TDM EP 1315- Healing at Your Core with Bree Allred
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Bree Alred: I was pregnant with twins, and I started having my own issues and realized [00:00:05] I have this background knowledge, and I'm still having this many problems. Like, [00:00:10] why are we not talking about this?
Why isn't there more of a conversation around this? [00:00:15] Why are we just accepting common as normal? And it's just because it's common to have [00:00:20] back pain when you're pregnant doesn't mean that it's normal to have pre- back pain when you're pregnant. It means we've got [00:00:25] dysfunction somewhere, and we can do something about it
George Wright III: [00:00:30] Welcome back [00:00:35] to the podcast. George Wright III, your host, with your daily dose of inspiration, [00:00:40] motivation, and education. And I got a great topic today. I got somebody that I've gotten to know, and I wanted to try to get her on the [00:00:45] podcast. Her name's Breanne Allred. Breanne, how are you?
Bree Alred: I'm doing great. Thanks for having me [00:00:50] today
George Wright III: This is gonna be really good because on one hand, you are an expert in an [00:00:55] area I, I don't know much about, and on the other hand it's a very big topic for [00:01:00] individuals and whether they know it or not.
So I'm gonna give everybody a little bit of an intro for you. So if your first [00:01:05] time listening, make sure that you're following the podcast. We've got some great content, and in the show notes today, I'm gonna be [00:01:10] dropping some stuff for you, so don't miss that. But Breanne Allred's the founder of Ilara [00:01:15] Pelvic Health and one of Utah's earliest pelvic floor therapists.
She's got 20 years of [00:01:20] clinical experience. She's helped thousands of women overcome pelvic health, pregnancy, [00:01:25] postpartum challenges, all types of pelvic health conditions. And her mission [00:01:30] is to remove the stigma surrounding pelvic health by helping women understand kinda common [00:01:35] symptoms and that it's not something that they have to live with, these problems that they have.
So she's [00:01:40] really changing the conversation, which is why I wanted to have her on and at the same time, I think she's empowering women to [00:01:45] regain their confidence and their quality of life. So I'm really glad to have you here Breanne [00:01:50] and I'd love it if you could start out by just telling individuals the obvious question, like what inspired [00:01:55] you to specialize in pelvic floor physical therapy?
And then we can talk a little bit about [00:02:00] what that is. But you've done this for 20 years, so what made you decide to specialize in this?
Bree Alred: Oh, [00:02:05] yeah. Physical therapy in general, I love the medical field. I don't like blood, so it was a good fit [00:02:10] from that standpoint. And then as I got into practice, I took a job in a spine [00:02:15] clinic, so specialized a little bit more in spine. And with spine came a lot of women that were [00:02:20] pregnant with low back pain or postpartum dealing with low back pain.
And so that started my knowledge [00:02:25] a little bit more and my drive into pelvic floor. And then come 2000, [00:02:30] 2009, 2010, I was pregnant with twins, and I started having my [00:02:35] own issues and realized I have this background knowledge, and I'm still having [00:02:40] this many problems. Like, why are we not talking about this?
Why isn't there more of a [00:02:45] conversation around this? Why are we just accepting common as normal? [00:02:50] And it's just because it's common to have back pain when you're pregnant doesn't mean that it's normal to [00:02:55] have pre- back pain when you're pregnant. It means we've got dysfunction somewhere, and we can do something about [00:03:00] it
George Wright III: Yeah, it's interesting 'cause my daughter is about to have a baby next week and and she is just [00:03:05] dying, and I have twins, so I didn't have twins, but I have twins, so my my... It [00:03:10] is definitely an issue and back pain is just a symptom of one of these things, right? And so [00:03:15] you've helped thousands of women now over your career and I would love for you to tell [00:03:20] me something that, a lot of women with their health, they, they don't realize that there are [00:03:25] certain problems or symptoms that they don't have to live with.
And so tell me, with having worked with [00:03:30] thousands of women, what are some misconceptions or some aha moments that you feel [00:03:35] like you've learned that women need to hear about?
Bree Alred: Oh, yeah. The-- it's common to [00:03:40] leak urine after you've had a baby. Let's talk that one. My own mother was like, "Oh yeah, I [00:03:45] can't jump on the trampoline with you anymore." And it's like that is something we've accepted [00:03:50] as normal. It's not. It just means that the pelvic floor is not responding, and it's [00:03:55] not rehabbed appropriately afterwards.
