On our blogtalk radio show today we had Kathi Janssens from http://www.discreetlyfit.com as our guest speaker. Her area of expertise is pelvic floor health.  Pelvic floor weakness affects at least 50% of women in one way or another. The symptoms can be quite mild (an occasional bladder “accident” to very severe (pelvic organ prolapse).  The condition is not talked about much and doesn’t get the publicity it deserves. I suppose it is not sensational enough.

Although about this time last year the pelvic floor made it to the headlines thanks to a Dr. Maria Cerruto from Verona in Italy.  She proclaimed that wearing high heels was good for your pelvic floor.  (She admits to loving high heels herself despite the pain and discomfort they cause). The various press releases seemed to be contradictory – one stated that 15 women were involved in the study, the other one said 66. During the study the women had to wear different high heeled shoes and their pelvic floor muscles were wired up to test how active they were. When the ankle was at a 15 degree angle (which means wearing a heel about 3.5 cm high) the pelvic floor muscles were “more relaxed”.  It was claimed that this strengthens the muscles and improves pelvic floor health.  A relaxed muscle is soft, flabby and not strong, isn’t it? The reasoning is beyond me….or am I missing something? Of course the fashion shoe designers jumped on this “research” with glee.

Coming back to reality:  It is really important to get proactive and do something about this weakness in those important muscles before it progresses too far. To date most surgical interventions are not perfect and often don’t bring the desired result. So it is much better to do whatever you can to strengthen your pelvic floor before it is too late. Also, always get things checked out medically to make sure that it is your pelvic floor that is causing the problem and not something else.

To get more valuable information, please listen to our interview with Kathi Janssens from http://www.discreetlyfit.com

Till next time,

Connie and Charly

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