Chair Part 1 of my interview with Dr. Amelia May,

previously Dr. Amelia Pauncher.

She is a pelvic health specialist

and we talk about all things, deep core muscles, core trunk, and pelvic floor. There's so much confusion

around these things. Should I be doing kegles? Should I be doing crunches?

Should I not be doing crunches? How can I strengthen my pelvic floor? What is the pelvic floor? How can

I strengthen my deep muscles? How do I breathe? Should I be flexing my abs during my workouts?

All of these things we address in today's episode,

and I think this is a really great episode

because the evidence around this field,

around the world of pelvic health is changing a lot.

And Dr. Amelia is kind of in the front lines

of what's going on and how they are treating patients

with pelvic floor issues, how to prevent those pelvic floor issues, because as we talk about in this episode,

pelvic floor issues can cause a myriad of issues in your body, including back pain, hip pain, all those things.

So I think this episode is really good.

We actually ended up dividing this episode into two parts.

So this first part will be kind of for the general public

of any gender because we all have

pelvic floor muscles and we all have deep core muscles and we can all benefit

from this information whether or not you've had a baby or plan to have a baby.

And then next week we are releasing part two which will be more

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