Contact Heather Jeffcoat, DPT at Femina Physical Therapy
Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
Contact
- Position:
- Owner & Founder
- Address
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13425 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 200 - Sherman Oaks
- California
- 91423
- Phone
- (818) 864-6732
Articles
- First For Women | Sex After Menopause Shouldn't Be Painful
- Well + Good | 15 Health Benefits of Masturbating
- Well + Good | Learn the Benefits of CBD Lube for Alleviating Sex Pain
- Well + Good | All About Water Based Lube
- Myofascial Release Therapy
- Livestrong | 6 Signs You Should See a Pelvic Floor Therapist
- Exploring the Benefits of CBD-infused Lubricants for Sex - And a Few Considerations Too
- Butt Clenching: Understanding the Causes and Solutions | Femina PT
- Postpartum Leggings for Support and Comfort After Birth
- Navigating How Bra Choices Affect Posture and Health
- Innovative Wellness Technologies for a Healthier You | Heather at DailyOm
- Abdominal Wall Endometriosis : What is it and How is it Treated
- Common Conditions Affecting Your Clitoris | Heather Jeffcoat at Giddy
- My Interview with Dr. LJ on the Endometriosis Unlocked Virtual Summit
- Runner's World Asks Heather Jeffcoat About Symptoms of a Weak Pelvic Floor
- We Are Hiring! Pelvic Floor Therapist Jobs in Los Angeles
- Giddy Asks Heather Jeffcoat: Why does My Clitoris Hurt?
- Glam Revisits the Question: Just What is a Gymgasm Anyhow?
- Giddy: You Need to Know These 4 Facts if Your Partner Has Dyspareunia
- Health Central: How to Talk With Your Partner About Endo
- Meet Carrie Morgan, SPT
- Cosmo Asks Heather Jeffcoat About This "Belly Press During Sex" Thing
- Softwave (Shockwave) Therapy
- Painful Sex: The (Actual) Mind-Body Connection
- Motherly | Postpartum Exercise Guidelines are Changing
- Introducing The Origin Fund - Helping Women in Need
- Cosmo | Hello, Gymgasms Are a Thing!
- Giddy | How Dyspareunia Causes Pain During Sex
- Urinary Chronic Pelvic Pain and Resilience
- Forbes | How To Strengthen The Pelvic Floor Pre And Post Baby
- VeryWell Health | Is It Time to Add Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy to Your Healthcare Routine?
- People en Español: Guided Masturbation Can Lead to a More Pleasurable Sex Life
- Health Digest | Pelvic Floor Health During Pregnancy - Why It's So Important
- Well + Good | 6 Things To Know About Lifting and Your Pelvic Floor
- Period Action Day - October 8, 2022 - Get Involved Now!
- Porch | How to Get a Better Sleep
- The Link Between Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis and Sexual Function
- Parade | Dealing With Low Libido? Here’s How to Orgasm After Menopause
- Wholistic Endo Expert | Endometriosis, Pelvic Physical Therapy and Pain Management
- Nike | How To Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor, According to a Physiotherapist
- Giddy | The Vasovagal Response and Other Reasons Why Inserting a Tampon is Painful
- Livestrong | Why Sex Can Be Painful After Menopause
- Well + Good | The Pandemic and Bladder Health
- Motherly | When To Start Exercising Postpartum: New Guidelines Aimed at Protecting Your Pelvic Floor
- Glamour | The Big Sex Pillow Review - Make Any Position Hotter
- Babyboomers.com | Let’s Talk About Bladder Leaks: 4 Tips From A Pelvic Floor Expert
- Heather Jeffcoat a Featured Speaker at PelviCon 2022
- Spy | 12 Discreet Sex Toy Storage Solutions to Organize Your Collection
- Healthline | How Do I Know If I Came or Accidentally Peed During Sex?
- Yahoo! Life | Why is Having Sex and Inserting Tampons Painful for Some?
