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UTI Symptoms and Your Pelvic Floor

UTIs and Recurrent UTI Symptoms Approximately 60% of women will experience an acute UTI during their lifetime, and 25% to 50% of women will experience recurrent episodes. Antibiotics are the gold standard for treatment with a positive culture. But oftentimes, especially with chronic UTIs, the pelvic floor muscles are overlooked as contributing to the lingering symptoms. This is especially common when cultures continue to come back negative, but the pain is still there. How

GLP-1 and Your Pelvic Floor

GLP-1s are being used by roughly 10% of the US, and twice as frequently in women than men. Many of the common side effects of muscle loss and fatigue are obvious, but some of the gastrointestinal (GI) ones are not as apparent or even talked about. The pelvic floor muscles play an integral role in bowel, bladder and sexual function, resulting in pelvic health side effects too. While the overall weight loss benefits can override these side effects, understanding why they happen

Back To The Basics Summer Refresh

If you have ever worked with me, you know how passionate I am about helping you to understand your body. I get overly excited to teach about the pelvic floor and my fun facts to help you understand why you are in pain, or having the symptoms that you are. It is at large overlooked and unknown, making pain and symptoms related to this muscle group very scary. I thought I would share some of my "Theresa-isms" and fun facts. If you have already heard them - I hope this serves as

Why Protein?

Protein gets most of its hype for lean muscle mass, helping to rebuild and restore muscle, especially after workouts. And while lean muscle looks nice, there are so many other incredible benefits of protein. It is the key to healthy metabolism, balanced hormones and steady blood sugar. It also works to keep our immune system strong by contributing to antibodies. Putting protein at the core of your diet keeps you feeling strong, full and energized throughout the day. Prote

Healthy Living Made Simple

A few Sundays ago, my eldest daughter was bumming around on the couch. I was naturally giving her a hard time - after my workout, dog walk, meal prep and several loads of laundry – and trying to motivate her into doing anything more productive. I asked my normal questions: Have you eaten? Did you drink any water today? Have you been outside? After a few mumbled responses, I made her promise me that one day, when she is away at college or living alone, feeling tired, sad or ju

Breathing: The Pelvic Floor, Diaphragm, and Core

Full disclosure, I used to think of breathing as something that you were doing or you weren't. Fast forward to now, 19 years as a PT, with 6 years specializing in Pelvic Health and I cannot believe how wrong I was. Image used with permission from Pelvic Guru®, LLC as a Pelvic Global Member Just the mechanics of an inhale - the diaphragm lowering to expand your lungs, the abdominals expanding to allow for the air to push the guts down, and the pelvic floor lengthening - follow

Fitness in Your Forties and Fifties: Four things to Focus on

This topic really hits home for me. I have had the advantage through my training and experience as a physical therapist, to learn extensively about the human body. This has also taught me about my body – which puts me at an advantage when it comes to health and fitness. I am also the only physical therapist certified as a Menopause Practitioner through the National Menopause Society. My menopause certification was born from a long expensive course, where I first learned the

Why Soup Season Can Help Reduce Inflammation!

I love soup season! Not only making them, but also eating anything that I can "hug" like a cup of tea out of a bowl. So naturally creating a newsletter around that felt like the best way to start this year. I already had some soup recipes on my site, but used this as an excuse to add more. Enjoy! Inflammation is your body’s natural response to an illness, injury or anything foreign to your body; such as germs or chemicals. It is a normal and important process that allows your

The In's And Out's of Prolapse (Updated November 2025)

It is estimated that 40% of women have some degree of pelvic organ prolapse, and is expected to increase with the aging population. Prolapse is more common with women who have given birth with rates up to 65% after multiple childbirths. But it does also occur in those who haven’t. Often times the initial symptoms of prolapse are extremely scary and seem to appear “out of nowhere.” Many women fear the worst - that organs are going to completely fall out. Most of this fear

Menopause Awareness Month

Five years ago, while I was 38 years old and my girls were 3 and 5 years old, menopause was quite possible the furthest from my mind. I saw a course with these two women (Snowden and Litos) on Menopause. I had just started my Pelvic Health PT journey earlier that year, and thought this would be a great adjunct. After the 16 hour course (and several hundred dollars) I was in complete shock that I knew nothing about this, and probably no one was going to tell me either. Takin