6 Aug 2025

Wee chat: What you're afraid to ask about your pelvic floor

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 6 August 2025
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It's an issue that affects one-in-three women - or more than 200 million people worldwide - but isn't widely talked about: urinary incontinence.

Dr Jenny Kruger is a researcher in the area of pelvic floor and muscle function and dysfunction in women and has led the Pelvic Floor Research Group at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute since 2011.

Hannah Orr has had over 15 years of experience as a pelvic floor physiotherapist.

Both of them will be part of a panel discussion being held in Auckland for Women's Health Week that looks at everything from incontinence to prolapse and pelvic pain.

They join Susie to talk about moving beyond stigma and what people can do to strengthen their pelvic floor.