When it comes to sexual health and pleasure, the role of the pelvic floor muscles often doesn’t get the attention it deserves. These muscles play a crucial role in sexual function, including orgasm. Understanding their function and how to optimize…
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a group of connective tissue disorders characterized by hypermobility, leading to joint hypermobility, joint dislocations, and increased risk of injuries. Managing EDS involves a multidisciplinary approach, including physical therapy, which can be especially important when considering…
Our Nervous system is an amazing network that generally keeps us in a balanced place. When you are in balance, your sense of touch, movement, temperature and general feeling of being safe and sound are normal. An example of this…
The pelvic floor and the diaphragm work together like a piston. When we breathe in, the diaphragm moves down and out, and the abdominal wall and the pelvic floor eccentrically lengthens. When we breathe out, the opposite occurs. When these…
Women use well over 10,000 period products during the years that we are menstruating. If we assume 5 days per period from age 12 to 50, that is about 5 years of cumulative time using a period product of some…
Consent has been a hot topic on college campuses and in dating apps. But there is less discussion about consent when it comes to medical procedures and examinations. Of course, you sign all the forms when you see a new…
With all the information that you can find on the internet and social media platforms about the pelvic floor, can you find the help you need out there? Why should you choose to go to pelvic floor physical therapy vs…
Pelvic floor therapy is a trendy topic these days. Pelvic floor comes up on any social media platform. Yoga and Pilates instructors, personal trainers and fitness gurus are talking about the pelvic floor. It is wonderful that we are becoming…
Toxins cause a ton of problems in our bodies. When our body is hit with toxic chemicals it does not know how to break them down, so they are stored as fat. These chemicals block the hormone receptor sites making…
Many of the patients that pelvic floor physical therapists see for leaking or weakness have pain ortenderness on the outside of their hips and down the iliotibial or IT band. While this may seem to betwo different issues, most likely,…