- Vogue | Here’s What Experts Want You to Know About Pelvic Pain
- POP-tions: Two Non-Surgical Treatments For Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Health Central | Lighten the Mental Load of Endometriosis
- Painful Sex aka GPPD – A Little (Self) Compassion Can Go A Long Way
- POP Quiz About Two Common Postpartum Conditions - Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence
- HealthCentral | How (and Why) to Keep a Chronic Sex Diary
- Livestrong | Should You Use a Squatty Potty When You Pee?
- Buzzfeed: Some Sex Education You Actually Need — Including How Much Porn Is Too Much and Whether You Really Need to Pee After Sex
- Well and Good | Yes, Toilet Squat Stools Are Useful—But You Still Shouldn’t Strain
- Well and Good | Meet the Tushy Ottoman, a Chic Toilet Stool That Won't Ruin My Bathroom’s Aesthetic
- Well and Good | Frequent Headaches? Pelvic Floor Tension Might Be a Culprit
- Well and Good | Your Pelvic Floor Can Be a Secret Weapon Against Constipation—Here’s Why
- Well and Good | Waking Up To Pee at Night? Here’s What a Urologist Wants You To Know
- Can A Vaginal Birth Ruin Your Sex Life? | Femina PT Talks Postpartum Sex
- Healthline | Busting the Myths Behind Vaginal Tightness
- Her Campus: 9 Ways to Make First Time Sex Less Painful
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction: The Facts, Research, and Treatment
- MSN.com | 5 Physical Therapist-Approved Tips If Your Large Chest Causes Back Pain
- Healthline | Everything You Need to Know About the U-Spot
- Well and Good: 3 Pelvic Floor Workouts That Support Better Sex
- Well and Good | Your Pelvic Floor Muscles Don’t Always Benefit From Kegels
- Safely Returning to Activity and Sport | Postpartum Recovery Series - Part 1
- Buzzfeed | Front-To-Back Wiping Your Vagina
- Well and Good | We’re Getting Down With the Pelvic Floor
- The Jaw Bone's Connected to the... Pelvic Bone! | TMJ Dysfunction and Pelvic Pain
- Oxygen: 8 Foam-Roller Exercises to Improve Mobility
- Well and Good | 7 Golden Rules for a Healthier Pee, According to Urologists
- Insider: 7 Reasons Why Your Vagina May Feel Too Tight
- Well and Good: How to Tell If Your Pelvic Floor Is Too Tight, According to a Specialist
- Well and Good: You Should Not Stop Your Flow Mid-Pee
- Endometriosis Laparoscopic Postoperative Care: Steps to Recovery
- Washington Post: Stop Sucking in Your Stomach All the Time
- Buzzfeed: Kneeling Ergonomic Chairs - What You Need To Know
- Buzzfeed: Women On TikTok Are Claiming You Can "Coregasm" From Ab Exercises, So I Spoke To A Doctor
- Buzzfeed: A Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Answered The ~Down There~ Questions You Are Too Embarrassed To Ask
- Bustle: How To Use A Sex Pillow To Make Every Position Even Hotter
- Scary Mommy: If You’ve Been In The Habit Of Peeing Just In Case, Stop It Right Now
- Cosmo: 11 Blissful Sex Positions for Your Wedding Night
- Video | Pelvic Health and Cancer Q & A w/ Heather Jeffcoat on the Pelvic Hub
- Bustle: If You Have Difficulty With Orgasms, This Simple Exercise Might Help
- Washington Post: Is pandemic life harming your pelvic floor?
- Video | Meet the Experts Interviews Heather Jeffcoat, DPT on Sexual Health During Menopause
- Video | Mimi Kennedy's Physical Therapy Routine with Heather Jeffcoat
- Video | Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Discusses Navigating Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis
- SHAPE.com | Why You Have a Sore Vagina After Sex — and What to Do
- Scary Mommy: A Physical Therapist For Your Vagina
- Woman and Home | The best sex positions when you have endometriosis, according to the experts
- Giddy | Why Do I Get a Stomachache After Sex?
