Women's Health

The Women's Health Foundation was founded by Missy Lavender.

A Northwestern MBA, Missy enjoyed a successful career in real estate and investment management. After the forceps delivery of her first child, she experienced prolonged post-partum incontinence - a double whammy of both stress and urge incontinence. Surgery did not completely solve the problem. She found that information and choices of therapies were not clear or easily available. Not the long-suffering-in-silence type, Missy decided to take her life back. Using the focus, determination, and organizing savvy she brought to a business career, she now turned toward helping herself and other women regain control of their pelvic health and fitness, thereby getting their lives back. And so, from Missy's post-partum experience, the Women's Health Foundation was born.

Our Mission: To improve the pelvic health and fitness of all women.

History
When the results of Missy Lavender's original treatment for post-partum incontinence proved unsatisfactory, she began researching treatment options. She soon became aware of the limited number of treatment options and the lack of promising research that was underway. This seemed totally unacceptable, especially considering the huge number of women who experience all of the life-dampening conditions of incontinence.

Missy began speaking out: to Congress, about the lack of research dollars for bladder disease; and to women, about their pelvic health and fitness. She has become a major advocate for more--and more easily available--options.

And she has created her own solution for the benefit of other women: The Total Control™ program for physical and pelvic fitness. It is the first collaboration between medical specialists, physiotherapists, and personal trainers to tackle the issue of female incontinence. Total Control™ is more than an exercise program to build up and maintain strong and healthy pelvic function. The program also includes diet recommendations and helpful information that enables women to free themselves and regain total control of their bodies and lives. We plan to make Total Control™ a nationally available resource.