About a year ago, I wrote a post about how the pandemic and related life changes can impact the pelvic floor. Today, it is more true than ever. The stress of the holiday season, new covid...
The pandemic pelvic floor muscle tightness
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Healing the painful postpartum perineum
As a urogynecologist, I mostly see women with bladder leaking and pelvic organ prolapse. But did you know that I also see women who have recently delivered a baby? The pelvic floor goes through...
Leaking urine and the impact on sex
How common is leaking? Research has shown that about 40% of women who are 30-50 years old leak urine. About 17% of women who are older than 20 leak. This number includes all women: those who have...
Argh! Why do you leak urine?
Bladder leaking is common. Around 50% of adult women have it- that is a lot of us! This percentage applies to all of us, not just older women, not just fat women, and not just unhealthy women. It...
3 ways a pandemic worsens your pelvic floor
Life is a little different... These are strange times. Everything is just a little different. I have continued to see patients in my urogynecology practice although now with a mask and a face...