"Just do your kegels." Sounds simple enough, right?
And everyone loves simple solutions to complex problems. "Just do kegels" has been pushed as the "fix" for every pelvic floor woe: leaking or peeing yourself? Just do your kegels! Feel like your organs are falling out of your body? Just do your kegels! Sex isn't up to snuff? Just do your damn kegels!
Everyone, including your MD and OBGYN, are throwing this blanket anecdote at everyone and, while I do not think they have any ill-intent in doing so, I do think that they are doing a massive disservice to vagina owners everywhere in that not only are kegels NOT appropriate for everyone, but blanket statements like this dumb down the complexity and intricacy of conditioning the pelvic floor.
9 times out of 10, if someone is leaking or feels like they have to pee all the time, they'll tell me with the utmost confidence that they're doing their kegels and can't understand why it hasn’t been working.
And, 9x out of 10, those same people are either:
…OR...
This is why it grinds my gears when people are telling you to "just do your kegels" and your life will be sunshine and rainbows.
Sure, kegels have a time and place: BUT do you actually know when that time and where that place are? Do you know how to tell if kegels are appropriate for you? Do you know what other factors to consider 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓 that are ALSO involved in the conversation?
"Just do your kegels" sounds so easy, but it only covers one part of a 1M piece puzzle.
𝑷𝒍𝒖𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈.
If you've been led to believe that kegeling your way through life will spare your pelvic floor, I want to see you inside the 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬 workshop. Together, we will uncover the super basics of how your pelvic floor works AND how to start working it other than lying around, kegeling til the cows come home (which is a huge SNOOZE FEST). More info plus a $10 discount will be offered to the waitlist next week, so make sure you're on there! Link in bio.
Healthcare is a difficult territory for women to navigate, as many of us are left feeling dismissed and unheard, our concerns being chalked up to being a "crazy woman" who just needs to lose weight (BARF). That shit ends here and now. Today, we take back our health and speak up: because no one else is gonna do it for us.
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