The Pelvic Health Podcast Lori Forner
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- Salute e benessere
Podcast for professionals, as well as the general public, on all things related to pelvic health. Interviews with leading experts. Hosted by physiotherapists Lori Forner, Joelene Murdoch, and Tamara Woods
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Female Genital Cutting with Dr Greg Jenkins
We are back for 2024 (better late than never) with an interesting talk about female genital cutting (previously known as FGM - female genital mutilation) with Dr Greg Jenkins.
Today’s episode is a tough but important episode. We discuss female genital cutting previously known as female genital mutilation in Australia. We have had the absolute privilege of talking to Dr Greg Jenkins, who was an OBGYN at Auburn hospital when they were first confronted with women in labour who had immigrated from countries where this cultural tradition continues. They looked around for pregnancy and birth guidelines for this population of women but couldn’t find any, so went about creating them, with some exceptional outcomes for these women.
Dr Jenkins currently heads up Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Westmead Public hospital in Sydney, and works privately at Norwest Private hospital in Sydney. We are very grateful for his time.
https://ranzcog.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Female-Genital-Mutilation-FGM.pdf
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PCOS and the role of lifestyle interventions with dietitian Dr Stephanie Pirotta
We had a brilliant chat with Dr Stephanie Pirotta about PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) and the role of lifestyle interventions to manage the chronic illness. This episode was meant to be aired before the PB Endo Conference, where Dr Pirotta presented a wonderful talk, however Lori's life was crazy and she just couldn't pull it together and get it out there in time. Apologies! But this episode is such a great listen.
Dr Stephanie Pirotta is an accredited Dietician, Nutritionist and Researcher - She has a PhD in PCOS and doing post-doctoral work at Monash University in the space of diet, PCOS, endometriosis and fertility.
Stephanie is the founder of Womanly Nutrition and Dietetics in Melbourne.
Enjoy!
Check out her research here: Publications -
Understanding Stillbirth with Heidi Mules
Today’s episode discusses the deeply sensitive topic of stillbirth. We understand that discussing this subject can be distressing or triggering for those who have experienced loss, are currently dealing with pregnancy complications, or are currently pregnant.
In this episode, we chat with a long-time physiotherapy colleague and friend of Lori's, Heidi Mules. She shares her personal story about the birth of her daughter Sophie, risks for stillbirth, better communication during and after pregnancy, and healing.
You can read more about Heidi's story here
Please use the following resources to help you and others:
Sands - miscarriage, stillbirth and newborn death support
Still Aware - prevention-focused charity
CRE Safer Baby Bundle - for clinicians
Precious Wings - memory boxes
Born Ready
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The Vagus Nerve with physio Michelle Lyons
What is the vagus nerve? What is the polyvagal theory? Why should we care? Isn't it controversial? The one and only, Michelle Lyons, will answer these questions and sooooo much more on this episode (think: behaviour change for patients, how do we as clinicians avoid burnout, etc).
For those of you who have been listening to this podcast, you will be very familiar with previous episodes on menopause and endometriosis. You will also be familiar with her generosity - and keeping in line with that, she is giving listeners a 20% discount on her online courses until the end of August 2023 - use the code "Phpodcast" !!!
Michelle's Website and PODCAST
The Pelvic Health Community - JOIN US NOW!
PB Endo Conference 2023
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In The Clinic: Tips on palpating external urethral sphincter
In The Clinic today with Jo: palpating and cueing EUS (external urethral sphincter).
Don't forget about the upcoming Brisbane Endo conference in October - tickets selling faaaaaast:
PB Endo conference!!!!
And of course checking out The Pelvic Health Community!!!!:
https://the-pelvic-health-community.mn.co/share/M6n01bTZgpvV9J1s?utm_source=manual
The paper Jo is discussing:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30870081/
For extra knowledge in this area, you can learn from us here...
Online:
2D Transperineal Ultrasound in Females: A tool for pelvic floor physios
Face-to-face:
2D Transperineal Ultrasound Skills Workshop
2D Transperineal Ultrasound in Females: A tool for pelvic floor physios -
The pressure of measuring pelvic floor pressure. How much do we know? With Dr. Jennifer Kruger
This episode welcomes back to the pod, the wonderful Dr. Jennifer Kruger, who was on the podcast in 2018 discussing the vaginal pressure profile and the early work behind JunoFem and the FemFit – the focus on today’s episode.
She is a wealth of knowledge, has a PhD in Sport and Exercise Science, 15 years of clinical experience in nursing and midwifery, and now the CEO and Co-founder of JunoFem – a medtech company on a mission to free women from the stigma of urinary incontinence.
Listen in as we discuss some of her research that led her to design the FemFit in addition to how it works and what it does. A revolutionary little device that is unlike any other.
Links to some things we discuss:
The Pelvic Health Community
Getting the FemFit here from Fiona!
PB Endometriosis Conference in Brisbane
ICS Conference in the T-dot 2023 - join us!!!!