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Sipping vs. Gulping: HOW you drink may matter more than HOW MUCH

Water consumption is something we hear a lot about. We all know water is essential for life, and being adequately hydrated has all sorts...

Stop Sabotaging your Immune System (and Pelvic Floor)!

During the cold months we often adopt new habits and unwittingly sabotage the immune system, making illness far more likely. As we've...

Three Ways to Cultivate Gratitude Throughout the Year

Cultivating a sense of gratitude can make us healthier, happier, and more connected to the friends and family around us throughout the...

3 Tips to Get the Most Intolerable Friends and Family to Tolerate Your Food Intolerance

Thanksgiving Food Sensitivity Training: How to explain food allergies, food sensitivities, and dietary choices to even the biggest...

Painful Intercourse and IC: The Unspoken Symptom

When we think about IC, we think about urinary symptoms - urgency, frequency, and getting up to use the bathroom at night - and bladder,...

The AUA Guidelines for IC: What your Urologist Could be Recommending

The American Urological Association (AUA) listed their first Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis in 2011....

Interstitial Cystitis or Chronic Prostatitis in Men: Is there a (meaningful) difference?

There is a great deal of confusion between chronic prostatitis and interstitial cystitis. They have very similar symptoms, diagnostic...

Pelvic Physical Therapy after Surgery - Why Pelvic and Abdominal Surgeries Need PT Too

Surgeries generally follow a predictable pattern. The surgeon operates, removing or repairing the problem. The patient allows the...

"Hope is Informed Optimism"

"To me, hope is informed optimism" -Michael J. Fox This quote, characterizing hope as informed optimism, is one of our favorites here at...

Diagnosing Interstitial Cystitis: The First Challenge

Diagnosing interstitial cystitis can be difficult, and it often takes patients years to be correctly diagnosed. IC remains a condition...

Is Interstitial Cystitis Genetic?

"Is interstitial cystitis genetic" is a question we get asked a lot. Many people have noticed that IC runs in their family, or remember...

Meditation for IC? It's not all in your head!

Meditate? To help relieve physical IC pain? You must be joking! Many patients with IC begin their journey by being told that their...

Managing IC on a Budget: 8 Practical Tips to Healing with Interstitial Cystitis

Learn how to heal with IC on a budget!

The Pelvic Floor and IC: Educating Doctors

At the end of the first appointment with a new IC patient, after we've begun treatment and shown them how much the pelvic floor is...

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