Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support - APOPS

04/21/2026

LOVE CBPR!

Community Based Participatory Research clarifies how patients really FEEL, priceless to clarify their reality. When white coat, white collar, and lay communities come together to advance best practice, all sectors win!

Thank you PALC Patient Advocacy for the share!

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-026-02816-z

Responses to health misinformation increasingly emphasize the importance of community engagement, yet the role of participation and power sharing remains under-theorized and inconsistently described in the peer-reviewed literature. Drawing on findings from the systematic review Overcoming Health Mis...

04/21/2026

Behavior modification is cornerstone to navigating any health condition, and is certainly pivotal regarding pelvic floor dysfunction, whether tissue bulge, urinary or f***l incontinence, constipation, pain with intimacy, or other symptoms of POP or other pelvic, vaginal, or re**al indicators.

Biofeedback is so user-friendly once you know the basics of tool being utilized. Adherence rates are generally low with at home treatment maintenance. But when it comes to f***l incontinence, women will try just about anything to address the elephant in the room. Quality study.

https://journals.lww.com/fpmrs/fulltext/2026/04000/home_based_biofeedback_for_f***l_incontinence__a.20.aspx

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ion. Study Design We conducted a single-blind, randomized, equivalence trial in women with FI. Participants were randomized to 8 or 16 weeks of twice-daily exercises using the system and could opt to participate in remote health coaching. The primary outcome was the change in FI severity as measured...

04/20/2026

There are multiple unique treatments for each type of prolapse, varying by practitioner preference, surgical vs nonsurgical, and developing zone vs developed needs.

Thank you A. Matthews, M.D. for initiating the inaugural U-POP & LUTD 2026: A Global Consensus Conference. Bringing 140 experts from around the world together to develop consensus on evidenced-based treatments to manage uterine prolapse is so valuable. Evolving a STANDARDIZATION of care to improve the lives of women with uterine POP around the world to the best of capacity just makes sense.

https://www.newswise.com/articles/pelvic-organ-prolapse-expert-pitch-common-condition-affecting-women-lacks-medical-consensus-but-experts-soon-gathering-to-set-standards

Up to 50% of women suffer from symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse, a condition where organs like the uterus and bladder fall down, typically due to weakened pelvic floor muscles from childbirth injury. There is a lack of consensus within the medical community on how best to treat. In fact, many wom...

04/17/2026

TGIF

04/16/2026

The women with are getting pretty PO'd about being dismissed as though POP is no big deal. Physical, emotional, social, sexual, fitness, employment quality of life impacts. 50% of women IS a big deal.

Make no mistake, the Movement is getting louder and stronger.

04/15/2026

How many women realize they have tight pelvic floor muscles? I sure didn't. Sometimes behaviors occur so subliminally over time, we don't even recognize them. Thank you PTs for your priceless efforts to evaluate and increase awareness of pelvic floor muscle tone impact to women's below-the-waist health.

04/15/2026

Aren't we all a little OCD about our bladder and bowel movements? The when, where, how, and much much pokes our brains. Here's a light bulb article about comorbidity between OAB and OCD. Comorbidity can be a real roadblock sometimes! thanks for sharing Andrew Siegel!

https://healthdoc13.wordpress.com/2026/04/11/when-the-bladder-wont-stop-talking-and-the-brain-wont-stop-listening-the-overlap-between-oab-and-ocd/

Andrew Siegel MD  4/11/2026 As a urologist, I spend a good part of my day talking about bladders. What surprises many patients is how often those conversations also involve the brain. Overacti…

04/14/2026

"Structured antenatal PFMT may reduce severe perineal trauma and shorten the second stage of labor without compromising neonatal outcomes."

What pregnant woman doesn't want less tissue tearing and shorter labor time when delivering her baby? We hear about the value of PT post birthing, but not much about the value on the before birthing side of the equation. Loving this study! Will need to copy/paste link, not in print format yet.

fil:///C:/Users/sjpal/Downloads/s41598-026-47603-6_reference.pdf

04/14/2026

This video pretty much says it all….

Physical, emotional, sexual impacts of pelvic organ prolapse are rarely discussed openly, even between intimate partners. Women suffer in silence for months, years, decades. Relationships often slowly erode.
It's long past time we talk out loud about all POP quality-of-life impacts.
Intimacy matters.

https://youtu.be/PHYRu9pEuiU

Physical, emotional, sexual impacts of pelvic organ prolapse are rarely discussed openly, even between intimate partners. Women suffer in silence for months,...

04/13/2026

Many are jumping on the band wagon these days using GLP-1 pharmaceuticals of value to diabetics to stimulate weight loss. We are slowly learning the benefits and detriments of these meds. This isn't the first article I've seen regarding sagging skin including l***a lip sag and possible libido loss. Increase in constipation is a concern for women with pelvic organ prolapse. I'm not in a position to judge so don't shoot the messenger. Just passing the info along.

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/nuanced-sexual-and-pelvic-floor-effects-glp-1s-women-2026a1000ah4?ecd=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_260408_etid8252555&uac=423667BZ&impID=8252555&fbclid=IwY2xjawRGJvhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeONnnnP95sn3X

Emerging research and anecdotal reports suggest that the weight-loss drugs may cause vulvar and urogenital changes.