Posture for Easier Bowel Movements

Posture for Easier Bowel Movements

No matter your background, lifestyle or career path pretty much everyone has something in common. We all poop.  Some indigenous cultures move their bowels while in a full squat. This is a similar position that toddlers naturally use, especially during the early potty training stages. Most moms who have gone through the potty training stage…

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. About 14,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year in the United States. Early detection is key as this particular disease tends to spread fast and quietly. Cervical cancer generally has no signs or symptoms until the later stages. Prevention and early detection has shown to dramatically reduce…

What is Interstitial Cystitis?

What is Interstitial Cystitis?

Bladder dysfunction is common and it’s important to differentiate what is causing your symptoms as there is some overlap between diagnoses. Interstitial Cystitis (IC) is used to describe many things. Two of the primary things being painful bladder syndrome and chronic pelvic pain. Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms Interstitial cystitis occurs in both male and females. Symptoms…

Quick Bladder Tips

Quick Bladder Tips

Do you leak a little when you laugh, cough, or sneeze? Are you wetting yourself when exercising? If so, it may be that you have a condition known as stress urinary incontinence (SUI). What about urinating more than 5-8 times during the day or the sudden, strong urge to urinate? This would be considered urinary…