Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support - APOPS

11/25/2025

It is critical we move the pelvic organ prolapse awareness needle forward on both patient and diagnostic practitioner sides of the fence. Neither silence nor stigma are acceptable in the POP space.

11/24/2025

Splinting is a relatively unknown term in the women's health space until you experience . Then it can becomes a part of your routine.

I hate ads in articles, but this is a simple breakdown on vaginal splinting in order to defecate.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/vaginal-splinting-1945071

Vaginal splinting can ease constipation and help you p**p. It refers to pressing a finger against the vaginal wall to help move a stool out of the body.

11/21/2025

TGIF

11/20/2025

Back in 2010 when I founded APOPS, there was barely a whisper of research online about . So much has changed.

There’s been a shift in mindset from evaluation of purely anatomical POP measurements to recognition of the value of including patient-reported symptoms. Want to know the reality of health conditions - ask the patient.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38727752/

11/19/2025

APOPS was happy to bridge with American Urological Association and Urology Care Foundation on this shout out during Bladder Health Awareness Month. There are pandemic numbers of women experiencing bladder health issues. Brush the stigma off and openly discuss these health issues straight on with your physician. There's lots of treatment options now. POP can make your bladder really angry.



https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNXHcSET88/

11/19/2025

Women reporting pain in the pelvic zone are rarely screened for POP on the diagnostic practitioner side of the equation. In APOPS space they mention experiencing pain with pelvic organ prolapse and are sometimes advised by subspecialists that POP does not cause pain. They will be happy to see this research validation.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-025-06348-y

Purpose To investigate the coexistence of pelvic pain, bladder, and bowel symptoms in women with pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and possible surgical symptom cure. Methods A secondary analysis of the PROPEL study (gov-Identifier: NCT00638235) data was conducted to compare symptom prevalence preoperativ...

11/18/2025

If you asked women whether they wanted to have knowledge of the damage that can occur to their bodies as a result of childbirth, would they say they want to know ahead of the curve or after the fact?

Having a baby is engenders so much joy. Friends and family celebrate. Everyone assumes that moms are in a state of post birthing bliss. Despite common knowledge of the difficulties of childbirth, the world-at-large moves on pretending once the initial physical pain of childbirth is past, the body magically heals itself. Birthing can be a reality check for most birthing women.

When will society openly acknowledge the reality to move women's health awareness forward? Love this straight up study by DeLancy tribe.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11177602/

11/14/2025

Sharing the poster details from the MCW Community Engagement Poster Session with you all! The voices of women experiencing pelvic organ prolapse are such a critical aspect of APOPS efforts to advance awareness, screening, practice, and policy into the 21st century!

11/12/2025

APOPS has patients in our following who have spinal cord injury, MS, Parkinsons, and bladder exstrophy. This upcoming gene therapy for neurogenic detrusor overactivity related urinary incontinence sounds promising.

https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/precision-medicine/gene-therapy-targeting-incontinence-shows-promise-in-patients/

A gene therapy to treat urinary incontinence associated with spinal cord injury reduced episodes by 88% at the lowest dose after 12 weeks.

11/12/2025

If you were experiencing one of these symptoms, would you share your concerns with your intimate partner, just lay there and take it to make your partner happy, or abstain from intimacy?

When the shroud of silence is removed from POP, it will be easier for women to understand what is occurring with their bodies and men to understand the "why" of sexual shutdown in relationships.

11/11/2025

Isn't it time we increase awareness of pelvic organ prolapse so women will be informed ahead of the curve?