If you've ever leaked urine when you coughed, laughed, sneezed, exercised, or felt a sudden urge to get to the bathroom, you're not alone. Urinary leakage affects millions of people of all ages, and while it's common, it's not something you simply have to live with. One of the most effective tools pelvic floor physical therapists use to help patients regain bladder control is biofeedback. If you've heard the term but aren't sure what it means—or if you're wondering whether it

Pregnancy can make getting a good night’s sleep surprisingly difficult. Between finding a comfortable position, getting up to use the bathroom, pelvic or back pain, heartburn, baby movement, and a brain that suddenly wants to think about everything at 2 a.m., restful sleep may feel harder to come by as pregnancy progresses. While an occasional rough night is a normal part of life, consistently poor sleep during pregnancy may affect more than just how tired you feel the next d

If you've ever been to pelvic floor physical therapy, you've probably noticed that your therapist (with a nerdy gleam in their eye) keeps talking about breathing. A lot. But why? Are we just super into yoga? Do we think we’re auditioning for a role as a meditation guru or opera diva? Nope. It turns out that how you breathe has everything to do with how well your pelvic floor and core function. And as pelvic floor PTs, we just can’t help but geek out over it! The Diaphragm & P