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Leaking in your short shorts
While we all want to be leak free, it takes a while to get there. Strengthening your pelvic floor muscles, losing weight, or even having surgery...
Too embarrassed about symptoms to see the doctor?
There are many reasons that women don’t go to the doctor. I frequently hear, “I was just too embarrassed about my symptoms to come earlier." While...
Do I need to know the right medical words?
Last week, I met a new patient in my office. She was super-worried about using the correct terminology to describe her symptoms and this had kept...
Emptying after a bladder sling
Anytime I do anything to treat bladder leakage, it changes the way you empty. You may not have thought about this. But a medication, a procedure,...
Urge suppression
Urge suppression is a pelvic floor muscle technique to help with leaking from urgency incontinence (or OAB). To do it, you need some patience, some...
The Knack
The “knack” is known by lots of other names like the pelvic clutch, bracing, and “squeeze before you sneeze.” The pelvic clutch may be the most...
What are the pelvic floor muscles?
We talk about the pelvic floor muscles and kegels a lot. But I often wonder if most women really know what I am talking about. I never heard...
Alternative treatments for OAB
There are lots of treatments for overactive bladder but not all of the treatments appeal to everyone. You might be looking for something that feels...
Bladder nerve stimulations: more treatments for the bladder
Overactive bladder (OAB) is so common. We think that more than 35 million Americans have it. We don’t really understand exactly why this happens. ...
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