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How Ab Exercises can Harm your Pelvic Floor by Bonnie B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:42pm

1 Comment or tension that can cause a full-blown pelvic floor pain situation. So, despite popular exercise opinion, abdominals SHOULD NOT be worked in isolation. They are designed to work... as a special treat for his completing his MBA. Added to all of that excitement was my never-ending job of keeping my temperamental pelvic floor under control, and the end result was me Read on »

What's my Pelvic Floor for? by Bonnie B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:42pm Painful Pelvic Floor: This owner has learned a pattern of continually holding tension in their pelvic floor as a learned response to stress, and tension. Since the muscles surround... floor PT with more than 30 years of experience treating women’s health issues. She’s dedicated her life to not only treating pelvic floor dysfunction, but educating other PTs Read on »

Pelvic-Floor Dysfunction, What's Your Function? by Esther Posted Thu 10 Dec 2009 3:42pm could be poking to give me so much pain. I had never felt pain in that place before! I didn't even know that place existed! And though I had looked at plenty of pelvic-floor.... Then I understood what "pelvic-floor dysfunction" means when the muscles are too tight: my coochie is a clamshell with lockjaw. Most of my muscle pain was on the right, so I Read on »

State-of-the-Art in Postural Control: Pelvic Floor by Dr. Eric R. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Sat 12 Feb 2011 11:24pm ! Question 4. What are the implications for rehabilitation? For low back pain: For pelvic floor disorders: For breathing disorders: Although Dr. Hodges used the specific... Dr. Paul Hodges undertook the difficult task of explaining the intricate connection between the respiratory / pelvic floor / and abdominal muscles. I have the difficult Read on »

Proper Pelvic-Floor-Muscle Form by Esther Posted Wed 01 Sep 2010 12:10pm And all this time I've had this flare, I've been checking in on my pelvic-floor muscles to see what they're doing. They aren't always completely relaxed, but they are at least sitting on the couch munching on popcorn in front of the TV. I mean, what else are they supposed to be doing? One doc says, pelvic-floor muscles, that's your problem! So Read on »

Why it's Hard to Find Doctors Who Know their Way Around the Pelvic Floor by Bonnie B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:42pm Last week I attended an eye-opening presentation at a top Los Angeles hospital given by one of the most knowledgeable pelvic floor physical therapists in the country. The goal of the presentation was to educate gynecologists affiliated with the hospital about pelvic floor musculoskeletal dysfunction (PFMD) and to show them how physical therapy can Read on »

Pelvic Floor Party: Kegels are NOT invited. by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert

Posted Mon 17 May 2010 12:00am is no laughing matter. I'm a firm believer that a strong pelvic floor is the answer to incontinence (although pharmaceutical companies and surgeons often try to persuade people with other remedies). A strong pelvic floor, I've learned, not only makes the difference between wet and dry running shorts, but also keeps me running pain-free: I no longer suffer from Read on »

List of Doctors Who Know Pelvic Floor by Bonnie B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:42pm

1 Comment Below is a list of doctors that I have come across in my research for the book I am working on about pelvic floor musculoskeletal dysfunction. I will continuously be adding... Lane: UCI Medical Center, Orange, California: 714-456-2911 Dr. Jerome M. Weiss: The Pacific Center for Pain and Pelvic Dysfunction, San Francisco, California: 415-441-5800 Read on »

My Amazing Pelvic Floor... by Kathryn H. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 16 Sep 2009 10:12pm disclosed my incontinence and they said suggested I see a physical therapist who specializes in pelvic floors. A few weeks later I sat sheepishly in Pat Strott-Wheatley's office... (sound familiar anyone?). In the first visit, Pat mentioned that most people were able to stay dry 85% to 90% (or more) of the time upon faithful completion of pelvic floor Read on »

Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy by Lupron Girl Posted Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:47am therapy. Many women (some men too) go to pelvic floor physical therapists for bladder and bowel disorders like incontinence, painful intercourse, pelvic pain, IBS, etc. When...Lots of people stumble onto this blog while searching google for pelvic pain and physical therapy, things like that. And one particular commenter was about to go in for some Read on »