Search For Pelvic Floor Treatments, Physical Therapy, and More
Assuming stress is required, and incontinence is required, the following 69 results were found.
What's the Connection Bewteen Eating Disorders and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction? Read on for some answers. Eating disorders are unfortunately common, with at least 9% of people worldwide suffering from an eating disorder. This translates to 28.8 million...
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Childbirth Injuries PT Products Magazine. July 2009 Heather Jeffcoat, DPT You had the perfect pregnancy. Everyone in the delivery room told you the delivery went smoothly. At your six-week checkup, your doctor tells you that everything looks great. So,...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
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40% of women had pain with intercourse at six months postpartum. Another study, Schytt et al., found 22% of women had stress incontinence even at one year postpartum. These numbers are considered high and have become normalized as a part of having a...
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Presents for your Pelvic Floorhttps://feminapt.com/blog/presents-for-your-pelvic-floor
incontinence. $500 Apex The Apex is an automatic kegel exercises that helps strengthen pelvic floor muscles to treat stress incontinence that is caused by weakened pelvic floor muscles due to childbirth, aging and high impact exercise. $250 Intensity...
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It could be a symptom of pelvic floor dysfunction, urethral dysfunction, or another form of incontinence, such as stress incontinence and mixed incontinence. The reason working with a healthcare professional is crucial is that there are treatments for...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Healthline
What are Kegels?https://feminapt.com/blog/what-are-kegels
of JAMA, an article entitled “Effect of Behavioral Training With or Without Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulation on Stress Incontinence in Women” discussed the benefits of using biofeedback, perineal electrical stimulation and behavioral training as a...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
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Other Pelvic Floor Issueshttps://feminapt.com/diagnoses/pelvic-floor-issues
Our experience solving a wide range of pelvic floor issues is unmatched in our field, including some less common issues that other therapies cannot always find answers for. More Disorders We Treat: Deep hip pain / Piriformis Syndrome Coccydynia or...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Diagnoses
There Are Several Options For Non-Hormonal Treatments for GSM. Some include hormones, while others do not. Today we will review some non-hormone treatment options. As always, consult with your physician to help you make the best decisions regarding...
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- Author: Staff
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stress incontinencehttps://feminapt.com/site-index/stress-incontinence
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
Do My Feet Impact My Pelvic Floor When I Run? If you are a runner, you tend to look for ways to improve your running. If you’re thinking about starting up or returning to running, it can feel intimidating particularly if you have any symptoms related...
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- Author: Stephany Tritt, PT, DPT
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Did You Know That Proper Footwear Can Improve Your Running Mechanics and Pelvic Floor Health? How Do My Feet Impact My Pelvic Floor When I Run? If you are a runner, you tend to look for ways to improve your running. If you’re thinking about starting up...
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- Author: Stephany Tritt, PT, DPT
- Category: Blog
What is pelvic floor physical therapy? When you are suffering from neck or shoulder pain, it is common to go see a physical therapist to help correct any issues with like alignment, movement, strength, and flexibility to reduce pain and improve...
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Pelvic pain during the postpartum period is common, even for those who had a “perfect and easy” pregnancy, labor and delivery. Often times, healthcare providers will tell women that the pain “will get better with time,” however it's important to...
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- Author: Staff
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Menopause and Pelvic Healthhttps://feminapt.com/blog/menopause-and-pelvic-health
What are the Links Between Menopause and Pelvic Health? Menopause is a period of life transition for many of us. Today we will review what menopause is and how symptoms can negatively affect pelvic health, including bowel, bladder and sexual function....
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Every person with a uterus will experience menopause during their lifetime. Genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is a term that describes the different genital, sexual, and urinary signs and symptoms that can occur during menopause. The symptoms...
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Hannah Schneider of the website Well + Good went looking for links between the pandemic and bladder health, and once again she reached out to me for my insights. Here is a brief synopsis of the article along with a link to the full article below....
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Well and Good
Meet Anna Larson, DPThttps://feminapt.com/about-us/about-anna
through their pregnancy and postpartum journeys who may be experiencing: low back pain, SI joint dysfunction, stress incontinence, urge incontinence, prolapse, diastasis recti, and pelvic pain disorders. She also loves to provide push-prep knowledge for...
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- Author: Anna Larson
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Postpartum pelvic pain can occur due to several factors International Journal of Childbirth Education. December 2008. Heather Jeffcoat, DPT You had the perfect pregnancy. Your delivery could not have been any better. At your six-week checkup,...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
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Huge thanks to all who came out and joined us at The Crocker Club for some amazing and informative talks from Dr. Emily Morse (Human Sexuality expert and host of the Sex With Emily podcast), Dr. Heather Jeffcoat, DPT (owner of Femina Physical Therapy)...
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- Category: Live Events
MOMS… GET YOUR GROOVE BACK! Taught by: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Take the Load Off Your Back: A Women’s Body Mechanics Workshop As busy moms we don’t pay attention to our own aches and pains, but we’ve only got one body, so let’s take care of it! Learn...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Restorative & Exercise Classes