So there's that one. Tailbone pain can be [00:04:00] another big one. Constipation, like a big one that even males and females deal [00:04:05] with. And sometimes the pelvic floor, it's the door that lets things out, so [00:04:10] if it's not functioning great and it's staying closed, it can make having a bowel movement pretty [00:04:15] difficult.
Fertility issues can be another one that we can help with which some people don't realize. [00:04:20] It's yeah, there's some fertility things that we can help with. Painful intimacy, so [00:04:25] the idea of oh, your first time's going to be painful, or it's okay if sex is painful, it's like [00:04:30] that is not normal at any point along the journey.
George Wright III: There's something we'll talk [00:04:35] about in a little while, which is that there's this, embarrassment or, uncomfortable feelings [00:04:40] that people deal with. But before we... Or women deal with. But before we even do that, I think you're right. I [00:04:45] think what we wanna do is really identify problems that you think are normal [00:04:50] or things that you feel like you have no choice but to deal with.
And I love that you [00:04:55] also you've got a different philosophy with- than traditional clinics. And you [00:05:00] founded Elara Pelvic Health with this different philosophy because it, it's, a [00:05:05] lot of medicine and health now is just treating a symptom, and if you don't feel like you can treat the [00:05:10] symptom.
But it's not really the real problem. And so I'm curious, what is your [00:05:15] philosophy? And w- when you founded Elara, what is it that you were hoping to do [00:05:20] that's different than the traditional clinics that are out there that you would go and see your doctor for?
Bree Alred: [00:05:25] Yeah. We are really big on prevention. So your car gets regular [00:05:30] maintenance, right? Why don't our bodies get regular maintenance when we're looking at things, maybe catching [00:05:35] problems hopefully even before they start? So let's talk about, I'm gonna become [00:05:40] sexually active. Let's talk about maybe doing some pre-work to make these a positive [00:05:45] experience.
Or I'm planning to get pregnant. Let's do some strength training. Let's do some [00:05:50] work to help you realize what you need in your body. So we're really big on prevention. We're [00:05:55] also really big on looking at the whole body. I feel like oftentimes you go see-- We're [00:06:00] so specialized, so yes, I'm a pelvic floor, pelvic health specialist, but the pelvic [00:06:05] floor is almost a central hub of the body.
It's what connects your trunk to your lower half, [00:06:10] right? And so it can have symptoms there, but we're also looking at the feet. We're looking at [00:06:15] the knees. We're looking at the hips. We're looking at your ribcage. We're looking at your core. What is all feeding [00:06:20] into this dysfunction? Versus you go see a knee doctor and it's "Oh I'm having issues in my foot," [00:06:25] and they're like I don't do that."
George Wright III: Yeah. No, I love the philosophy that's overall, right? [00:06:30] The whole concept. And I-- it might be good time for you to just mention. So people for the first [00:06:35] time hearing it, and maybe it isn't the first time, but when you say pelvic floor, help me [00:06:40] to understand a little bit more what it is, what it does.
Like why is this term so [00:06:45] important out- outside the obvious? L- let's talk about it specifically.
Bree Alred: Yeah. So the pelvic floor [00:06:50] is a group of muscles that sits on the bottom of the pelvis. So we're thinking around [00:06:55] urethral, anal, vaginal openings, okay? So it's almost like a bowl or a hammock there, [00:07:00] and it plays big roles in bowel and bladder function, sexual [00:07:05] function pressure mitigation within our body.
It also is a big [00:07:10] force transfer, gonna across from one leg to another. So it's a [00:07:15] really central hub where a lot of important things are controlled in our body
George Wright III: And you [00:07:20] have said it a little bit, but I want you to kinda go deeper with this. I- it's not an [00:07:25] area-- It's an area where you have symptoms, but it's not something that you think about actually being able to [00:07:30] treat or do things with. When people are considering pelvic, I want you to really just help me to [00:07:35] understand what some additional things are they should be understanding.
