A unique program designed for a small group of women (15) who suffer with PGAD and chronic vulvar pain. From the comfort of your home, you'll have the opportunity to connect with each other in a safe environment, using private encrypted meeting platform (Zoom.us) while learning evidence-based therapeutic solutions for both your physical and emotional…
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Chronic Pain and sexuality: How Eva Margot Kant, LCSW-R helps people navigate these issues
(Image courtesy of Eva Margo Kant, LCSW-R) The National Institute of Health (NIH) defines chronic pain as pain lasting more than 3 months and it affects more than 100 million Americans today. As a pelvic floor physical therapist, I help patients with both acute and chronic pain, more specifically pelvic pain, on a daily basis.…
Read MoreEMH Physical Therapy Goes To Chicago for The International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS) Conference on Chronic Pelvic Pain
At EMH Physical Therapy, we support an interdisciplinary approach to treating our patients. We are in constant communication with primary care physicians, urologists, psychologists, gynecologists and other healthcare providers to make sure all our patients have a strong team working for them. A team based approach to medical care has been shown to prevent medical errors (1), improve patient-centered outcomes and chronic…
Read MoreA Pelvic Physical Therapist’s Approach to PGAD: Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder
What’s your first reaction to this image? Laugh? Sigh and Roll your eyes at the tasteless joke? Did you think: “How can anyone REALLY have this?” What if you were experiencing sexual arousal or multiple orgasms on a daily basis, for hours at a time, day or night, with no one medication or method to…
Read MorePelviCorFit™ by EMH Physical Therapy Grand Opening
Have you been working out for years, but neglecting a crucial muscle group?? At EMH Physical Therapy we recently launched our brand new PelviCoreFit™ program designed to whip your pelvic floor muscles into shape. Proper firing of pelvic floor muscles is not only essential for pelvic health but is also a key factor in overall…
Read More"Cupping": not just for Olympians
Were you watching the Olympics this summer wondering about those red circles on Michael Phelps’ shoulders? Those marks, called "sha," are from an ancient Chinese healing technique known as “cupping.” Cupping has been around for over 5,000 years. It's practitioners stated it released toxins and helped correct imbalances in the flow of energy. There were two…
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