What if the research everyone cites about pelvic floor health… isn’t actually helping you?
In this episode, Claire takes an honest, unflinching look at the science behind pelvic floor exercise recommendations — and why the numbers don’t always tell the full story.
Claire breaks down the Poppy trial, explores the difference between statistical significance and clinical significance, and reveals why nearly half of all “positive” clinical trials may not produce a change you’d actually feel in your real life.
This isn’t an anti-research episode. It’s a call to ask better questions.
In this episode you’ll learn:
Why the Poppy trial failed to clear its own bar for clinical significance
The difference between statistical significance and clinical significance — and why it matters for real women
Why reductionist research models leave YOU out of the equation
How whole body pelvic health draws on body-wide science — fascia, biotensegrity, breath, and the nervous system
Why your whole body is a team in support of your pelvic floor (and why that’s actually brilliant news)
Formal research tells you what happened in a controlled group under very narrow conditions. Lived evidence tells you what happens when a whole person moves, breathes, and engages over time. Both matter — but only one has your name on it.
Resources mentioned:
📚 Hope for Your Pelvic Floor (book + Audible): amazon.co.uk
🌐 Whole Body Pelvic Health membership: wholebodypelvichealth.co.uk
👥 Facebook community: Pelvic Floor Exercises Reinvented
☕ Pelvic Health Café: Register here