelvic Floor Unit at Monash Health, Monash University
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Research Fellow in Women's Health, University of Exeter
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Programme Director in Nursing and Midwifery, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Head of Department of Urogynaecology, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Pain Sciences, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor, Urogynaecology Royal Brisbane and Women's and Wesley Hospitals Brisbane, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Women's Health, University of Exeter
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Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Sessional Lecturer, CQUniversity Australia
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Consultant Urogynaecologist, Pelvic Floor Unit, Monash Health
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PhD Candidate, Pelvic Health Conditions, University of Stirling
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Stirling
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, University of Stirling
