Sports Medicine and the Pelvic Floor: Episode 108 with Grainne Donnelly

Hello & Welcome to the latest episode of the podcast where I'm delighted to welcome back Grainne Donnelly, this time to chat about her new book, Sports Medicine & The Pelvic Floor, Science to Practice, which will be available April 1st.

In this episode, we talked about why we need a book about female athletes and their pelvic health - if you're working in this space you'll have seen the surge in research in the female athlete, especially in the realm of the menstrual cycle, but of course, there's so much more to pelvic health - cue Grainne's great new book!

Gráinne is a pelvic health physiotherapist and doctoral researcher, and she has edited this comprehensive 24-chapter book featuring contributions from leading experts including Dr Jenny LaCrosse, Dr John Delancey, Dr Sula Windgassen, Dr Sinead Dufour, Fiona Rogers, SJ McDonnell, Julie Wiebe and the legendary Kari Bo and many (many!) more

The book covers topics ranging from evolutionary aspects to clinical assessment and treatment approaches, from bladder, bowel, prolapse, with a focus on making research knowledge more accessible to sports medicine clinicians as well as the lived experience of the clinicians that serve them.

In this chat, Gráinne explained that the book was designed to be a practical addition to not only clinicians' libraries, but also for coaches and the athletes themselves, particularly for sports medicine teams who may not initially consider pelvic health as part of their remit. She also highlighted the inclusion of chapters on differential diagnoses by Dr. Helen McKeever and practical tools like videos and QR codes for patient outcome measures.

If you haven't ordered the book yet, you can sign up to Grainne's website, sportsmedicineand the pelvic floor. com (and there may even be a discount code available there too! ;) - it is also available from all good booksellers and free shipping if you order it directly from the publishers Elsevier

I can't wait to get my copy and I'm sure it will spark many conversations and challenge and support how we work to serve the pelvic health needs of the female athlete

And if you'd like to take a deep dive into the pelvic health needs of female athletes, you might also like my online course, The Menstrual Detective, which include the course Pelvic Rehab for the Young Female Athlete which covers it all in depth! As with all of my online women's health courses, the details can be found at my website CelebrateMuliebrity.com

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Until next time, Onwards & Upwards, Mx #celebratemuliebrity