A closer look
You'd think fixing a postpartum bladder would involve the pelvis, but neurologists are out here electrocuting ankles instead. After childbirth severely damages pelvic nerves, physicians use Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation (PTNS) to send mild electrical pulses up the leg. Because the tibial nerve shares the same sacral plexus roots as the bladder, this ankle-shocking witchcraft tricks the central nervous system into rewiring the damaged pelvic floor. It is a brilliant, entirely backwards biological hack to stop new mothers from leaking.
