Wearing a pad isn’t giving up. In this episode of Hope For Your Pelvic Floor, Pilates educator and pelvic health specialist Claire Sparrow reframes one of the most loaded everyday decisions in women’s pelvic health: to wear an incontinence pad, or not.
Most women grab pads on autopilot. But the decision underneath, whether you think you can change, matters far more than the pad itself. Claire breaks down the four camps women fall into with pads, why only one of them is an actual choice, and how to use a pad as a bridge to retraining your pelvic floor rather than a trap that keeps you stuck.
You will also hear the real difference between stress incontinence, urge incontinence and mixed incontinence, and why naming your type is the start of a plan that actually works.
In this episode:
Why the pad decision is rarely a conscious choice
The four camps: the bridge, the trap, the refusal and the wait
A client’s running story and the moment she realised she had a choice
Stress vs urge vs mixed incontinence, explained simply
Why a pad is short term assistance, not a long term solution
Using the pad to do the work, not to avoid it
New course mentioned in this episode, Beyond Kegels, covering stress, urge, mixed and bowel incontinence through practical classes.
https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/free-intro-class
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hope-for-your-pelvic-floor-the-whole-body-pelvic/id1799754117
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4APJpAMyqaMuy1vKYSIxuj
Website: https://wholebodypelvichealth.co.uk
Instagram: @hopeforyourpelvicfloor
If this episode helped, please subscribe, leave a review and share it.
#pelvicfloor #incontinence #stressincontinence #urgeincontinence #pelvichealth #midlifewomen #wholebodypelvichealth #pelvicfloorexercises #prolapse #womenshealth
Most women grab pads on autopilot. But the decision underneath, whether you think you can change, matters far more than the pad itself. Claire breaks down the four camps women fall into with pads, why only one of them is an actual choice, and how to use a pad as a bridge to retraining your pelvic floor rather than a trap that keeps you stuck.
You will also hear the real difference between stress incontinence, urge incontinence and mixed incontinence, and why naming your type is the start of a plan that actually works.
In this episode:
Why the pad decision is rarely a conscious choice
The four camps: the bridge, the trap, the refusal and the wait
A client’s running story and the moment she realised she had a choice
Stress vs urge vs mixed incontinence, explained simply
Why a pad is short term assistance, not a long term solution
Using the pad to do the work, not to avoid it
New course mentioned in this episode, Beyond Kegels, covering stress, urge, mixed and bowel incontinence through practical classes.
https://go.clairesparrowpilates.co.uk/free-intro-class
Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hope-for-your-pelvic-floor-the-whole-body-pelvic/id1799754117
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4APJpAMyqaMuy1vKYSIxuj
Website: https://wholebodypelvichealth.co.uk
Instagram: @hopeforyourpelvicfloor
If this episode helped, please subscribe, leave a review and share it.
#pelvicfloor #incontinence #stressincontinence #urgeincontinence #pelvichealth #midlifewomen #wholebodypelvichealth #pelvicfloorexercises #prolapse #womenshealth