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Expert_badge Tasha Mulligan MPT

Tasha Mulligan MPT

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I am a Women's Health Physical Therapist

Weighing your options, Knowing your risks...

When you begin to experience incontinence symptoms, you have several options or directions to go to find a solution. These options range from non-invasive exercise programs aimed at strengthening your pelvic floor muscles to surgical procedures inserting a mesh into your body to assist in appropriately supporting your abdominal organs. I am not... Read moreChevron
posted 12/28/2009, comments (0)|
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Nancy Muller

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National Association for Continence, Executive Director

Seeking Second Opinions

Many of the calls and emails we receive at NAFC evolve around the anxiety that consumers feel  over whether to seek a second or even third opinion from a different doctor.  At NAFC, we work hard at reassuring them they are not betraying their doctors, when they ask additional questions or even when they seek additional opinions from... Read moreChevron
posted 11/30/2009, comments (0)|
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Jasmine Schmidt

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Incontinence Educator

In the News: Incontinence Surgery Problems

In the news this week is a report on problems with the mesh sling surgery used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence. Apparently there have been about 1,000 reports of problems with the mesh sling, including pain, recurrence of the original problem, and infection.   Stress urinary incontinence is the type of leakage... Read moreChevron

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