This time of year can bring a lot of joy, and a lot of stress. In today’s blog post we are going to explore the connection between stress, the nervous system, and the pelvic floor. After we explore this connection, I hope to leave you with a few tips and tricks to put in your tool belt to help you navigate the holiday season! 

These little superhero molecules play an important role on a cellular level throughout our bodies. Great… but what does that even mean when it comes to pelvic health and our body?! 

Being aware of how your gut health is functioning is an important part of your whole body health, along with being an important part of your pelvic floor health. Being constipated, or having diarrhea on a regular bases puts additional strain, pressure, and stress on your pelvic floor.

Everything is interconnected. In life, nature, and our bodies; this common theme of connectedness is recurring. In the past we have discussed the connection between pelvic floor health and gut health, but did you know that there is also a connection between menopause and your gut health?!

All these overlapping pillars influence how our body functions, including the pelvic floor. This is where we can start to connect the dots between our biology, psychology, sociology, and our pelvic floor. Our pelvic floor function is influenced by all these pillars, but also influences the pillars as well.  

With all the starvation dieting trends dropping off and intuitive eating becoming more mainstream, you may be feeling even more confused. Take a moment to breathe and give yourself a hug. Breathe. It’s ok to find yourself again and learn to rebuild trust within yourself.  

There are so many amazing tools and providers out there that can help. But there’s also a lot of noise and conflicting information that just adds to the overwhelm. And doing nothing is definitely not gonna solve the problem. Pelvic floor issues don’t just go away with a hope or a wish or a prayer.

Summer is upon us, and mother earth has turned the temperature up, wayyy up…. as the body heats up, so do our cortisol levels. Cortisol is our body’s stress hormone; more stress = more cortisol. Hot conditions act as a stressor to the body, which responds by producing and secreting more cortisol.

How one individual would define being in good health may vary from another individual. Having compassion for these individual differences allows you to stay focused on what health means to you, in your unique body.

About 50% of women experience incontinence, prolapse, pelvic or back pain, or other symptoms due to pelvic floor dysfunction, sometimes even before childbirth. Pregnancy changes a lot of things in a mother’s life, including her pelvic floor.