Erin Glace

How many Kegels should I do? How long should I be practicing my pelvic floor exercises? There are a lot of questions around which pelvic floor exercise routine will best...

After the initial education about why and how to perform pelvic floor exercises (aka Kegels), there is always the question of what next? How long until these exercises work? Are...

My last article was about finding a pelvic floor physical therapist (PT), so now let’s move on to what will happen at that first visit. Many of my patients arrive...

You have decided that you want to pursue some care for your pelvic floor problems, whether it is leaky bladder, erectile dysfunction, or pain. But how do you find a...

Although we may consider the phrase "food is medicine" to be part of our society’s more recent trend towards healthy eating, this phrase is actually attributed to Hippocrates, the Greek...

As a physical therapist, I often counsel my patients on many aspects of healthy living. I strongly believe that the food you eat can make a really significant impact on...

The prostate sits at the base of the bladder providing shelf-like support. So, when the prostate is removed due to disease state, the change of anatomy can affect bladder control...

Kegels can be helpful in strengthing the pelvic floor muscles following surgery for prostate cancer. This video covers two common mistakes that men often make while doing pelvic floor exercises...

If you read my last article (Kegels 101), hopefully you are able to contract your pelvic floor muscles enough now to correctly perform a good program with the goal of...

Performing exercises on a muscle group that you cannot see and often (at least initially) cannot feel can be frustrating. It often leads people to the conclusion that “Kegel exercises...

What is a Kegel, and how do I pronounce it? Truthfully, it doesn’t matter how you pronounce it. It really just matters that you are doing these exercises of the...

I frequently talk to my patients about maximizing any therapy they are participating in by doing absolutely everything that they can to help recover full function. Some of my patients...

In this article, I will begin to discuss some ways to proactively recover erections after you have had surgery to remove your prostate due to prostate cancer. I have to...

The diagnosis of prostate cancer means making a lot of decisions. Who knew that there would be so many decisions regarding treatment? In a perfect world, you would go into...

We all know that when you meet someone new, maybe a parent on your kid's new soccer team, eventually you are going to talk about what it is that you...