Australian pelvic floor expert Michelle Kenway (Women's Health Physical Therapist) has teamed up with Dr Judith Goh (Urogynaecologist) to produce this innovative self-help exercise guide for women of all ages. Inside Out is a professional guide for how to exercise when you are suffering with a pelvic floor disorder. It provides expert guidelines for pelvic floor safe exercises and how to improve your pelvic floor fitness. After gynaecological surgery, childbirth and with menopause, a woman’s pelvic floor becomes increasingly vulnerable to injury and dysfunction, especially with inappropriate exercise.
You are guided through appropriate core exercise techniques and taught the common pelvic floor and core exercise mistakes to avoid. You'll also learn how to identify unsafe exercises, and how to identify and perform safe strength, aerobic and fitness class exercises. Including Pilates and Yoga. A comprehensive whole body strength training routine is accompanied by photographs and step-by-step guidelines. Real life stories from women who have experienced pelvic floor problems with exercise are included.
Contents
Section 1 - Based on the latest clinical research into pelvic floor exercise. This section details Kegel exercises (pelvic floor exercises) and teaches women how to find, feel and train their pelvic floor muscles for improved pelvic floor strength and control.
Women are guided through appropriate core exercise technique and taught the common pelvic floor and core exercise mistakes to avoid.
Section 2 - Teaches women how to identify unsafe exercises including inappropriate core, gym, aerobic and fitness class exercises. This section teaches women how to identify and perform safe strength, aerobic and fitness class exercises including Pilates and Yoga.
A comprehensive whole body strength training routine appropriate for women with pelvic floor problems is accompanied by photographs and step-by-step guidelines. Real life stories from women who have experienced pelvic floor problems with exercise are interspersed throughout the text.