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Pilates and Women's Pelvic Health Part 2: Urinary Incontinence - How Pilates can help?

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 In the previous first part of this series, we discussed how Pilates teachers can play a vital role in helping Women with their Pelvic health , providing expert exercise therapy and a comfortable environment to address the issue openly.   In this second and subsequent third parts, we will detail the individual dysfunctions and explore why Pilates is such an ideal form of exercise for the Pelvic Floor.  Starting with Stress Urinary Incontinence: What is STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE (SUI) ?:   As a generalisation, Urinary incontinence is simply the involuntary leakage of urine. Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) occurs during everyday sudden physical exertion or movement such as laughing, coughing, sneezing, running, lifting, or having sex. These activities put pressure on your bladder, causing the accidental release of urine.  Stress incontinence is much more common in women than in men and this article specifically addresses women. If you suffer from stress incontinence, you may feel em

The first face-to-face Mbodies, post rehab breast cancer course, since lockdown - the prequel.

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  ‘Spot the difference’ As we prepared on Saturday Morning 26 th June 2021 for Mbodies Training Academy’s  first face-to-face education since lockdown, it felt a bit like setting up a 'spot the difference' game:  6 Physiotherapists, 7 Pilates Instructors a Yoga specialist instructor and an advanced fitness professional were about to arrive for two days of Pink Ribbon Post-Rehab Instructor Training and what would in 2019 have been just a routine set-up was anything but that today. The arrival The Arrival No more lonely sign-in Sheet to greet you – instead ‘Lateral-Flow’ Covid 19 tests for those who had not brought photographic proof of their own negative test earlier that morning. .  Type IIR medical-grade disposable masks: the new requirement to be admitted to the course; as well as the compulsory sanitiser to use when entering and leaving the premises! The sign-in The Disclaimers and Waivers Added to the normal disclaimer and permission  forms covering liability, data-prote