Inside the Box
A podcast for women and professionals alike, hosted by mums and Women's Health Physiotherapists, Kat, Tash, and Caitlin. Established and driven by our desires to share our passion for educating and empowering women to better understand their bodies, in particular - what's inside their 'box'. Amongst ourselves, real-life patients and leading industry experts, we’ll unpack a variety of topics including pelvic floor dysfunction, pregnancy, exercise, birth, postpartum, sexual pain, endometriosis, leakage, prolapse and beyond.
Inside the Box
How unexplained hip pain as a young dancer led to a diagnosis of endometriosis: Patient story
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In this patient story we are joined by Laura, a young female living with Endo. Laura’s journey to finding out she had endometriosis started with hip pain and years of physio, scans and specialists - all whilst trying to finish her HSC.
In this episode we cover:
- Laura’s journey with symptoms as a teenager and how she came to a diagnosis of endo
- What it’s like dealing with chronic pain, bladder and bowel issues and a diagnosis of endo as a young female
- Laura’s treatment so far and her honest insight into what has worked for her and what hasn’t
- The most challenging thing about living with endo
We finish with Laura’s advice to anyone starting out on their endo journey.
