(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.…
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EMH 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 MoreWhat is Somatic Experiencing® and How Does it Heal Trauma/Chronic Pain?
Dr. Sharlene Bird Visits EMH Physical Therapy One of the things I love most about being in the healthcare field is learning from other practitioners. Through my years as a physical therapist treating chronic pain patients, I’ve found that a team approach works better than an isolated one. So, when Dr. Sharlene Bird, a clinical psychologist, came to talk to the EMH team I couldn’t wait to…
Read MoreGood News!: Sex & Tampons Should Not Cause Pain
Do you find that you have pain and difficulty inserting a tampon? Is it a struggle to allow the Ob/GYN to use a speculum? Have you experienced pain during intercourse? Are you unable to have intercourse due to vaginal muscle spasms? You may be experiencing vaginal muscle tightness, or a fairly common condition known as…
Read MorePelvic physical therapy is an effective non invasive treatment for Pelvic Organ Prolapse vs "high risk" transvaginal mesh surgery
The FDA recently deemed use of transvaginal mesh surgery to be "high risk" to repair pelvic organ prolapse. See news link below: http://www.philly.com/philly/health/womenshealth/HealthDay687309_20140429_FDA_Moves_Female_Incontinence_Device_to__High_Risk__Status.html Pelvic physical therapy is a more effective and non invasive option. In a 2014 study of 800 women with pelvic floor dysfunction (which includes pelvic organ prolapse) by University of Missouri, researchers found…
Read MoreWomen's Pelvic Health
Check out this link ( link) to see Evelyn's interview on physical therapy for women's pelvic health in the Los Angeles Times. The app, Pelvic Track, is now available on the Apple store.
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