Because, [00:07:40] look, at the end of the day, a lot of symptoms that people, like you said, feel like they can't [00:07:45] do anything about, pain, pressure, discomfort, all those types of things, they're just what they're [00:07:50] aware of, but there are other things that are related to that. So could you kinda take us a little deeper with [00:07:55] that as well?
Bree Alred: Clarify just a little bit more for me where it...
George Wright III: just so when [00:08:00] you talk about pelvic floor, you just explained what it is and you've given a few things that people have to, [00:08:05] deal with. But give us some examples of clients that you work with that are experiencing those [00:08:10] problems, and they were- they wouldn't have thought are related to the pelvic floor, but maybe they were, [00:08:15] obviously where a lot of your treatment and stuff can work
Bree Alred: Yeah, for sure. So I [00:08:20] had a client come in, they'd seen two other physical therapists previously for some deep hip [00:08:25] pain. And they were looking, it's "It's in the groin. It's like around my sit bone, like a bone that I [00:08:30] sit on. Do-- But it's like it's deep in my hip." And people had treated it [00:08:35] multiple times.
They thought it was like a hamstring strain. They were like, "Oh, maybe it's a hip issue," and they've [00:08:40] gone through that, had MRIs, nothing was coming back positive. The pelvic floor integrates with the [00:08:45] hip, and so we were able to identify a muscle deep within the [00:08:50] hip that we accessed through the pelvic floor region, and we're able to...
It's [00:08:55] "That is the cause of your problem there. It's deep hip, it's pelvic floor. It's how it integrates there [00:09:00] with some smaller hip rotators." And we were able to finally treat and be like, [00:09:05] "Oh my gosh, that's my pain." And it's yes, light bulb went off. We've got the right [00:09:10] thing. And using the same principles that a regular physical therapist do, we're looking at are [00:09:15] we stretching it?
Are we normalizing muscle tension? Are we normalizing strength and function and how those [00:09:20] are integrating and absorbing
George Wright III: and how, how frustrating can it be for a woman to go to her doctor and say, "I've, I've [00:09:25] got these issues," and they don't they don't know how to really diagnose or [00:09:30] even, work and physically rehab that to be able to help with the symptoms, right?
Bree Alred: [00:09:35] Yep.
George Wright III: What are some other examples of things that are common for what you work with at your [00:09:40] clinic?
Bree Alred: Yeah, for sure. Let's talk pelvic pain with periods. That's another [00:09:45] one that we work with people of all ages where we're saying, "Okay [00:09:50] I'm missing work for three days in a month because I'm menstruating and the cramps are putting me [00:09:55] just down." A lot of times that is a interplay between what's going [00:10:00] on with our pelvic floor musculature, our abdominals, and our uterus.
And so we're looking [00:10:05] at how can we calm the uterus? How can we calm the muscle responses that are happening with that? [00:10:10] And we can get people back to work. They're no longer missing days of work, and it was like, "Oh my [00:10:15] gosh, really? All I needed was these handful of tools," and it's yes, and then you can utilize them, and [00:10:20] all of a sudden it changes the traject- trajectory of what's happening in your body
George Wright III: Wow. Do you have [00:10:25] over the years, I'm sure you have you created any type of framework or process you use to [00:10:30] when someone comes in to really identify the root cause of what they're dealing with? Or is it always [00:10:35] different? Is there a framework or process that you use when someone's come in to see you?
Bree Alred: Yes, there [00:10:40] is a generalized framework. Like when people come in, we're gonna do an evaluation, and we're gonna be looking through [00:10:45] contributors from all of those different areas I was talking about, ribcage, core, hips, knees, [00:10:50] ankles, and the pelvic floor itself. But we'll also-- we really tell people as we're [00:10:55] taking them through a healing process that we're gonna go through several phases of that healing process as [00:11:00] well.
We're really looking, we have certain tests, we've got different things that are leading us to say, "Hey, [00:11:05] we've got some asymmetries side to side. Maybe we've got some alignment issues. Maybe we've got [00:11:10] shock absorption issues. We're seeing tension. We're strength- seeing strength deficits." So [00:11:15] we're using all of that information.
