This short and sweet off-the-cuff, from-the-hip episode is all about feet and estrogen, and the pelvic floor. So really a little about a lot.
Special guest my husband who chimes in on the benefits of Low Pressure Fitness.
“Squatting isn't good for your pelvic floor.” Correction squatting is excellent for the pelvic floor except when you are peeing. The pee is trying to drop it like it’s hot, and you are trying to keep it all together while you hover over the bowl, that's what's not good for your pelvic floor.
Low-pressure fitness example.
More stress incontinence support: https://www.webmd.com/women/what-is-pelvic-floor-physical-therapy
Effect of Estrogen on Musculoskeletal Performance and Injury Risk Nkechinyere Chidi-Ogbolu1 and Keith Baar1,2,3,*
Estrogen Alone and Joint Symptoms in the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized TrialRowan T. Chlebowski, MD, PhD,1et al.
The People’s Book of Human Sexuality
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Table of Contents
Forward by Aida Manduley, LICSW
Section 1: Origin Stories of Safety & Care
Transforming Sex Education Curricula Through Media Literacy, Media Justice, and Power by Bianca I Laureano
We Vision Our Dreams of Safety Into Reality: An Interview with Kalash Magenta Fire by Jadelynn St Dre, LMFT with Kalash Magenta Fire, CMT, MSW
"Buying People Everyday": Power, Intimacy, and Money at Work by Christina Tesoro, LMSW
Sex Ed Happens by Francisco Ramírez
Solidarity as Liberation: A Queer Mad Legacy by Elliott Fukui
Section 2: Movement for BodyMinds
The Erotic Power of the Professional Nurse, and the Body They Move In by Jessica Jolie Badonsky, MSN, FNP-BC
Yoga: A Liberatory Praxis by Serina Payan Hazelwood, CSE
My Grandmother, the Unlikely Ally: How Binary Thinking about Social Change Impedes Social Change by Karen B. K. Chan
A Vulgar Sex Education by Melina Gaze y Sucia Urrea
Changing the Narrative: Abortion as a Family Value by Sara C. Flowers, DrPH
Liberation by Outkast
Section 3: Oral Narratives
Intersex Activism, Movement, and Joy: In Conversation with Sean Saifa Wall by Sean Saifa Wall and Bianca I Laureano
Muslim Sexuality by Bina Bakhtair
The F.A.C.E Model: Introduction To Using Fashion as a Sexual Health Tool by Nhakia Outland, MSW
BJ: Bianca and Juan in Conversation by Juan Fernández and Bianca I Laureano
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