Dr. Sarah Kaderka

When you find out you're expecting, it feels like the world suddenly becomes a "No-Fly Zone." Friends, family, and even random strangers at the grocery store start giving you advice. "Don't lift that!" "Don't get your heart rate too high!" "Are you sure you should be running?" Most of this advice comes from a good place, but a lot of it is based on pelvic floor myths that just won't die. These misconceptions can actually make you feel more anxious and less prepared for birth. At The Health...

When pelvic floor symptoms show up — leaking, urgency, pelvic pain, heaviness — most people immediately zoom in on the pelvic floor itself. More Kegels. More "core" work. More squeezing. But here's the catch: if you actually have a tight pelvic floor, more squeezing is the last thing your body needs. But the pelvic floor doesn't function in isolation. It is deeply interconnected with the hips. And very often, what looks like a pelvic floor problem is actually a hip pain problem in disguise....

We've all been there. You're about to hop in the car for a drive up to Lake Tahoe, or maybe you're heading into a long meeting at work. Even though your bladder isn't sending any signals, you think, "I should probably go now, just in case." It feels like the responsible, adult thing to do. You're being proactive! You're beating the system! But what if I told you that your bladder is actually a very sensitive student, and by peeing "just in case," you might be teaching it all the wrong...