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"Keeping the vital pelvic floor healthy" by Nancy Muller,
with "Exercises to condition the pelvic floor muscles" by Kelli Berzuk
These complementary articles appear in the May/June 2005 issue of the Journal on Active Aging. The Journal is published bimonthly by the International Council on Active Aging, www.icaa.cc.
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Book Review, Journal of The Section on Women's Health
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Written By K. Lynne Odom, PT, MOMT
Volume 28, Number 2, August 2004
"I Laughed So Hard I Peed My Pants! Written by Physiotherapist, Kelli Berzuk, is an easy to read, self-help guide for women ages 16 and over. It is divided into 29 brief and informative chapters. Each chapter concludes with a summary of key points and a "Did You Know?" section. Chapter 1 briefly introduces ..."
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Book Review, Physiotherapy Canada (CPA Journal)
Written By Penny Wilson, BSR
Volume 55, Number 4, Fall 2003
"You will never forget the title of this book! It is an exclamation that the author, Kelli Berzuk, has heard many times from her female patients. She uses it with humour and also to make the point that incontinence is common. Berzuk has dedicated her career as a physiotherapist to dispelling the myth that incontinence is normal and to treating this problem that affects 1 in 4 women. ..."
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The Book Nook, NAFC–Quality Care
Written By Nancy Muller, NAFC Executive Director
July 2003
"Canadian physiotherapist Kelli Berzuk, PT, has just published, through the assistance of Nova Physiotherapy & Sports Fitness Clinic, a serious and thorough treatise on pelvic floor health and rehabilitation with her first book, I Laughed So Hard I Peed My Pants! (2002). The author lends extraordinary warmth and insight to discussing the value ..."
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Canadian Living
Written By Miriam Osborne
July 2003
"Although the title may sound humorous, Berzuk, a physiotherapist and director of the Incontinence and Pelvic Pain Clinic in Winnipeg, stresses that urinary incontinence is no laughing matter. "Millions of women suffer from urinary incontinence and/or overactive-bladder symptoms, yet it's a topic that is rarely discussed," she says. It's a common occurrence ..."
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What we're reading... The Canadian Women's Health Network
Written By Alex Merrill, Health Educator
June 2003
"Urinary incontinence (UI) is one of those prevalent conditions that people joke about, as in this book's title. But loss of bladder control isn't very funny. UI can cause women to avoid laughing for fear of losing control, or lead to chronic sleeping deprivation from waking up hourly to pee. It can even confine them to their homes for fear of losing control in public. "I laughed so hard I peed my pants!" is an easy to follow self-help guide .... "
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Often-neglected muscle key to helping incontinent women.
By Cheryl Binning, Winnipeg Free Press
April 21, 2003
"KELLI BERZUK has a mission. She wants women to know that they have a muscle just as important as those in their abs, thighs and arms. It's called the pelvic floor muscle. And it needs exercise, too. ..."
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Information Leak: It's important to talk about female incontinence
Uptown
March 27, 2003
"As a sex columnist, I find people I’ve just met often tell me things perfect strangers probably have no right knowing. Like “Maria,” who recently confided that she’s so afraid of losing control of her bladder that she no longer enjoys sex with her husband. Now, I know some folks are into water sports (and I’m not talking white water rafting), but I think it’s safe to say most of us don’t enjoy peeing during sex. Unfortunately, for women like Maria who suffer from a condition known as “urge incontinence,” peeing is not optional. When she’s gotta go, she’s really gotta go. “There are usually no warning signs,” says Kelli Berzuk a physiotherapist specializing in incontinence and pelvic pain and author of I Laughed So Hard I Peed My Pants: A Women’s Essential Guide for
Improved Bladder Control. “Women suffering from urgency feel an intense pressure and a need to void immediately. This can happen anywhere and at any time. ...”
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Bladder Control no laughing matter
The Lance
March 26, 2003
"At least once, a week, Kelli Berzuk hears a woman say she laughed so hard she peed her pants.
"And then they turn to me and say: "that's normal, right?"" The answer, says Berzuk is "no. And I have a big concern with that women accept it as a normal part of aging or as a consequence of childbirth." ..."
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Additional Published Book Reviews

"I Laughed So Hard I Peed My Pants! A Woman's Essential Guide for Improved Bladder Control" has been reviewed in the following publications but due to copyright issues we are unable to reproduce it. Please request a copy from the publishing agency if you would like to read their review.

Women's Health Division – Canadian Physiotherapy Association

Book Review Winter 2003

Women's Health Division – Canadian Physiotherapy Association

Member's Corner Winter 2003

Calgary Sun
	Talk about embarrassing By Sally Johnston, Lifestyle Editor December 1, 2003

Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
	Private problem, public consequences By Jenny Lee November 29,2003

Regina Leader-Post
	Bladder problems are no laughing matter By Anne Kyle November 24, 2003

Edmonton Sun
	Talk about embarrassing By Sally Johnston, Lifestyle Editor November 14, 2003

Ottawa Citizen
	Minor incontinence can become serious By Jenny Lee November 12, 2003

Kingston Whig-Standard
	The problem women don't talk about By Jenny Lee November 11, 2003

Vancouver Sun
	Women suffer through tyranny of bladders By Jenny Lee November 3, 2003