Pelvic organ prolapse is much more common than you might think! I’ve gotten a number of requests to make different videos surrounding prolapse—especially exercise-based videos for prolapse treatment—and I’ve been hesitant… because it’s been my experience that the proper treatment for prolapse really varies person to person.

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So, I wanted to make a more comprehensive video in hopes of helping women and people with vaginas gain a better understanding of their bodies, what’s happening during prolapse, and what options they have for healing.

Timestamps / Table of Contents:

✩ Intro: 0:00

✩ Female Pelvic Anatomy Review: 1:29

✩ Common Types of Prolapse Review—Cystocele, Uterine Prolapse, & Rectocele: 2:59

The medical term “prolapse” is meant to describe the descent of an organ through its respective tube, whereas the medical suffix “-cele” is meant to describe a sort of bulging, or pouching.

→ Cystocele: bladder descending down and backwards, pouching into the front vaginal wall
→ Bladder prolapse: common misnomer meant to describe cystocele, as the bladder is not descending down and through the urethra
→ Urethrocele: urethra descending down and backwards, pouching into the front vaginal wall
→ Cystourethrocele: bladder & urethra together descending down and backwards, pouching into the front vaginal wall
→ Uterine prolapse: uterus descending down and through the vaginal canal
→ Vaginal vault prolapse: vaginal vault describes the top of the vagina, what remains after someone has their uterus surgically removed, the vaginal vault can also descend down and through the vaginal canal
→ Rectocele: rectum descending down and forwards, pouching into the back vaginal wall
→ Rectal prolapse: meant to describe the rectum descending down and through the anal canal, is sometimes a misnomer referring to rectocele

✩ Common Prolapse Symptoms & Why They Occur: 5:19

✩ Treatment Options—Pelvic Physical Therapy, Pessaries, & Surgery: 7:40

Relaxin is the hormone responsible for making your ligaments lax & loose in preparation for childbirth. It takes up to 6 months to exit your system once you are no longer pregnant & stop breastfeeding.

Long-term surgical outcomes:
→ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
→ https://www.ejog.org/article/S0301-21...
→ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12501...

✩ POP-Q Grading Review: 14:45

POP-Q grades are NOT fixed! Gravity will affect the grade, which means time of day and activity level will affect the grade, too!

✩ Why Not Lots Of Kegels All Of The Time? 18:00

✩ Closing Thoughts: 23:44

✩ Outro: 24:59

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