Today I speak with Dr. Amanda Olson, DPT, PRPC, a pelvic health specialist, certified Stott Pilates instructor, and RRCA certified running coach. She is the president and chief clinical officer of Intimate Rose where she develops pelvic health products and education. Amanda is passionate about empowering women and men with pelvic health issues including pelvic pain, incontinence, pregnancy, and post-partum issues. Dr. Olson teaches internationally on various pelvic health topics including pelvic floor dysfunction in runners. She has written newspaper and magazine articles on pelvic floor dysfunction, and running and also authored the book Restoring the Pelvic Floor For Women. Her mission is to empower people in the management of their pelvic health. Her motto is that bodies heal and that humor helps. We talk about: -getting into making devices -all pregnancies are different -judgement in pregnancy -the changing body -continuing the research -overactivity causing symptoms -doing what brings you joy Time Stamps 1:00 introduction 2:57 the evolution of pelvic devices  6:30 experience in pregnancy & postpartum 10:40 second guessing yourself 11:56 returning to running 15:39 issues with second pregnancy 19:40 authoring a paper 23:45 gaps in the research 28:45 going past keels 31:53 rapid fire questions CONNECT WITH CARRIE IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/ Website: https://carriepagliano.com CONNECT WITH AMANDA IG: https://www.instagram.com/aolsondpt/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/intimaterose/ Website: www.Intimaterose.com The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)