If you’ve ever experienced pain in one area only to realize it’s coming from another area of your body, you’re familiar with referred pain. While UTIs and other pelvic disorders can cause pelvic pain, they can also result in you feeling pain elsewhere, sometimes as a result of pelvic nerve pain.   Dr. Nick Fogelson is a gynecological surgeon and neuropelveologist.

Dr. Stewart Bundrick is a urologist who specializes in chronic UTI. He posits that a chronic UTI occurs when bacteria becomes embedded deep within the bladder wall. This bacteria may also create a protective biofilm layer that shields it from antibiotics. On occasion, the bacteria release planktonic, or free-floating, cells into the urine that then become embedded at new sites

The issue around negative urine cultures is a big topic in the UTI community. You may have found yourself struggling with UTI symptoms, only to be told your urine culture was negative. In this video series, Dr. Krystal Thomas-white, Live UTI Free’s scientific advisor, discusses the bladder microbiome and explains that the bladder is not the sterile environment it was

In this video series, health psychologist and cognitive behavioral therapist Dr. Sula Windgassen looks at the psychological ramifications of chronic and recurrent UTI and how to decrease these negative consequences, possibly through work with a counsellor.  Dr. Windgassen’s own battles with urinary problems led her into the health psychology field as she discovered the measurable effects of the mind-body connection,