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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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Sharon Thompson, PT, DPT, CSCS


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,...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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....
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


"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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


Managing IC on a Budget: 8 Practical Tips to Healing with Interstitial Cystitis
Learn how to heal with IC on a budget!
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS


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...
Nicole Cozean, PT, DPT, WCS
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