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All About The Pelvic Floor on the Under The Hood Podcast

Under the Hood is a podcast to strengthen and empower our thoughts around womanHOOD, sisterHOOD, motherHOOD. It’s a podcast by women, for everyone. In their August 8th episode they sat down with Heather Jeffcoat for a wide ranging discussion of women's pelvic floor issues.

About Under the Hood

Aleks Evanguelidi LM, CPM

Aleks has been working in birth for 15 years. She began her work in birth while maintaining her presence as a nutritionist and as an herbalist and educator for Gaia Herbs. A firm believer and proponent in living a sustainable lifestyle, she utilizes her years of experience in nutrition to support her clients in having an extraordinary sense of wellness while preparing for conception or to experience the healthiest pregnancy possible.

Patti Quintero RYT, BD

Patti is a birth doula, a pre and postnatal yoga teacher and the founder of UMA: Mindful Living for the Modern Mother. She has been teaching Yoga and meditation in for over two decades and is a senior Teacher and Teacher Trainer at YogaWorks. She began working with Mothers and specializing in pre and postnatal yoga during her first pregnancy in 2003.

Chelsea Levy

Chelsea Levy is the Executive Producer and co-creator of Under the Hood. She brings with her a humble curiosity and a wealth of knowledge gained through her own body-discovery and the road that led to the birth of her daughter.

Jennie Josephson

Jennie Josephson is an award-winning producer and founder of Infinite Gain Productions. Jennie has worked in television, digital media, radio and independent podcasts. She likes to launch things and help them grow.

Listen to the full podcast here, and listen as Heather describes some easy pelvic floor breathing exercises here, and click here if you're ready to take the plunge with one of our licensed physical therapists.

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Testimonial by Rosanna R., age 35

Heather has affected my life in the MOST POSITIVE way and I am forever grateful. My husband refers to her as the "sex doctor" so you can only imagine how happy he is with my therapy outcome.

After the birth of my son I suffered from "Vaginismus", however, at the time I just thought I was broken. My "broken vagina" affected me physically but it was an emotional struggle as well. Many women in my life also suffered with pain from sex after their babies were born so I knew I wasn't alone. They told me they "just got used to it" but I couldn't see myself living that way.

Sex wasn't just painful, it was literally impossible - IT DIDNT FIT!

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Testimonial by S.B.

As someone who suffered the debilitating physical and emotional effects of vaginismus (as well as a complicated history of back injuries) for more than 15 years, I thought a "normal" life was just a fantasy. Then I found Heather.

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Testimonial by J.H.

My last appointment with Heather was over 6 years ago but I still think of her every day. I don’t take for granted that I can easily get out of bed, care for my two active and busy young boys, run, play tennis, clean my house, or sit at a desk for several hours at a time. None of these tasks were easy for me before meeting Heather. Eight years ago my car was struck from behind by a tractor trailer that was estimated to have been speeding. I spent 3 years working with different PTs and Drs trying to heal and move on with my life. When I became pregnant and the hormone relaxin that “relaxes” all the joints of the body and the additional weight gain erased all my progress and I was suddenly in a lot of pain again. My OB sent me to Heather for one last try.

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Testimonial by R.S.

I wanted to thank you so much for helping me get through something I thought I may never be able to. We have achieved pain-free intercourse and this has really solidified our marriage. We are so grateful to you for all the work you do! Thank you!!

-- R.S.

Testimonial by M.M.

A personal journey and testimonial from one of my patients:

My husband and I were married for 5 years before we were able to have intercourse due to my vaginismus. There was nothing traumatic in my past but for some reason, even though I wanted sex, I mentally avoided "that area" of my body and didn't even admit to myself that there was a problem for a long time, even though I was never able to put tampons in. Once I finally opened my eyes up to the fact that I had a problem, I had a surgery that was supposed to fix the issue.

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Testimonial by S.S., age 54

Heather is the best! I saw her today for terrible hip/groin pain. I was so impressed with the safety measures in place and felt completely safe . Thanks for the healing hands.

S.S., age 54

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