Mary O’Dwyer is a pelvic floor physiotherapist, trained at the Universities of Queensland and Melbourne. With more than 30 years clinical and teaching experience Mary is now bringing her expertise to women to help them improve their quality of life.

Everyday in her clinical work Mary heard women’s stories of pelvic floor failure and pain. Through her guidance and physical retraining these women developed life changing self awareness, a feeling of empowerment to control pelvic floor problems and gain a renewed enjoyment of life.

Hoping to reach more women than her professional practice allowed Mary now is a full time educator, author and workshop facilitator. Her current book ‘Hold it Sister’ is set to transform women’s knowledge of their pelvic floor and its central role in the female body.

Mary runs workshops for women about finding and controlling their pelvic floor and teaches the Fitness Industry about the effect of exercise on the female pelvic floor. She has become an advocate for introducing new protocols and safe exercise guidelines into the Fitness Industry for women with Pelvic Floor Dysfunction.

Having witnessed the effect of pelvic floor dysfunction from her patients’ stories, Mary is determined to educate women about their pelvic floor health, to enlighten and empower them in the management of relevant problems, while giving them the confidence to make informed decisions.

New and Updated! Hold it Sister: The Confident Girl's Guide to a Leak Free Life
This book covers all ages, from athletic younger women, through pregnancy and post-birth recovery and into menopause and the older pelvic floor. Practical and written for everyday women this book is based on current research and explains in detail the what, why and how of this important element of women's body knowledge.

If you don't know the 10 Healthy Habits for the pelvic floor and the lifestyle factors that damage it you really need this book. And so does your mother, your girlfriends and your daughters. This book goes way beyond Kegel exercises and will give you a new understanding of pelvic floor health and maintenance. You might even avoid expensive and unnecessary surgery by following the Hold It Sister program

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