So and then we're saying, "Okay, first phase," we [00:11:20] go through the seasons. So Ilara really is built around the moon [00:11:25] because feminine energy, women cycle every 28 days. Do you know what I mean? The
George Wright III: Wow, I love that. [00:11:30] Yeah, I didn't know that
Bree Alred: Yeah, so Ila means moonlight in Turkish, and then we have [00:11:35] ara. So it's like the moonlight that we can bring, and the ara of your own light, and we combine that for wholeness, [00:11:40] which is really neat.
But so our care process really focuses on the [00:11:45] seasons that the moon will usher in. You think of winter, what are we doing in winter? Winter, we're [00:11:50] hunkering down. We're calming things down. We're resting. We're doing things. We're [00:11:55] normalizing. Do you know what I mean? And helping through that initial healing process.
So for some people, they do have an [00:12:00] injury, and we may be working in winter to okay, let's calm down, allow the [00:12:05] inflammatory process to do what it needs to do, but then start waking musculature up to help [00:12:10] support this healing process. Then we move into phase two, which is spring.
What's starting to happen in [00:12:15] spring? Do you know what I mean? Things are waking up. Things are starting to grow, so we're gonna be bringing in more [00:12:20] strength. We're gonna be bringing in more mobility work. We're gonna be bringing that in. Once we hit summer, we're [00:12:25] really in our like, we're building strength.
We're really pulling in the foundations for [00:12:30] what your body is needing to your desired activities that you wanna get back to. So I'm gonna treat people [00:12:35] differently if their goal is to walk recreationally [00:12:40] versus if their goal is to be a CrossFit weightlifter competitively, right? So we're [00:12:45] gonna we're gonna be grading that based on your desired goals and your desired activities that you wanna get [00:12:50] back to.
And then we go a step further where we say into fall. So [00:12:55] in summer, we could really say, "Okay, things are treated." Like you're getting-- You're back to the activities [00:13:00] that you want to do. When we go to fall, we actually work for prevention and a [00:13:05] real cure that it's okay, we have now given you a lot of buffer room to where it's here's [00:13:10] your level of what you need to be doing, and we're gonna buffer you so that your abilities are beyond that.[00:13:15]
So all of a sudden, something doesn't go great. Do you know what I mean? We've got a lot of wiggle room and a lot of [00:13:20] buffer so that this injury is not coming back.
George Wright III: I love the philosophy you have because [00:13:25] I think especially when it comes to healing and health overall and things, a lot of times people are so short-term [00:13:30] minded. They're like, "I just wanna have a symptom relief," or whatever. But it really is a journey, right? It's-- [00:13:35] I've been heavy into a lot of optimization lately for men, right?
And it, it really [00:13:40] is a journey. So I like how you do that, and it also helps to understand what phase you're [00:13:45] at. And I can tell and I've had a lot of, through some of our research for the show, people tell us you, you [00:13:50] have a very whole person but one-on-one approach when it comes to [00:13:55] long-term outcomes with, especially with the amount of people that you have.
But you also talk about [00:14:00] healing begins with education and, really understanding your body [00:14:05] and those things for the first critical step. So that to me indicates that y- you're also [00:14:10] very very high on the idea of helping people to self-educate on what they need to do. What do you do [00:14:15] with individuals on that?
'Cause that is not something you typically hear at a clinic. It's let's come do therapy or do what [00:14:20] we're doing," but you're really heavily into education. So talk to me about that.
Bree Alred: Yeah. We [00:14:25] have lots of platforms for education. We've got the one-on-one setting where we have people come in for [00:14:30] visits. We do workshops often. We're doing some more podcasts and getting different things out there to be [00:14:35] able to educate people on how they can help their body. And like our, one of our [00:14:40] biggest missions, and you said it earlier, is to empower individuals to live their best life [00:14:45] possible, right?
George Wright III: Yeah, I love it. You're
Bree Alred: everybody to do that
George Wright III: Yeah, you're c- [00:14:50] you're launching your podcast. Healing From The Core, you guys gotta be watching out for that because this is gonna be an [00:14:55] amazing podcast. I'm curious, with the crazy busy schedule you have, we'll [00:15:00] take a second and talk about this, what made you decide to launch a podcast?
