A few days ago we organized a series of talks at QL Clínic on care during pregnancy and postpartum.

When the time came to address the pelvic floor part, I proposed a simple dynamic; I asked each assistant to draw in the notes what they understood by the pelvic floor..

Later I asked them to describe the drawings among the attendees. The result was quite interesting since the majority agreed on the following adjectives; "the way", “made of muscle”, “with holes”, “under the abdomen”.

In today's society it is still difficult for us to talk with the same naturalness about symptoms such as urinary incontinence that can occur, For example, after an instrumental birth if we compare it with other dysfunctions such as, to name some, ankle weakness after a fracture or sports injury.

The health community is making efforts to “normalize” this type of health problems due to the high population affected by them and whose main characteristic is the decrease in our quality of life..

Even today, for many people, the fact of having “urinary leakage” or a “drooping womb”, They are a consequence of the conditions and circumstances of your life. But what's starting to happen, thanks to the dissemination of information, as happens in this and many other blogs, is that in this normal situation, people discover that there are forms of health action in the field of treatment, and equally important, of prevention, that give a new vision of your personal situation.

Because as we have already said, in pelvic floor dysfunctions, one of the most relevant aspects of the perception of the problem when it is addressed with the patient in the clinic, It doesn't turn out to be an illness., a symptom or physical discomfort, but the feeling of loss of quality of life because they are forced to modify certain habits of their daily routine.

And to initiate a preventive or therapeutic action, The main thing is communication with the population susceptible to suffering from the processes on which you want to act., or with those who want to be treated. And good communication begins with proper listening..

That is why before addressing an entry on the pelvic floor, We would like to know if our readers are interested in addressing this topic.; what they know and what they would like to know.

This is a pretty interesting strategy., if we take into account that collective intelligence is a particularly useful tool in health communication.

I give you an example; the “Basket under the abdomen made of muscle with holes”, It is a very useful definition for understanding the functions and dysfunctions of the pelvic floor..

Did readers know that the etymology of the word pelvis comes from Latin, “clay pot”?

Feel free to write to us and we will start talking about this topic beyond a simple description of the anatomy., functions, pathologies and treatment.

Let's all create a future blog entry that readers will enjoy and spread among the population., serving as health agents in the very important function of making it natural to talk about this health area just as it already happens in sports injuries, labor or any other nature.

Waiting for answers, I'll wait for you in the next entry.