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The Clitoris is More Than “That Little Bump”

By Pelvic Guru | November 21, 2021 |

The Clitoris is Much More than "The Little Bump"

By Heather Edwards, PT, CSC, Pelvic Guru LLC Course & Content Manager The clitoris is an amazing structure! Often when we see pictures or look in the mirror, it might just look like a small bump. But in truth, that’s just a small portion of the clitoris. As we develop from an embryo,…

Vaginal Estrogen for Urinary Tract Infections (UTI): Does it help?

By Pelvic Guru | October 19, 2021 |

Vaginal Estrogen for Urinary Tract Infections: Does it work?

I’m so pleased to share a comprehensive critical review of the top randomized controlled trials about vaginal estrogen vs. placebos in preventing or treating UTIs in postmenopausal women. ~Tracy Sher, PT, MPT, DPT (2022) 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗨𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗨𝗧𝗜𝘀) 𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻?⁣ ⁣This is available to…

Low Pressure Fitness Level 2: A Certification Series – SELF-PACED with Tamara Rial

By Pelvic Guru | June 3, 2021 |

Low Pressure Fitness Level 2 with Tamara Rial

REGISTER HERE Instructor: Tamara Rial, PhD, CSPS Dates & Location: This course can be found online and self paced HERE. Prerequisites: Low Pressure Fitness Level one is required in order to participate in level 1 with Tamara Rial. Course Description: This two-day continuing education seminar is the next step in the Low Pressure Fitness Certification…

Beginners’ Guide to Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises

By Pelvic Guru | September 25, 2020 |

Pelvic Floor 101 to teach people how to do a kegel and understand pelvic physical therapy

There are questions that come up around the topic of pelvic floor muscle exercises. Here at Pelvic Guru, the most common questions we receive are: Where are the pelvic floor muscles and what do they do? What is a kegel and is it the same as a pelvic floor contraction? Is a pelvic floor exercise…

Pediatric Incontinence and Pelvic Floor: An Interview with Dawn Sandalcidi

By Pelvic Guru | June 28, 2019 |

Pediatric Pelvic Floor Therapy interview with Dawn Sandalcidi

Introduction: Dawn Sandalcidi is certainly recognized as an expert in pediatric pelvic floor treatment. In order to share more with all of you about the field of pediatric pelvic PT, Dawn’s background, and the upcoming course, we were lucky enough to get an interview with Dawn! The Interview: PG: What drove you to specialize in pediatric…

Transgender and Nonbinary Pelvic Health – An interview with Heather Edwards and Tuesday Feral

By Pelvic Guru | June 14, 2019 |

Interview with Heather Edwards and Tuesday Feral about Transgender and Nonbinary Pelvic Health

Pelvic Guru Academy is offering online education on Transgender and Nonbinary Pelvic Health this year. It’s going to be instructed by a team, both of which are enthusiastically queer and really like to dig in with the nerdy awesomeness of anatomy, sexuality, gender, and our current social structure. Heather (a pelvic PT and sex counselor)…

The Female Athlete: An Interview with Antony Lo

By Pelvic Guru | June 7, 2019 |

Interview with Antony Lo about training female athletes.

If you haven’t yet been to Pelvic Guru Academy’s Female Athlete course, don’t say that too loudly in a group of pelvic PTs because those who have been to one will likely swarm you with praise for this awesome course. You’ll likely hear words like, “Amazing!”, “life-changing!”, and “made me question everything!” I decided to catch up with Antony and ask him some questions about his course and how he became interested in teaching on this topic.