Pelvic floor strengthening devices have produced remarkable results for countless women suffering from incontinence, but it's easy to get confused by all the choices out there. Today we're joined by Shravya Kovela, a physical therapist and business development manager for device manufacturer Flyte, who shares with us important information to help identify which type of device might be right for you. She discusses a variety of products you may have heard of before or even tried for yourself, and she also introduces a new type of device from Flyte that may be a good choice if you're looking for a different approach to treat your symptoms. She even talks about who may not be a good candidate for this type of therapy and offers advice for those looking for innovative ways to address their condition.

More information about Flyte is available at www.flytetherapy.com.

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Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

In this edition of Life Without Leaks, we're joined by Melissa Nassaney, physical therapist, women's health educator and founder of Full Circle Pelvic Health in Warwick, Rhode Island. She discusses why physical therapy may be of benefit to women dealing with incontinence, dispels a number of rumors about bladder care and talks about how you can go about finding a physical therapist that's right for you.

For more information about Melissa and Full Circle Pelvic Health, click here.
For more information about the National Association for Continence, click here, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Music:
Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

We all know that it’s important to get enough nutrients in our diet, and there’s a good chance that a lot of you’re already taking things like multi-vitamins and other supplements. But you might be surprised to learn that there are some vitamins that can actually have an impact on bladder leaks.

Join us on this episode of Life Without Leaks to learn about some of the supplements you can take that may make a difference in your symptoms.

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Music:
Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

Loyola University and Live UTI Free are recruiting women now for a study on the microbes present in the urinary tract that may be associated with recurrent urinary tract infections. Participation is easy - there's no travel required, and you just need to send in the occasional urine sample. 

Dr. Alan Wolfe, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Loyola University, talks with us about what the trial is intended to discover and how you can join in and help researchers learn more about the nature of frequent UTIs - and potentially help develop more personalized, effective treatments for them.

Click here if you're interested in participating in this study.

You can learn more about Live UTI Free by clicking here.

Click here to learn more about the National Association for Continence, and be sure to visit our Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and Twitter pages. 

Music:
Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

On today's episode, we're talking with Dr. Kathleen Kobashi, chair of the Department of Urology at Houston Methodist Hospital, about patients' perspectives on some of the most personal conversations they'll ever have with a healthcare provider. Doctors really do understand just how hard it is to open up about bladder and bowel problems, and Dr. Kobashi shares insights on ways to make your next appointment more comfortable and productive than you might expect. 

For more information about the National Association for Continence,  visit us at www.NAFC.org.

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Music:
Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Jannah Thompson, board certified urogynecologist and urologist in private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan, about a problem that affects millions of women but that very few are familiar with: Pelvic organ prolapse. It's a condition where your pelvic floor organs start to protrude out of your body. Now that might sound frightening, but Dr. Thompson is here to explain why it's not necessarily as worrisome as that might sound at first.

For more information at the National Association for Continence, visit NAFC.org.
Dr. Thompson can be found at happybladdermi.com, and you can visit her on Facebook @jannahthompsonmd.com.

Music:
Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

We all know how important Kegel exercises are for pelvic floor health - they can help prevent or delay the start of leaky episodes, and they can help those who are already living with leaks to get their symptoms under control.

But we also know that Kegels aren't always easy to do - it's hard to work out muscles that you can't see, and who always remembers to keep up with their routine?

That's a problem that Gloria and Eric Kolb set out to solve. Their solution? Elitone, a comfortable wearable device that provides gentle stimulation to your pelvic floor muscles, prompting them to do your Kegel exercises for you. It's FDA-cleared and supported in large part with funding from the National Science Foundation.

For more information about the National Association for Continence, visit us online at www.NAFC.org.
For more information about Elitone, visit them online at www.Elitone.com.

Music: Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

The symptoms of Pelvic Organ Prolapse can range from a modest degree of pressure  in the pelvic region to organs actually protruding from the body. Fortunately, for many women, prolapse doesn't necessarily require treatment beyond being careful to avoid things like heavy lifting. And for those who do need treatment, there are a number of options available, ranging from physical therapy to outpatient surgery. In today's episode, urologist and urogynecologist Dr. Jannah Thompson talks about prolapse and its treatment.

Links related to this episode:
Dr. Thompson's Practice 
The National Association for Continence

Music:
Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

When Mia Abbruzzese discovered that her mother was struggling with incontinence, the entrepreneur in her realized that there had to be better solutions than what her mom was using - something more skin-safe, easier to use and environmentally friendly. Together with wife Alex Fennell, they founded Attn: Grace with the intention of creating something genuinely new in the world of incontinence care products.

Since their launch in 2020, they've been named to Fast Company’s list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, and today they offer a range of absorbents, wipes, skin care products and more, all designed to be as natural, sustainable and effective as possible.

In this episode of Life Without Leaks, we're joined by Alex to hear about what makes Attn: Grace different, what it took to actually introduce a new product to the marketplace, and where they're going as a company.

Links
The National Association for Continence - www.NAFC.org
Attn: Grace - www.attngrace.com
B Corp https://usca.bcorporation.net/

Music
Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.

On this episode of Life Without Leaks, we talk with Gerri, a 30-something patient who struggled for years with stomach issues before she discovered that she had Chron's disease. In her own words, she shares how she sought out help, the treatments she tried and how she's doing today.

For more information about Chron's disease and other bowel disorders, visit the National Association for Continence online at https://www.nafc.org/inflammatory-bowel-disease.

Music: Rainbows Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Aeroflow Urology makes getting incontinence supplies — including briefs, pull-ons, underpads, and more — simple and stress-free. Through insurance, Aeroflow delivers supplies directly to your home at no cost for eligible adults and children 3 and up.

Find out how more than two million people save money on the supplies they need every month — visit aeroflowurology.com/nafc to complete a quick two-minute form and find out if you're eligible. Coverage requirements apply.