Health
Men Have Pelvic Floors Too!
Men Have Pelvic Floors Too!
Do you know a man in your life who is struggling with bladder control? Does your husband, father, son, boyfriend dribble in between trips to the bathroom? OR have to urgently find a bathroom? Or do you yourself find it hard to get your stream started, or completely empty your bladder? Has an important male in your life had changes to pain in his low back, pelvis, or genitals? Have they had a recent surgery or injury to the abdomen, low back, pelvis, or hip? All of these symptoms and situations can be related to the pelvis and pelvic floor.
The first thing most people think of in these cases is the prostate. But the pelvic floor can also be a huge factor. While women may hear about their pelvic floor from an early age, men rarely have any education regarding this personal area. While there are some differences in anatomy (women have more muscles but in a man there is one muscle which is much larger to compensate), many of the principles of pelvic floor therapy are the same. It is common for men who have a prostate procedure to have bladder symptoms. Many of them will benefit from pelvic floor physiotherapy and education.
Just like women, incontinence can be from a weak pelvic floor, or commonly from an overactive one. Muscles that just don’t relax enough can stop the bladder from completely emptying, or even getting started. This can contribute to other issues as that urine is stopped up in a longer urethra, leading to irritation. Muscles which are too weak can result in dribbling in between bathroom visits, urgency or stress incontinence.
Changes to the structures and mechanics of the pelvis, low back, and hip from a fall or surgery can create changes in sitting and moving with a resulting change in a previously normal pelvis and surrounding muscles which can create change in muscle tension and activity, or nerve irritation and give symptoms of pain or urgency or incontinence.
Determining what state the muscles of the pelvic floor, abdomen, low back, and hips as well as the mechanics of the pelvis, low back and hip are in is the first step. Appropriate relaxation, lengthening or strengthening of the muscles as well as correcting the mechanics is the second step. Applying these principles to everyday life is the final stage. The best way to start is to have a proper pelvic floor assessment and then head in the right direction.
If you have a person in your life that has had any changes in their bladder function, please give them a nudge to have an assessment. We would love to help them improve their function, and ultimately quality of life!
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New report warns WHO health rules erode Canada’s democracy and Charter rights
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has released a new report titled Canada’s Surrender of Sovereignty: New WHO health regulations undermine Canadian democracy and Charter freedoms. Authored by Nigel Hannaford, a veteran journalist and researcher, the report warns that Canada’s acceptance of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) revised International Health Regulations (IHR) represents a serious erosion of national independence and democratic accountability.
The IHR amendments, which took effect on September 19, 2025, authorize the WHO Director-General to declare global “health emergencies” that could require Canada to follow directives from bureaucrats in Geneva, bypassing the House of Commons and the will of Canadian voters.
The WHO regards these regulations as “binding,” despite having no ability or legal authority to impose such regulations. Even so, Canada is opting to accept the regulations as binding.
By accepting the WHO’s revised IHR, the report explains, Canada has relinquished its own control over future health crises and instead has agreed to let the WHO determine when a “pandemic emergency” exists and what Canada must do to respond to it, after which Canada must report back to the WHO.
In fact, under these International Health Regulations, the WHO could demand countries like Canada impose stringent freedom-violating health policies, such as lockdowns, vaccine mandates, or travel restrictions without debate, evidence review, or public accountability, the report explains.
Once the WHO declares a “Pandemic Emergency,” member states are obligated to implement such emergency measures “without delay” for a minimum of three months.
Importantly, following these WHO directives would undermine government accountability as politicians may hide behind international “commitments” to justify their actions as “simply following international rules,” the report warns.
Canada should instead withdraw from the revised IHR, following the example of countries like Germany, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, and the United States. The report recommends continued international cooperation without surrendering control over domestic health policies.
Constitutional lawyer Allison Pejovic said, “[b]y treating WHO edicts as binding, the federal government has effectively placed Canadian sovereignty on loan to an unelected international body.”
“Such directives, if enforced, would likely violate Canadians’ Charter rights and freedoms,” she added.
Mr. Hannaford agreed, saying, “Canada’s health policies must be made in Canada. No free and democratic nation should outsource its emergency powers to unelected bureaucrats in Geneva.”
The Justice Centre urges Canadians to contact their Members of Parliament and demand they support withdrawing from the revised IHR to restore Canadian sovereignty and reject blind compliance with WHO directives.
Health
For Anyone Planning on Getting or Mandating Others to Get an Influenza Vaccine (Flu Shot)
For anyone contemplating getting an influenza vaccine (flu shot) or planning to pressure or mandate someone else to get one:
A meta-analysis of existing flu shot studies of healthy children by Cochrane (effectively owned by vaccine zealot Bill Gates) concluded that despite decades of published studies, it “could find no convincing evidence that [flu] vaccines can reduce mortality, hospital admissions, serious complications, or community transmission of influenza.”
Read that carefully: no convincing evidence—none—that flu shots lowered the chances of dying, being admitted to the hospital, suffering serious complications from the flu, or transmitting the flu to others.
In fact, studies have found those vaccinated for flu have a statistically significant increased rate of respiratory illnesses. Meaning, it increases the risk of having other respiratory illnesses.
For example, a placebo-controlled efficacy (not safety) study by researchers at the University of Hong Kong compared children receiving influenza vaccine with those who did not receive the vaccine. The study found no statistical difference in the rate of influenza between the groups but did find the vaccinated had a four times increased rate of non-influenza infections (“recipients had an increased risk of virologically confirmed non-influenza infections (relative risk: 4.40; 95% confidence interval: 1.31-14.8)”).
As another example, researchers at Columbia University found that the risk of “influenza in individuals during the 14-day post-vaccination period was similar to unvaccinated individuals during the same period (HR 0.96, 95% CI [0.60, 1.52])” but that the risk of “non-influenza respiratory pathogens was higher [in the vaccinated individuals] during the same period (HR 1.65, 95% CI [1.14, 2.38]).”
A study by the Cleveland Clinic of 53,402 of its employees across multiple states even found an increased risk of influenza among those vaccinated for influenza, explaining that the “cumulative incidence of influenza was similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated states early, but over the course of the study the cumulative incidence of influenza increased more rapidly among the vaccinated than the unvaccinated.”
I discuss these and other studies in my book, Vaccines, Amen.
That said: get a flu shot, don’t get a fu shot. That’s freedom. Everyone should be free to choose. But nobody should be coerced to get this or any medical product, especially, ironically, when the data reflects it has a net overall increase in infections.
If you do choose to get this product and are injured, you are always free to call our firm to represent you in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
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