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more than one kind of urinary incontinence: the two most common types of urinary incontinence that affect women are stress incontinence and urge incontinence (also called overactive bladder, or OAB). Stress Incontinence: urine leaking with physical...
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More About Urinary Incontinence and Physical Therapy Urinary Incontinence Under the Radar: Part 2 Welcome back for Part 2! November is Bladder Health Awareness month, and Femina PT would like to shine light on something that tends to go understated,...
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incontinence affects up to 1 in 3 women. The two most common types of urinary incontinence that affect women are stress incontinence and urge incontinence (also called overactive bladder, or OAB). Incontinence affects twice as many women as men. This...
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more than one kind of urinary incontinence: the two most common types of urinary incontinence that affect women are stress incontinence and urge incontinence (also called overactive bladder, or OAB). Treatments that help in preventing urinary...
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- Author: Staff
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What's the Link Between Urinary Incontinence and Postpartum Depression? Postpartum Depression is a medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act. It typically arises due to a combination of hormonal changes,...
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among females 40 years and older. Participants in the yoga therapy group also reported an average 85% decrease in stress incontinence frequency compared to a 25% increase in controls.1 A yoga based program to address urinary incontinence may be a good...
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- Author: Kasia Gondek, PT, DPT, CSCS
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Involuntary loss of urine during athletics is more common than you thought Athletic incontinence is a type of stress incontinence that happens during an athletic event. Stress incontinence is an involuntary loss of urine due to a pressure or force like...
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- Author: Staff
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Postpartum Recovery Series Part 5 Managing Urinary Incontinence After Childbirth Urinary incontinence is the unwanted leakage of urine, also known as accidental bladder leakage. There are a few main types. Stress urinary incontinence is leakage...
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more than one kind of urinary incontinence: the two most common types of urinary incontinence that affect women are stress incontinence and urge incontinence (also called overactive bladder, or OAB). Stress Incontinence: urine leaking with physical...
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- Author: Staff
- Category: Blog
What causes incontinence during pregnancy? There are many causes for incontinence during pregnancy and postpartum. Some of the proposed factors are: hormonal changes, pelvic floor muscle and connective tissue modifications, bladder neck widening (due...
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Let's Talk Pilates for Urinary Incontinence and Low Back Pain "Physical Therapy is the first line of treatment for any type of urinary incontinence." Incontinence, or unwanted urinary leakage, is commonly experienced by women, especially during...
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You feel it coming, but you can’t stop it; that twitch in your pelvic floor perfectly timed to your sudden cough or sneeze, or the confirmation you’ve pushed that pigeon pose a little too far. Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) – involuntary leakage...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
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inability to control the bladder. There can be different triggers that may cause the leakage such as a sneeze/laugh (stress incontinence) or when there is a sudden and strong urge to urinate (urge incontinence). 16.9% of men and women have a diagnosis...
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Wondering why you should be doing Kegels? In my early days of being a pelvic floor PT, I was convinced I had the answer to all the woes of the pelvic floor. One word – Kegels. As I’ve developed professionally, I certainly realized Kegels have their...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
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Incontinencehttps://feminapt.com/diagnoses/incontinence
Incontinence is the inability to control bodily functions resulting in the loss of urine or feces. Physical therapy treatments are important to restore the normal bladder and bowel functions through strengthening, use of behavioral modification...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Diagnoses
"Girls’ Night Out" Showcased InControl Medical's Fabulous Products Hosted by Femina PT at LA's Big and Tiny Three expert speakers chatted and answered questions on female pelvic and sexual health. One of our major sponsors was InControl Medical, the...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
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Lasers And My Vagina?!?https://feminapt.com/blog/lasers-and-my-vagina
Lasers And My Vagina - Do They Really Belong Together? A Breakdown of common Energy Based Devices Marketed for your Vagina Risks and Possible Benefits In the past decade, nonsurgical devices using radio-frequencies, lasers, and infrared light have been...
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Your Stress Levels Affect your Bowel Movements and Vice Versa Psychological stress affects your bowels. Perhaps you know this through personal experience, but research in the past decade has strengthened the link between stress and bowel problems...
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Get Fit Without Leaking!https://feminapt.com/blog/get-fit-without-leaking
Many people start like to start the new year off with exercise regimens and plans to lose weight. Unfortunately, often times women who start exercise programs to lose weight also lose their ability to control of their bladders and experience urine...
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Abby Moore of the website mindbodygreen reached out to me about postpartum stress urinary incontinence and I was glad to offer my advice. Here is a brief synopsis of the article along with a link to the full article below. Heather Jeffcoat, DPT...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Mindbodygreen