It is easy to get stressed before giving birth to a child, especially your first. You are about to put your body through one of the most physically intense things it can go through, and after that, you are fully responsible for a new baby, who requires your constant attention. At the same time, your own body requires a certain amount of care and attention. How do you prepare yourself for childbirth and optimize your body's physical outcomes?

If you are diagnosed with fibromyalgia, you may feel confused. The diagnosis typically indicates widespread musculoskeletal pain but is sometimes assigned when your doctor cannot determine a more specific cause. You know that the pain is not the only thing affecting you - you’re likely losing sleep, becoming irritable, or even depressed. So what treatment options are available? How can you feel like yourself again?

Remember the adage that men are from Mars and women are from Venus? While that may be untrue in some scenarios, most would agree that women have the men beat when it comes to specialized healthcare. The female body can have many complications, the greatest of these being growing a human life. Any woman needs to find the right medical professionals to help her navigate her changing body. But with so many titles and specializations, who should you see, and when?

When you think of injuries that can occur while playing sports, you may think of tearing an ACL, breaking an arm, or spraining an ankle. One condition you might not even be aware of is a sports hernia (athletic pubalgia), which can occur with overexertion in any sport. So how do you get a sports hernia, and how do you treat it when you get one?

When someone has been diagnosed with MS (aka multiple sclerosis), if you are their caregiver, you probably have a lot of questions. How quickly will my loved one progress? How can I help them? And most importantly, what treatment options are available?

When someone has been diagnosed with ALS (aka Lou Gherig’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), if you are their caregiver, you probably have a lot of questions. How quickly will my loved one progress? How can I help them? And most importantly, what treatment options are available?

When you start experiencing nerve pain, numbness, or tingling, you probably have a lot of questions. You may start to wonder what is causing this issue and how it may affect your health down the road. If you go to your doctor for an appointment, they may diagnose you with some type of neuropathy. But what does this mean? What sort of treatment can you get to help your symptoms?

Having enough money for medical expenses is a concern that many people have. It is unfortunate how money stress can impact a person’s ability to rest and recover from a procedure or an injury. If you have an ongoing medical condition, it might be wise to open a health savings account (HSA) if you qualify to set money aside for your medical expenses. But how do you know if you are eligible for an HSA? And should you even open one in the first place?

When you have a baby, there are many things going through your mind. You are now responsible for every single need of your tiny, helpless child, as well as the other responsibilities you had before you gave birth. Along the way, it can be so easy to forget to take care of yourself, especially dedicating time to postpartum rehab. But why should you try to work postpartum rehab into your busy schedule? Is it even worth it?

If you have just had a new baby, you probably have a million thoughts running through your mind. You have just put your body through one of the most intense experiences a woman can ever have, and come out of it with a new baby who needs around the clock attention. With this much responsibility on your shoulders, it can be hard to focus on recovery that your own body needs and is undergoing, whether you delivered vaginally or had a C-section. One condition that can present postpartum is diastasis recti, but how do you know you even have the condition? And what are your treatment options?