Active Mom Podcast: Pregnancy, Postpartum, Perimenopause, Menopause & Beyond
Welcome to the Active Mom Podcast—where motherhood meets movement, health, and evidence-based insights!
Whether you’re an active mom navigating pregnancy, postpartum recovery, or the challenges of peri/menopause, or a professional supporting women through these stages, this podcast is for you.
Join host Dr. Carrie Pagliano, a pelvic floor physical therapist, as she bridges the gap between research and real life.
Hear from leading experts, researchers, and active moms as we explore everything from running during pregnancy to managing pelvic organ prolapse, diastasis recti, incontinence, and the rabbit hole of hormone shifts heading into peri & menopause!
Moms, gain practical tips to stay strong, active, and confident through every phase.
Professionals, sharpen your knowledge with actionable takeaways to better serve your clients.
🎙️ Honest conversations, expert advice, practical takeaways, and lots of laughs—it’s the whole wild ride of motherhood!
Active Mom Podcast: Pregnancy, Postpartum, Perimenopause, Menopause & Beyond
DR. MARIANA MASTELING -Engineering Pelvic Health: Preventing Injuries in Childbirth
What if we could prevent major pelvic floor injuries before they even happen?
🤔 In this episode, I sit down with biomedical engineer Dr. Mariana Mastering, whose groundbreaking research on the pelvic floor began with one simple yet profound question: "Mariana, are you incontinent?"
This curiosity led her from medical school to biomechanics, exploring the complexities of intra-abdominal pressure, incontinence, & childbirth-related pelvic floor injuries.
Her PhD research @uofmichigan reveals how the birth canal stretches, offering invaluable insights that could change the way we approach pelvic health & injury prevention.
We talk about:
🔹 Understanding the normal range of pelvic health
🔹 Translating research into practical applications
🔹 The variable causes of prolapse
🔹 Why Kegels aren’t always the answer
🔹 Capacity demand & pelvic floor health
🔹 Reducing the risk of birth injuries
🔹 How age affects birth-related injuries
🔹 The biomechanics of childbirth
Have you ever wondered how biomechanics could change the way we approach postpartum health?
Time Stamps
1:00 Introduction
6:24 understanding the pelvic floor
11:14 pathology of prolapse
16:23 findings of their research
21:45 potential effects of evulsion
27:02 explaining capacity demand
32:45 working towards preventative measures
38:57 pelvic floor injuries with c-sections
43:05 increased birth injuries with age
48:39 research looking at time of birth
51:33 racal differences in birth
55:36 connections between clinic and research
57:40 upcoming research
CONNECT WITH CARRIE
IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/
Website: https://carriepagliano.com
CONNECT WITH MARIANA
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianamasteling/
The Active Mom Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond for active moms & the professionals who help them in their journey.
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