The Therapy Edit One Thing with Clare Bourne on taking small steps to better understand your body
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Oct 27, 2023 Clare Bourne, a specialist pelvic health physiotherapist and author of Strong Foundations, shares her insights on understanding pelvic health. She emphasizes the importance of small daily self-care actions over waiting for institutional change. Clare encourages listeners to explore their bodies and model openness about bodily functions for their children. She also highlights the role of nutrition, hydration, and gentle movement in pelvic health, while discussing how lifting weights positively impacts her wellbeing.
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Small Personal Changes Drive Bigger Shifts
- Institutional change is slow, so Clare urges individuals to make small daily changes that they can control.
- These micro-changes compound and influence wider cultural shifts around pelvic health.
School Habits Can Cause Lifelong Withholding
- Clare recounts receiving messages about lifelong withholding learned in school and how it persists into adulthood.
- She explains that early withholding creates anxiety and long-term bowel dysfunction unless addressed with small changes.
Small Daily Steps To Know Your Body
- Try small, daily actions to better understand and nurture your body like checking your vulva in a mirror or learning basic anatomy.
- Give yourself permission to have uninterrupted toilet time and set family boundaries so bowels can relax and function properly.