[00:15:05] Other than the obvious that you just really wanna get more message out [00:15:10] there. Is that the core reason? Or what
Bree Alred: It really is. It really is because there are [00:15:15] so many women, and we'll just-- And like little plugs, men have pelvic floors too, so they can have [00:15:20] dysfunction. So we also treat men. It's just with childbearing and [00:15:25] menopause and periods and things, women tend to have more dysfunction in this area. But I'm [00:15:30] really-- I'm like, there are so many people that I'm like, I can't tell you how many times in my clinic I'm [00:15:35] like, "If I'd only known this sooner.
If I could have only come to see you. If I-- If my doctor would've [00:15:40] known that you were the person that I needed to see." And we're trying to just get right in people's [00:15:45] phones or computers so that it's like they have access to the knowledge that [00:15:50] it's like, "Oh my gosh, this is me. I need to be here." And so they can get the [00:15:55] help where they need as soon as possible so that we're not having years and years of dysfunction.
George Wright III: Yeah, I [00:16:00] love it 'cause you have some amazing conversations coming up. People are gonna be able to learn from your podcast. [00:16:05] And I think you just hit something that I would love to have you comment a little more on, which is [00:16:10] there are symptoms that women should not ignore and [00:16:15] that could be something that can be very preventative if they start to notice them early on.
So could [00:16:20] you talk maybe about some of those and what you meant by that?
Bree Alred: Yeah, for sure. I'm like [00:16:25] really the-- one of the main obvious ones is if you're leaking urine at any point, [00:16:30] small, because we say urine leakage is any unwanted, do you know what I mean, [00:16:35] leakage of urine. That is incontinence. Versus we think of incontinence as these [00:16:40] women, do you know what I mean, like way old, in Depends.
Do you know what I mean? It's a big
George Wright III: Which is [00:16:45] also why it's probably embarrassing and things, and nervous topic, right?
Bree Alred: Who goes around talking about [00:16:50] that they pee their pants? And people may joke about it, but it's like we don't all actually admit to it.
George Wright III: [00:16:55] So that's a serious symptom though, that even as a little symptom, it's better to say something. [00:17:00] So that's important
Bree Alred: Yeah, absolutely. Another thing, really going through menopause, [00:17:05] I can't tell you how many women start to struggle with so many symptoms around this time. [00:17:10] We get changes in the vaginal tissues that create dryness and pain, and we [00:17:15] it affects intimacy, it affects marriages, and there's so much [00:17:20] d- just encompassed
George Wright III: ' cause this turns into relationship, communication mindset. [00:17:25] We look at this epidemic of, depression and anxiety and things, and those are all just, [00:17:30] manifestations of symptoms that might be occurring in another area, right?
Bree Alred: Yes, [00:17:35] absolutely
George Wright III: it is interesting that a lot of what's happening in your [00:17:40] day-to-day life may be indirectly or directly related to [00:17:45] some of these things, which is why I think even the podcast is a great topic.
Are there other things that you're thinking [00:17:50] of that are symptoms they should be aware of?
Bree Alred: Okay. Pressure in the vagina. [00:17:55] I know there's little things where there's a condition called prolapse where we have the bowel, [00:18:00] the bladder, or sometimes the uterus in women where it will fall into the [00:18:05] vaginal canal. People that have grown up on farms are very familiar with what prolapse is.
They're like, "I've seen [00:18:10] this in animals often." And it's it can happen to us as women, and if we're starting to feel some [00:18:15] pressures in this area, it's very treatable early on, and if we wait till it's super severe, often will [00:18:20] require surgery for treatment. Like it goes beyond even what I can do
George Wright III: Yeah. So [00:18:25] I'm... W- let's hit the obvious question here is if somebody's nervous or they're [00:18:30] embarrassed about something that they are now starting to notice, what do you say [00:18:35] to women? What can you say to them to really help them to understand, obviously [00:18:40] not so much that it's just, it's not just you, but h- how do you t- how do you talk to them to ease that [00:18:45] comfort and nervousness?
Bree Alred: Yeah. And I'm pretty sure I've said it a million times already in our [00:18:50] conversation, right? But I always tell people, I'm like, "What is common," do you know what I mean, "is not always normal." [00:18:55] And so you start thinking for every complaint that you're having, I can [00:19:00] guarantee there's hundreds or thousands of other women having the same complaint, [00:19:05] but they're not talking about it.
