Adventures in vaginas (and other parts)

Get this one thing down and change the game. Last week, I met a new client who had a baby about six months ago. Her primary concerns were a sensation of heaviness in the pelvic floor and a little bit of leaking. The symptoms were getting to the point where she was asking her partner to baby wear more, and she was reasonably sad about the state of affairs.

But something *else* does actually matter. Do you remember the before times? The times when your body just… did its thing? I want to immediately flag that it’s inherently ableist to assume that everyone has had the experience of ease in their bodies — many people have never had their pelvic floor work “as expected”. But for many of us, there was a before and an after. In the after times, there is much quibbling about what to do. Should I do kegels? Core work? Breath work? Stretching?

My one on one intakes are pretty extensive. I like to tell people that I will ask them so many questions they never thought anyone would ask. The questions that feel random and yet far too often, a little How the fuck did you know to ask that? relevant. Questions like: Do you ever have the experience of farting without meaning to? Does your pee ever spray or only go in one direction? and Do you ever feel like you can’t get everything out? And that, my friends, is what we are gathered to discuss today.

Adventures in vaginas (and other parts) Meditations Monthly mobility: For the office days 0:00 Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -6:25 -6:25 Paid episode The full episode is only available to paid subscribers of Adventures in vaginas (and other parts) Monthly mobility: For the office days Because we’d all like to move through the day with less pain and leaked pee, etc.

A lesson in butts. Hey friends! This is a re-post that I originally posted in 2021(!). I feel like I frequently discuss glute evangelism for all things pelvic health, but have not in any way recently explained why! So! I’ve updated this oldie-but-goodie to reflect my current practice and knowledge base. Enjoy! I have a confession y’all: I taught my 20 month old son to say “booty".

Hello, and welcome to my monthly AMA/topic request dump! This month y’all were good to me. I got unsolicited DMs full of delightful, juicy AF questions. I’m grateful. For me, the weirder/harder the question, the better. No, I don’t know why I am the way I am. Yes, I openly invite you to keep cold DM’ing me your questions and requests. I love it.

I have always really disliked knees on a weird level. To be clear, there’s no good reason for this. I refer to them as a dumb joint, which is honestly rude of me, because all bodies are good and inherently worthy, inclusive of knees. But, I mean, IDK, they’re just not my thing. But the universe had other fucking plans for me! I’ve had my own knee drama. LOTS of people have knee drama.

It was recently pointed out to me that after five years of writing, I don’t have a clear post outlining what the fuck I do here. So! Hi, I’m Cait. I’m a pelvic floor occupational therapist and pain coach. I’m the founder of Tidal Work, a therapeutic movement platform for pelvic health and complex bodies that centers body autonomy. I write Adventures in Vaginas (and other parts) with an intention to create more accessibility to shame-free and gender-inclusive pelvic health education and resources.

This morning, I wrote the subscriber chat, asking what they’d like to see in a strength workout. My pal Alexa Starks wrote Something for the high stress mama hunching over her laptop sitting down for 8 hours a day please with tight shoulders and neck 🫠🫠🫠🫠. Alexa is a badass and honestly, don’t we all need that vibe?

Hi friends! I was so honored when Dr. Allyson Augusta Shrikande (“Dr. Ally”), a physiatrist specializing in nerve blocks and co-founder of Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine reached out to have a conversation about her work and the intersection of pelvic floor therapy.