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
Leaking urine in elite athletes who have never had kids - a dive into the sporting pelvic floor with Zali Rayment
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Kat, Tash & Caitlin
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Season 2
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Episode 3
Zali is a dedicated and compassionate physiotherapist in Women’s Health with a special clinical interest in the sporting pelvic floor. Zali has worked with many elite athletes and sporting clubs including Essendon AFLW/VFLW, Hawthorn AFLW and VIS Women’s Hockey.
More than two thirds of elite female athletes in sports like soccer, gymnastics and weight lifting leak urine. In this episode we cover:
- What types of pelvic floor dysfunction we see in the athletic population (including stress incontinence, pelvic pain and constipation)
- Educating Female athletes on pelvic floor, what they should know
- The stats on pelvic floor dysfunction in female athletic populations
- A deep dive into theories around why our top athletes might leak urine (it’s not a weak pelvic floor!)
- The stigma around pelvic floor dysfunction amongst elite athletes
- Treatment options for stress incontinence in sport and how quickly athletes can see improvements in symptoms
Links: You can follow Zali’s professional and personal journey online @zali.rayment.physio
