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My guest today is Clare Bourne - Clare is a specialist pelvic health physiotherapist and author, based in London, with a passion for supporting women and men throughout their lives. She believes in talking openly about taboo topics and ensuring everyone feels comfortable to get support for problems that may feel embarrassing to talk about.

She worked extensively in the NHS before starting up her own private practice she’s the co-founder of the Pelvic Health Practice, a specialist team of pelvic health physios providing home visits across London and the founder of All About Mum which provides postnatal education cards, webinars and ebooks to support women with all the information they deserve.

Clare is also the author of Strong Foundations: Why pelvic health matters, an empowering guide to your body, which aims to support women to understand their bodies better. 

In our chat we’ll cover:

• Why our full life story - from childhood onwards - it critical in getting a full picture of our pelvic floor health
• Why the first part of her book looks at basic biology and unpicking the lack of understanding we have around our own anatomy
• Constipation in childhood and later in life and why this is so important to address
• The importance of oestrogen for our pelvic floor health
• Why kegels are just one tool in the toolkit and what is the bare minimum she recommends we do daily…
• Clare’s three part strategy: Fluids, Fibre, and Movement
• Prolapse - it’s more common than you think, and how to advocate for yourself with your GP

You can find Clare at https://www.clare-bourne.com/ and her book at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strong-Foundations-Clare-Bourne/dp/0008604223

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