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Megan Perez earned a Masters Degree in Nutrition in 2013. She has continued her education by completing courses in integrative and functional nutrition, mindful eating, digestive disorders, eating disorders and intuitive eating, and also hormone health.
Pelvic floor muscle strengthening exercises are most commonly referred to as Kegels. The purpose of “Regular” Kegel exercises is to strengthen pelvic floor muscle that are weak. This would likely help people that have weak pelvic floor muscles, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence and/or the inability to hold back gas.
The coccyx, more commonly known as the tailbone is a triangular shaped bone at the end of the spine. It actually represents a vestigial tail that disappears at around 8 weeks of gestation, hence the name tailbone. There is variance between individuals in coccyx anatomy and can consist of 3 to 5 different bones connected by ligaments at the bottom of the sacrum.
Susan Winograd MSPT explains the connection between endometriosis and pelvic floor dysfunction — including why up to 70% of women with endo have pelvic floor involvement, how the inflammation cycle drives overlapping conditions, and why pelvic floor physical therapy should be the first line of conservative treatment regardless of surgical status.