And we've also been told that it's like, "Oh, [00:19:10] that's just part of postpartum. That's just part of menopause. That's just part of," [00:19:15] do you know what I mean, "keep going, of being a woman." I even laugh. It's like there's a [00:19:20] barn up here in, in Cache Valley, Utah, where we're at, that on the back of it, it s- says, "Dr.
[00:19:25] Pierce's favorite prescription, a women's tonic," right? And it was just one of those where it's like [00:19:30] hysteria. Do you know what I mean? All of these things just historically, like women have [00:19:35] been told they're crazy. And we're doing better as a medical system [00:19:40] at realizing like these women aren't crazy.
There's actually science and [00:19:45] physiological changes underlying this, and it can be helped now. And [00:19:50] so let's start the conversation. Start talking. We all have girlfriends. Do you know what I mean? [00:19:55] And sometimes it's "Hey, have you ever and they're like, "Oh my gosh, yes, I have." Start those [00:20:00] conversations, and then all of a sudden there's somebody else that pipes in and says, "I saw so and so for this, [00:20:05] and it really helped," and it gets those conversations started.
So some of it is just being a little bit [00:20:10] vulnerable. If nothing else, talking to your medical providers about them and [00:20:15] starting to, do you know what I mean, share podcasts, look at information online, because it's [00:20:20] starting to be researched way more, and they're realizing that it's like the female body is so [00:20:25] complex, and up to date, it really hasn't been studied because of such, [00:20:30] the the complexity.
And now science is starting to say we can't ignore this [00:20:35] complexity anymore. Let's get these people help."
George Wright III: Yeah, [00:20:40] I love, and even with the power of education and information and the internet and AI and everything now it- we're [00:20:45] learning more, we're growing more, solutions are happening more, but it always just boils down to, I li- I love how you [00:20:50] said it, starting a conversation. That, that is actually i- in my opinion, even in [00:20:55] every area of business, personal life, communication, I've noticed over the years, is it always [00:21:00] boils back to just a little courage to start a conversation.
You don't have to, try to attack the [00:21:05] problem. You don't have to do these things. But having a conversation is where it all starts, and, that involves a little bit of [00:21:10] courage, a little bit of vulnerability, but it's also knowing that... That's why I love that you're doing [00:21:15] the podcast, 'cause conversations is where people can start to relate.
But knowing that there are [00:21:20] answers out there. Do you have any particular suggestions of simple, healthy habits [00:21:25] that women can start doing right now to help with their pelvic floor as well as even [00:21:30] health in general?
Bree Alred: So many. I'll stay within my realm a little bit
George Wright III: All right. All
Bree Alred: [00:21:35] sphere, and there's so many beyond that, right? But I would even just say from a health perspective, eat your [00:21:40] fruits and veggies. Like number one from male health perspective, you're getting fiber and good [00:21:45] nutrition, and drink your water.
There you go.
George Wright III: Hydration, no question. Got it. Yeah
Bree Alred: yeah. [00:21:50] Yeah. So some real three simple, easy ones there. But from a pelvic floor [00:21:55] standpoint if I could give people advice, it's don't hold your breath.
So much [00:22:00] downward pressure on your body, and then if you lift in addition to that, you're just [00:22:05] magnifying that force downward on your body.
And so I always [00:22:10] tell tell my clients, I'm like, "Exhale with the effort, girl." "You've got this," right? It's like breathe [00:22:15] out wherever it's hard
George Wright III: It's a nuance that you don't think about. I, it really surprises me that's one [00:22:20] of the things you came up with, don't hold your breath. But it's actually a it's actually a great statement because people know what you're [00:22:25] talking about, right? Yeah. Okay, if you could leave women...
We've got a few more things I wanna kinda [00:22:30] ask you, but if you could leave women with a message about their health or confidence, and it was, like, one thing that you [00:22:35] just, you really felt was important for them or anybody listening to this to really get, [00:22:40] what would it be?
Bree Alred: You know what's wrong with you
[00:22:45] We know, d- and I think this is true for everyone, like [00:22:50] even if you've been told otherwise, like you know when something's not right, and keep searching [00:22:55] until you find the answers that you need. So trust that
George Wright III: [00:23:00] Yeah, I agree. And you know what? I loved your common theme here, which is, don't [00:23:05] accept that pain or common is [00:23:10] normal, right? Is-- Because y- I say on on, on my podcast all the [00:23:15] time, it's never too late to start living the life you're meant to live. But that life requires you [00:23:20] to be aware and take action and do things because I love what you just said.
