Hey there, welcome to the root cause medicine podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Carrie Jones. On this podcast,

we go in depth with leading experts from all walks of life to understand and improve your health

and well-being. Today, I'm talking with pelvic floor physical therapist, Dr. Danielle Bailey,

to help understand why you might have some urinary leakage when you

jump, run, or sneeze, or why you might have pain with sex. As one woman recently said to me,

she had both, and she didn't know that wasn't normal, and she was too embarrassed to ask her friends

or doctor about it. I totally understand,

which is why we are diving in. Dr. Bailey has her doctorate in physical therapy with a specialty

in women's health, specifically the pelvic floor, and she is a functional medicine coach.

She has been practicing for 12 years and is the owner of 360

Health and Wellness, an amazing clinic in Plano, Texas, that believes your health is full circle,

hence the name 360. Dr. Bailey really helps to set the stage of what is the pelvic floor,

to what causes those symptoms, and even the lowdown on kegel exercises.

So it was an absolute pleasure to have her on today as we discussed this common,

yet taboo topic that everyone should understand. Here's a clip from today's conversation.

I do evaluate patients when they come in. Can you do an effective kegle? But I don't focus on kegles as part of my whole

treatment plan. Because a lot of times people will come into the clinic and they'll say, okay, I'm doing my

kegles. And then I will look and assess to see how they're doing it. And they're recruiting every muscle

group they've got to be able to do a kegel. And so they're not really doing a kegel

effectively. So one thing is teaching them how to do an effective kegle, not recruiting all these

other muscle groups to help perform the kegill. And then I also have to determine are kegels

what you really need right now? Because some people, they have what we call an overactive pelvic floor.

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