No more leaks: Building strong pelvic floor health | Episode 48

The National Institutes of Health reports that almost 25 percent of women have pelvic floor disorders. Men can also experience pelvic health issues, which can even lead to erectile dysfunction.

Whether it’s weakness, pressure, heaviness, fullness, tightness or pain, there are ways medical experts can address pelvic problems. A pelvic floor issue shouldn’t keep you from any activity you want to do.

Listen as my guests, Kelly Jirschele, D.O., a board-certified urogynecologist, and Natalie Florio, a physical therapist, both at Edward-Elmhurst Health, discuss common pelvic floor disorders and how to treat and prevent them.

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Functional medicine: Getting to the root of illness | Episode 47

Functional medicine is definitely not a one-size-fits-all approach. It’s figuring out how someone’s external influences, life choices and biological systems uniquely work together to create a focused treatment strategy.

Half of all adults in the U.S. have at least one chronic health condition. Functional medicine can help correct chronic health issues with a detailed, personalized approach.

Listen as my guest, Daniel Murauski, D.O., a certified practitioner by The Institute for Functional Medicine and a family medicine physician at Edward-Elmhurst Health, and I discuss how functional medicine can help get to the root of illness.

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Youth sports - injury prevention, game-time pressures and more | Episode 46

Young athletes need special attention and care when participating in sports.

Is it okay for a growing child to train year round? How can parents determine when their child needs medical attention versus treating an injury with rest and ice? And how do you help a child cope if an injury forces them to stop playing?

In Episode 46, "Youth sports — Injury prevention, game-time pressures and more," my guests guests Zahab S. Ahsan, MD with Edward-Elmhurst Health and Keagan Hadley, OTD, The ACL Therapist, and I discuss the best ways to keep young athletes balanced, healthy and injury free.

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