Pelvic Pain Solutions: Vaginal Dilators, Pelvic Wands & Running — with DR. AMANDA OLSON, Founder of Intimate Rose

Send us Fan MailToday I speak with Dr. Amanda Olson, DPT, PRPC, a pelvic health specialist, certified Stott Pilates instructor, and RRCA certified running coach. She is the president and chief clinical officer of Intimate Rose where she develops pelvic health products and education. Amanda is passionate about empowering women and men with pelvic health issues including pelvic pain, incontinence, pregnancy, and post-partum issues. Dr. Olson teaches internationally on various pelvic health topics including pelvic floor dysfunction in runners. She has written newspaper and magazine articles on pelvic floor dysfunction, and running and also authored the book Restoring the Pelvic Floor For Women.Her mission is to empower people in the management of their pelvic health. Her motto is that bodies heal and that humor helps.We talk about:-getting into making devices-all pregnancies are different-judgement in pregnancy-the changing body-continuing the research-overactivity causing symptoms-doing what brings you joyTime Stamps1:00 introduction2:57 the evolution of pelvic devices 6:30 experience in pregnancy & postpartum10:40 second guessing yourself11:56 returning to running15:39 issues with second pregnancy19:40 authoring a paper23:45 gaps in the research28:45 going past keels31:53 rapid fire questionsCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH AMANDAIG: https://www.instagram.com/aolsondpt/IG: https://www.instagram.com/intimaterose/Website: www.Intimaterose.comThe Active Mom Podcast — a real mom's guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond, for active moms and the professionals who help them get there.Quick-hit conversations with moms, providers, and researchers... because you don't have a lot of free time (you're probably listening at 1.5x right now).Follow so you don't miss an episode. Rate & review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — it's how the next mom searching for these answers actually finds them. Share it with the friend who needs it.Questions or topic requests? DM me 💌