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The legendary wife, Brittany Mahomes, recently offered advice to mothers, emphasizing the importance of caring for their pelvic floors. Her advocacy raised awareness of a condition that is more prevalent than many young women realize.
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When Brittany Mahomes recently advised moms to take care of their pelvic floors, she raised awareness of a condition that is more common than many young women realize.“Women don’t get educated about this, especially when they are younger, when they are of childbearing age,” said Dr. Deepanjana Das, a urogynecology and reconstructive pelvic surgery specialist at the Cleveland Clinic.
Earlier this week, Mahomes, who has two young children with her husband, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, gave a reminder to women on her Instagram story: “Once you have kids take care of your pelvic floor. Seriously,” signing it “from a girl with a fractured back.”NBC News has reached out to representatives for Mahomes for comment. Meanwhile, doctors say back and pelvic floor problems can be connected.
“Women can be at risk of both due to low-back issues and factors such as pregnancy and childbirth,” said Dr. Roger Dmochowski, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, urology and surgery, and associate surgeon in chief at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
The gynecologic organs, the bladder and the rectum are all held in place by a group of muscles and ligaments known as the pelvic floor, Dmochowski explained. When these tissues are stretched and weakened, urinary and fecal incontinence can result. More severe issues with those muscles can lead to organ prolapse, during which one or more of the pelvic organs can drop down into the vaginal canal and even protrude through the vagina.
Other risk factors include repeated lifting of heavy weights and standing for many hours.
“Gravity is not your best friend,” Dmochowski saiOverall, nearly a quarter of women in the U.S. develop pelvic floor issues, according to the National Institutes of Health. Younger women ages 20 to 39 are less likely to experience symptoms — less than 10%. About a quarter of women in their 40s and 50s have symptoms, although that percentage increases with age. More than a third of women ages 60 to 79, and half of those 80 or older, have pelvic floor problems.
What are symptoms of pelvic floor injury?Early signs of pelvic floor weakening can start with urinary symptoms.“A sudden loss of urine that can be activity-related or an overactive bladder can be signs that the pelvic floor is acting up,” Dmochowski said. “Other women might develop new bowel symptoms, such as loss of control or new constipation.”
As the problem progresses, women might feel pressure as “either the rectum, the bladder or the uterus, or all three, bulge into the vagina,” Dmochowski said. “Women will sometimes describe this as feeling like a beach ball coming out of their vagina.”Some women don’t notice any symptoms and the prolapse is discovered during their annual exam, Dmochowski said. Sometimes, women might not notice they are experiencing back problems until they come in with pelvic floor symptoms, he said.
How is pelvic floor injury treated?
Kegel exercises, when women tighten and relax the pelvic floor muscles, can help, especially among younger women.“You can do this at a stoplight when driving,” Dmochowski said. “Imagine you’re urinating and then try to stop. You contract for a few seconds, and then relax for a few seconds. You want to repeatedly activate the muscles.
Pelvic floor exercises are like lifting weights.“By flexing and then relaxing them, you build volume and hopefully regain function,” Dmochowski said.Dmochowski tells patients that once or twice a week isn’t enough.“I draw the analogy to training for a road race or a marathon,” he explained. “There has to be some stick-to-itiveness.”
How well do Kegels work?
“The response rates are all over the place in the literature,” Dmochowski said, adding that the number might be as low as 20% recovery.Another option is guided physical therapy to rehab the pelvic floor muscles, said Das,,It’s been established that monitored physical therapy can help rehab those muscles after delivery,” she said. “We know it can play a huge role in helping women recover.”,Das recommends women get physical therapy soon after vaginal childbirth.
“In other countries, it’s a regular part of delivery to get physical therapy,” she said. “That’s not something we have in the U.S.,” except in cases where there was a difficult delivery.Among the other options for women with pelvic floor issues is a pessary, a vaginal insert that works “like an internal crutch that holds everything in place,
Dmochowski said. “It’s something a woman is fitted for and then she determines whether she likes it or not. About 1 in 4 women in our practice uses them.”Another option is surgery in which the pelvic floor is put back in place and is anchored there by attaching it to a knob of spinal bone, Dmochowski said.
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: “Serena Williams has advised her sister Venus Williams three times about her single life, emphasizing that every woman needs a partner — someone to talk to in bed, not just sleep next to a pillow.”
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“Serena Williams has advised her sister Venus Williams three times about her single life, emphasizing that every woman needs a partner — someone to talk to in bed, not just sleep next to a pillow.”
Serena Williams has urged Venus to move away from the single life, emphasizing the need for companionship. Serena believes that getting married and having children brings joy that is absent when one is single.”
Here’s a refined version of that statement:
“Serena Williams has repeatedly urged Venus to get married and stop living a single life, pointing out that she is getting older and needs someone to be with. She emphasizes the importance of having kids at a normal age.”
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“My daughter Olympia was so happy the day she held her little baby brother. She was thrilled to become a sister.”
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My daughter Olympia was so happy the day she held her little baby brother. She was thrilled to become a sister.”She’s navigating it. She loves it,” Williams shared. “Adira’s like a tiny little baby, so Olympia just calls her her little sis.”
According to Williams, Olympia “prayed for a sister,” so she’s been happy about how everything’s worked out.
Williams, however, admitted to feeling some trepidation before Adira was born.
I was worried. I was like, ‘OK, I don’t know if I can like anyone as much as I love Olympia,'” Williams shared. “I was really nervous about that. But I feel like it all worked out.”For more on Williams and Ohanian’s happy family, check out the video below.
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“The great tennis icon Serena Williams said, ‘The best thing that happened to my career was coming up behind my sister.'”
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So says Serena Williams at the start of a new trailer for ESPN‘s new docuseries, In the Arena: Serena Williams presented by Morgan Stanley. The network dropped a teaser today along with descriptions of the eight episodes that promise “an unprecedented look at the life and career” of the now-retired tennis legend who dominated the game for more than two decades alongside sister Venus Williams. The news comes just a few weeks after the world premiere of the first two episodes at Tribeca Festival in New York.
My dad, he got my sister out there, and then he started to say I was going to be better. I looked different. I played different. I was more emotional. I had muscle. I was something no one had ever seen before,” Serena continues in the clip. Her sister, Venus, then adds, “She really became a monster on the court in the most beautiful way.”
In the Arena will hit ESPN+ on July 10, the day before Serena Williams hosts The ESPYs. Directed by Gotham Chopra and co-directed by Lauren Fisher, In The Arena: Serena Williams is co-produced by ESPN, Religion of Sports, Tom Brady’s 199 Productions, and Williams and Caroline Currier’s Nine Two Six Prod♥s.
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