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Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy by Lupron Girl Posted Fri 31 Jul 2009 11:47am pelvic floor physical therapy and felt scared so I thought it might be useful to do a post about what to expect when you encounter the unknown world of pelvic floor physical 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 Read on »

Kegels for Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening by Kathleen and Mary Posted Mon 05 Apr 2010 2:20pm also taught his patients a systematic exercise program to strengthen their pelvic floor muscles. His name “Kegel” became the name for pelvic floor exercises. Why would I want to do Kegels anyway? The pelvic floor muscles have 3 basic functions. Support: these muscles literally hold up your organs. Without good support from the pelvic muscles your 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 »

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 Muscle Exercises Can Help Manage Urinary Incontinence In Older Women by Andrea Patient Expert

Posted Mon 05 Oct 2009 10:05pm A lot of you have likely heard of Kegel exercises, but probably few of you practice them on a regular basis. This article from Medical News Today might change your mind! I learned about them years ago, after a car crash in 1992 crushed my pelvis. I had an amazing physical therapy team (good thing, too, because the doctors involved were morons!) who 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 »

Pelvic-Floor Dysfunction, What's Your Function? by Esther Posted Thu 10 Dec 2009 3:42pm don't have interstitial cystitis but that I definitely have pelvic-floor dysfunction, aka dysfunction of the muscles hiding between my legs. PFD didn't surprise me. After... -- a gradual pelvic-floor response. The urologist suggested that I've had PFD my entire life, citing my toddlerhood UTIs as evidence. She called it a "voiding disorder." Maybe Read on »

Pelvic Floor Party Trick by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert

Posted Fri 18 Jun 2010 12:00am Many of you have read the recent and popular posts, Pelvic Floor Party and Pelvic Floor Encore , but you may no longer be following along in the comments where... the issue, but to introduce some fun, I presume everyone is familiar with the concept of the connection between the pelvic floor and your tongue (careful, it's a family site Read on »

Finding a PT who can treat your Pelvic Floor is about to get Easier! by Bonnie B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:42pm When I realized I needed to see a physical therapist to treat my pelvic floor dysfunction (pelvic floor tension myalgia with a touch of pudendal neuropathy), I searched far... then Julie has gone about the business of saving my life. For many women diagnosed with some form of pelvic floor musculoskeletal dysfunction, finding a PT who knows how to treat Read on »

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

Posted Thu 15 Jan 2009 7:42pm

1 Comment 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... floor dysfunction, but educating other PTs on how to best treat PFD. I asked Mary to write about a topic that I am currently dealing with. One of my self-treatment strategies Read on »