Pelvic Pain
Sex and Anxiety- A Teleseminar Review
Upcoming Teleseminar Available on June 11th: Just Relax! Understanding Sexual Pain & Anxiety A two-hour teleseminar by Talli Rosenbaum & Dr. Tammy Nelson Available June 11, 2013, as MP3 files (*can listen to it after June 11th too) *The course is targeted for pelvic physical therapists, but many other healthcare professionals AND patients dealing with […]
Medicare G-Code Shortcut Tables: Pelvic PT Jackpot!
* Update on 4/21/13: We are thrilled to announce that we have made great additions and revisions to the original G-code tables for pelvic outcome measures! We can’t thank you enough for the incredible support of this project! We appreciate all of your kind comments. A huge thank you goes to Heather Edwards for pouring […]
The Ultimate Pelvic Anatomy Resource: Articles, Links, and Videos, Oh My!
Ever wanted a resource with articles, pictures and videos of pelvic anatomy all in the same place? Here it is! I’ve been putting this together for a while and am very excited to share this with you! This resource will evolve and update as new, exciting links are found. The content ranges from basic articles […]
Pelvic Guru 2012: Most Popular Posts
If you have an interest in pelvic health, you’ll likely want to bookmark this post for reference! What an exciting year for Pelvic Guru! I started Pelvic Guru in mid-2012 with the goal of providing good information, injected with humor at times, regarding anything related to pelvic health. The amount of support and engagement on […]
Who Seeks Outpatient Pelvic Rehabilitation?
Patients Seeking Outpatient Pelvic Rehabilitation In the current issue of the journal Physical Therapy, Wang and colleagues describe the characteristics of patients (and their pelvic floor diagnoses) presenting for outpatient physical therapy. 109 outpatient clinics participated in this data collection and included information about 2452 patients. The system used for collecting data is FOTO (Focus […]
Desire Love and Intimacy, But Can’t Have Intercourse?
Desire Love and Intimacy, But Can’t Have Intercourse?
It is with great passion and sincere hope that I share this website link with you. There are so many patients we touch every day who crave love and intimacy, but feel isolated and alone because they cannot tolerate having full sexual intercourse. This happens to both men and women. For example- Some male patients have severely painful ejaculations or pain with any touch to the genitals; while women may not be able to tolerate vaginal penetration at all due to pain or adhesions/scarring from gyn radiation therapy. This is real, but we can help. If an individual’s goal is to have full sexual intercourse, then we want to aim treatment at achieving this. However, just remember that it may not be an end goal OR it just may not be realistic for that individual. Here’s another option.
This will continue to be a hot topic we will further explore in additional postings.
Here’s another link for the ABC story featuring this website: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cancer-survivor-creates-website-sex-love/story?id=14285437&page=2#.T5S3UO33DPA
Toppling a Taboo: Therapy for Pelvic Pain | Seattle Times Newspaper
Great Article on Therapy for Pelvic Pain- Click here: Health | Toppling a taboo: Therapy for pelvic pain | Seattle Times Newspaper.
Picture View: What’s Causing Your Pelvic Pain?
Picture View: What’s Causing Your Pelvic Pain?
Here’s a simplistic view from Web MD of some of the causes associated with pelvic pain. Have you ever wanted to see what scar tissue looks like? Many times patients don’t have a simple, isolated reason for pelvic pain. It’s usually multifactorial. In other words, patients often present with IBS, Bladder Pain, and Endometriosis. Tricky, huh?
Did You Know Physical Therapists Treat Chronic Pelvic Pain? Beyond Kegels!
When I, or one of my colleagues, say “I’m a pelvic physical therapist,” the usual reaction (if other than bewilderment) is “oh, so you help people with Kegels, huh?”. We then feel a surge of obligation and simultaneous delight for the opportunity to share the full array of services that we offer. Pelvic Physical Therapists […]
