Key Opinion Leader
BY DR. MARGO KWIATKOWSKI, PT, DPT, CSCS, PCES
Intimina
Margo is currently acting as a member of the medical board for Intimina for all things pelvic floor therapy. She works with Intimina to provide and promote educational information about pelvic health. Margo and Intimina are passionate about normalizing discussions about traditionally taboo topics including menstruation, sexual wellness, and pelvic pain. Intimina reached out to Margo to help represent their company by providing evidence based information about kegels, menopause, prolapse, and stress urinary incontinence. For the following year Margo is also acting as a Key Opinions Leader for Initimina.
Pessaries:
An in-depth discussion
BY DR. MARGO KWIATKOWSKI, PT, DPT, CSCS, PCES
& JOHN SHRUM, Director of Sales at Bioteque America Inc.
Bioteque America - 30 Years
Margo and John discuss all things pessary. What they are, why Bioteque products are superior, how to care for a pessary, and more. They also spoke about how to find the best provider to help you, and how to know if you found the right pessary. The most thrilling news is that 3D printed pessaries are “closer to reality than not.”
Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Not the postpartum recovery you expected
BY LEXI MILES CORRIN, Founder of WAXON
& NIKKI BERGEN, Creator of The Belle Method and The Bump Method Inc.
We Go There Podcast
Margo Kwiatkowski had her first child, a boy, in the summer of 2021 and soon after discovered she had pelvic organ prolapse. She has spent the last 6 months sharing her personal experience and professional knowledge about prolapse on Instagram. Prolapse affects a large group of women but can feel taboo to talk about. You’re not alone if you’re experiencing prolapse and there is hope! You can get back to the things you love and you don’t have to lose the activities you used to enjoy. Margo shares hope for all who may be experiencing prolapse and those who are worried they may develop prolapse.
Bounce-back culture: Why new mums are expected to 'snap back'
BY AMANDA RUGGERI, Editor of BBC Future,
2019 EMS Journalist Award Winner
BBC FUTURE - Family Tree
Margo Kwiatkowski, an orthopaedic and pelvic floor physiotherapist in Ventura, California, points to the popular use of belly binders – compression belts for the abdomen that some women use after birth. "They're not going to shrink your belly," she says. But her dislike goes beyond that. "A lot of the belly binders that are sold online and marketed to post-partum people are legitimately like a corset", she says, which can potentially make a prolapse worse.
What do we know about strength training, prolapse, and prolapse symptoms?
BY DR. MARGO KWIATKOWSKI, PT, DPT, CSCS, PCES
SRC HEALTH BLOG
When I was diagnosed with pelvic organ prolapse after the delivery of my first child, I became frozen with fear. I was afraid of lifting, walking, coughing, and standing. I was afraid of movement. Many people who experience prolapse also have this fear of movement because they worry it might worsen their prolapse or the symptoms that come with it. Nearly half of women surveyed by Marques, et al noted that they had stopped exercise they had been doing previously due to pelvic floor symptoms. Of that group, 37% were because of prolapse symptoms. because This statistic makes me incredibly sad that so many people have made drastic life changes of prolapse….