The Pelvic Floor Project
Embarrassing symptoms deserve better conversations.
Whether you're dealing with bladder leaks, prolapse, pelvic pain, painful sex, erectile dysfunction, constipation, pregnancy, postpartum recovery, or simply wondering if what you're experiencing is normal—you're not alone.
Hosted by pelvic floor physiotherapist Melissa Dessaulles, this podcast helps you understand how your body works and why symptoms happen. Through conversations with leading researchers, physicians, surgeons, sex therapists, midwives, psychologists, and other experts, we translate the latest evidence into practical information you can actually use.
No myths. No shame. No confusing medical jargon.
Just honest conversations that connect the dots—so you can feel informed, confident, and empowered to make decisions about your health.
The Pelvic Floor Project
22. The evidence on return to running postpartum with Gráinne Donnelly
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In this episode, Gráinne Donnelly and I discuss:
- 2019 Postpartum return to run guidelines she was instrumental in creating
- Returning to running postnatal - guidelines for health, medical and fitness professionals managing this population (hyperlink with website below)
- https://www.absolute.physio/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/returning-to-running-postnatal-guidelines.pdf
- The anatomical and physiological changes the body goes through during pregnancy and birth
- The suggested time to start running postpartum
- How to progress to running after vaginal or cesarean birth
- Where to start in the early days after baby
- What the evidence says
Gráinne Donnelly is an Advanced Physiotherapist in Pelvic Health. More recently she has become a clinical researcher, undertaking research in the areas of perinatal exercise and diastasis recti. She is an honorary member of the Perinatal Physical Activity Research Team and is on the specialist advisory board of the Active Pregnancy Foundation. Her particular areas of interest include ultrasound imaging within pelvic health, diastasis rectus abdominis and perinatal exercise.
Links to contact Gráinne:
Twitter: @ABSPhysio
Instagram: @absolute.physio
Facebook: @absolute.physio
LinkedIn: Grainne Donnelly
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