Hold It Sister!

January 15th, 2012 . 1 Comment »

I made the most amazing discovery last week.

Chatting with one of my suppliers, I mentioned that I was looking for a more detailed guide to kegel and pelvic floor exercises, particularly in relation to dealing with stress incontinence.

That’s when she sent me the link to Hold It Sister by Mary O’Dwyer.

This book is going to revolutionise my whole way of life, not just my method of kegel and pelvic floor exercising.

Mary is a pelvic floor physiotherapist with over 30 years clinical and teaching experience in Australia and conducts regular seminars teaching women how to control their pelvic floor. She is determined to educate women about the health of their pelvic floor and to show them how they can confidently manage and improve the side effects of any current defects in its tension.

One of the first things she covers in the book is posture, with lots of easy-to-understand diagrams showing the wrong way and the right way to lift, to cough and to sit. She comments upon how many of us spend hours slumped over computers or slouching in front of the steering wheel in our cars. She specifically says that we should not do our kegel and pelvic floor exercises whilst driving because our sitting position is not conducive to correct muscle tension. This is an area that I will be addressing straightaway.

The book covers every area of a woman’s life, with excellent sections on pregnancy, childbirth and Menopause. The various sections give real guidance on the problems, how to avoid them and, more importantly, how to deal with them if we are suffering currently.

She talks about the problems of dribbling when jogging and lifting, urinary tract infections and changes to your libido as you get older.

Her goal is to educate us to achieve the pelvic floor for life and she travels the world holding seminars to further that aim. As soon as I have more information about her next tour, you can be sure that I will be letting you all know here.