Category: General Physical Therapy

Physical therapists must look beyond the biomedical approach to rehabilitation and integrate pain education when treating patients with persistent sexual pain. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. An integrated biopsychosocial framework is important when approaching patients with…

So, your doctor prescribed you a pessary? What does that mean? A pessary is small device inserted into a woman’s vagina that helps with incontinence or prolapse. Pessaries are most commonly given to patients with uterine prolapses, which means your uterus sags into the vaginal canal. This prolapse can be caused by weak muscles or…

Pain or discomfort in your pelvic or abdomen region can feel extremely unfamiliar due to the nature and location of the issues. To complicate things a bit more, your doctors and specialists may want to perform certain testing to find the root of the problem. At first, some of these may seem intimidating, invasive or…

Many people are aware of the benefits of physical therapy to treat common orthopedic conditions such as back and hip pain. However if your condition isn’t resolving with traditional orthopedic PT intervention, your pelvic floor may be at the root of your pain. Most of us can talk to friends and family about our back…

What if I told you that there is a solution for the burning you’re feeling in your vagina and that sex does NOT have to be painful? That the pain you’ve been feeling for months, years, or decades can be gone in a matter of 2-3 months? Well ladies – pay close attention. I am…

In the wake of the opioid epidemic, research is studying natural, effective ways to heal chronic pain so we can decrease our use of long term addictive medications. Sleep is found to be a major factor in healing as well as preventing the development of chronic pain. Getting deep, restful sleep is crucial to overcome…