Mom to Mom – women’s health

SARAH:         HEY MOMS, SARAH HERE WITH MOM TO MOM. I’M HERE AT KORT IN FRANKFORT. I’VE GOT KATELYN ACKERMAN HERE, DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, WOMEN’S HEALTH AND CANCER REHAB SPECIALIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
KATELYN:       YES, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
SARAH:           TODAY WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT EFFECTED ME, AND THAT IS WOMEN’S HEALTH AND URINARY INCONTINENCE AFTER PREGNANCY. YOU ARE ONE OF THE FEW CLINICS HERE IN KENTUCKY THAT SPECIALIZES IN HELPING THE SITUATION.
KATELYN:       WE ARE, YOU’RE CORRECT.
SARAH:           CAN WE WALK THROUGH WHAT GOES ON HERE?
KATELYN:       ABSOLUTELY. I CAN TREAT ANYONE AFTER PREGNANCY, DEFINITELY. WE CAN TREAT WOMEN, REALLY, OF ALL AGES THAT HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH URINARY INCONTINENCE, ANY KIND OF BOWEL OR BLADDER DISFUNCTION, BUT MOST COMMON WE HAVE WOMEN AFTER PREGNANCY. SO WITH ANY KIND OF ABDOMINAL SEPARATION THAT HAPPENS DURING PREGNANCY, ANY KIND OF PROLAPSE THAT CAN HAPPEN AFTER PREGNANCY, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE CAN STRENGTHEN ALL OF THOSE MUSCLES THAT SUPPORT EVERYTHING AND GET WOMEN BACK TO THEIR MORE NORMAL FUNCTION AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ISSUE FOR LONG TERM.
SARAH:           EXACTLY. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH SOME EXERCISES THAT YOU DO TO HELP THIS SITUATION?
KATELYN:       SURE. WE CAN DO, I THINK THE MOST CLASSIC EXERCISE THAT ALL WOMEN HAVE AT LEAST HEARD OF WOULD BE A KEGEL. THAT’S BASICALLY PART OF WHAT WE DO, IT’S THAT PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION, BUT WE REALLY WORK ON THE COORDINATION AND COORDINATING IT WITH DIFFERENT ABDOMINAL STRENGTHENING EXERCISES TOO; GETTING THOSE DEEP CORE MUSCLES WORKING. THOSE TYPES OF EXERCISES. THAT’S REALLY WHAT EVERYTHING FOCUSES ON, AND THEN ONCE WE GET EVERYBODY STRENGTHENED AND IN A BETTER … BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THOSE MUSCLES BETTER, THEN WE WORK ON TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES LIKE STANDING UP FOR ROLLING, OR STEPPING OFF A CURB, OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT HAVE GIVEN WOMEN ISSUES IN THE PAST.
SARAH:           EXACTLY. SO FOR FOLKS OUT THERE THAT WANT TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT OR FIND OUT MORE INFO, WHERE SHOULD THEY GO?
KATELYN:       THEY CAN GO TO KORT.COM AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SCHEDULE YOUR FIRST APPOINTMENT ON THE WEBSITE, OR YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO CALL ANY OF OUR CLINICS. I AM LOCATED HERE IN FRANKFORT. WE ALSO HAVE A WOMEN’S HEALTH SPECIALIST IN RICHMOND, AND THEN WE HAVE TWO OTHER ONES AT KORT  CROSSING AND KORT NICHOLASVILLE.
SARAH:           ALRIGHT KATELYN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
KATELYN:       YOU’RE WELCOME.
SARAH:           FOR ABC 36, JOIN ME NEXT MONDAY FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF MOM TO MOM.