You [00:23:25] know what's wrong. You really do. So tell everybody about the screening [00:23:30] protocol that you wanted to make available to listeners, because I thought that was important. I appreciate you doing that. Let's talk about that.
Bree Alred: [00:23:35] Yeah. A lot of people are like, "How do I know if I should come see you?" And so we've got a little freebie that we'll [00:23:40] hand out that's a little questionnaire that's okay, if you mark more yes to three or more of the [00:23:45] questions, you need to be looking for a pelvic floor physical therapist, [00:23:50] and I would love to be your gal.
But there are several of this, several of us [00:23:55] across, do you know what I mean? The nation and internationally as well. This is growing [00:24:00] field and people are passionate about it, and so I'm like, "Get help sooner than [00:24:05] later if you're answering yes to three or more of those
George Wright III: Yeah, I love it. This, so this if [00:24:10] you're listening to this, the pelvic dys- dysfunction screening protocol. I think it's called COSYGNE. Is that what it's called?
Bree Alred: The [00:24:15] cosine. Yep
George Wright III: COSYGNE pelvic dysfunction screening protocol. So the idea here is this is [00:24:20] really tangible for you. You can answer some questions, and if you have three or more of these things that [00:24:25] present themselves, that you really should research this and get in- get involved.
H- hit up Bre or someone [00:24:30] that you can connect with. And I'm gonna put a link in the show notes so that individuals can get [00:24:35] that and take that. I think it's very critical. Where's the best place for them to connect with you, Bre? Where's [00:24:40] the easiest place
Bree Alred: Probably our website, ilarapelvichealth.com. There's so much great [00:24:45] information. We're doing lots of up-and-coming exciting things and growing our clinic, and we've [00:24:50] got great practitioners all that have genuinely personally been vetted and trained by me. [00:24:55] And we're excited by where we're going and getting some more virtual and online options for people [00:25:00] that aren't close as well.
George Wright III: Yeah, that is great, and that's good to hear. And you guys really are growing and [00:25:05] expanding. There's everything from, education and opportunities and everything to be working with you, so I encourage you [00:25:10] guys to, to check that out. What I'll do Bre, is I'll put links in the show notes.
In [00:25:15] fact guys, if you're listening to this, we have a cool new podcast that she's got coming out, so we'll put some [00:25:20] links to that as well as the link to the screening protocol. Take that quiz. And overall, I just [00:25:25] appreciate you coming down. This is not a topic that I would say I've normally done an interview on, but at the same [00:25:30] token, it's not a topic that's talked about, and yet there are thousands and [00:25:35] million-- there's millions of women that are having these struggles.
So I really appreciate you opening up the [00:25:40] conversation, and I felt like that's why I wanted to have you here as well too. So is there anything else that you wanna mention before we end our [00:25:45] show?
Bree Alred: It's a great question. I think we've [00:25:50] touched base on a lot of it, but I just really, I'm like, we are an important [00:25:55] part of our own health, and so I go back to that you know when something's wrong. [00:26:00] You know when you need to do something about it. And part of our [00:26:05] goal is to help with that knowing so that it's empowering you to be able to continue to [00:26:10] heal and to heal yourself and to have the tools to maintain that so that we're [00:26:15] really going for a cure.
We're not going for you're gonna come back and see me three months from [00:26:20] now again, right? It's no, we want this to be like you have healed, and you now have the [00:26:25] tools to continue to grow and to continue to apply the principles in your life
George Wright III: I love it. I love [00:26:30] it because it's not about just maintaining and treating some symptoms. It's really about complete [00:26:35] healing. I love that. So okay, guys, thanks for tuning in today. I hope you've learned something. I [00:26:40] hope it, at a minimum, it inspires you, gives you some courage to do something, or if you know someone or you [00:26:45] have someone that you know is dealing with, pain and discomfort that you'll do something about it.
I think it's a good, it's a good [00:26:50] message for you to be aware of. So thanks for joining us today. I look forward to talking with you soon. Make sure you [00:26:55] share this show, and we'll talk with you soon. Once again, this is George Wright III. Have an amazing day
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