- Mindbodygreen | The Common Pelvic Floor Issue Whitney Port Dealt With After Giving Birth: Postpartum Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Well and Good | These CBD Suppositories Relieved My Pelvic-Floor Pain and Allowed Me To Finally Experience Pleasure
- Well and Good | Vaginal Dilators To Treat Pelvic Pain and Painful Sex
- Prevention.com | 7 Best Massage Guns to Relieve Muscle Pain and Soreness, According to Physical Therapists
- Healthline | Why Your Vagina Burns During or After Penetrative Sex
- Boxrox | Pregnancy Workouts at Home and Training through the First Trimester
- Mommy Diary | Understanding Pelvic Floor Health with Heather Jeffcoat
- BuzzFeed | A Woman On TikTok Claimed We Need To Stop Peeing "Just In Case," So I Spoke To A Doctor
- Well and Good | 5 Penis Bumpers To Make Sex Enjoyable and Pain-Free When a Partner (or Toy) Is Just Too Long
- Healthline | Can the Size of Your Clitoris Affect Your Ability to Orgasm?
- Insider | What is endo belly? How to manage the severe bloating endometriosis can cause
- Bustle | Experts Say These Are The 36 Most Effective Home Fitness Products On Amazon Under $40
- Healthline | Vaginal Scarring Is One of the Top Reasons Vulva Owners Find Penetration Painful
- Verywell Family | Peloton Launches Fitness Series for Pregnant Women
- Insider | What endometriosis feels like | First-person accounts from people who live with and manage the condition
- Verywell Family | 5 Best Diastasis Recti Exercises
- New England Journal of Medicine | Covid-19 Vaccine — Frequently Asked Questions
- Glamour | 9 Best Kegel Weights, According to Pelvic-Floor Experts
- Healthline | Is It Possible to Be ‘Too Wet’? Is This Really a Turn-Off?
- Prevention.com | Here’s Which Pelvic Floor Strengtheners Actually Work, According to Experts
- Self.com | 27 Vibrators That Sex Experts Love and Recommend
- Healthline | 14 Things to Know About Clitoral Erections
- Mindbodygreen | What Exactly Is A Lymphatic Massage? Plus, How To Perform One At Home
- Healthline | Yes, It’s Possible to Have a ‘Bad’ Orgasm — Here’s What It Looks Like
- Healthline | Are CBD Suppositories the Answer to Better, Less Painful Sex?
- C|Net | Best foam rollers for 2021, according to pros
- Byrdie | Fact - You Probably Are Not Stretching Post-Workout as Long as You Should
- Modern Fertility | Vulvovaginal anatomy 101 | Understanding your vulva and vagina in a new way
- Healthline | Parenthood | All About Joint Pain During Pregnancy (and Getting Relief)
- Verywell Family | How Long After Pregnancy Can You Have Sex?
- Healthline | Is It Safe to Indoor or Outdoor Cycle When You’re Pregnant?
- 8 Posture Correctors That Will Help You Stop Slouching | Self.com asks Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Discusses "Sex Without Pain" on the "My Pelvic Floor Muscles" YouTube Channel
- Mic.com | The right type of lube for whichever kind of sex you're having
- Kirsten's Agenda - "The There Down There" with Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Healthline | Here’s What You Need to Know About Anorgasmia in Vulva Owners
- There’s An App For That? Medical Pros Rank Top SmartPhone Apps For Pelvic Floor Exercises
- Is Vaginal Mesh Surgery Right For You? Don't Be So Sure.
- Healthline | Orgasm Shouldn’t Be Painful — Here’s How to Find Relief
- Health Digest Asks Heather Jeffcoat | When You Have an Orgasm, This is What Happens to Your Body
- The History of Estrogen Therapy
- Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for Menopause
- Heather Jeffcoat at US News and World Report - Tips for Better Vaginal Health
- Female Athlete Triad – The Distance Runner’s Hidden Obstacle
- Pelvic Pain and Birth Control – Is There a Link?
- Racial Bias and Women's Healthcare
- Federal Funding for Endometriosis DOUBLED!
- Sex After Childbirth – What’s Your ‘New Normal’?
- Sex After Cystectomy | What Women Need To Know Before Bladder Surgery
- Healthline | Everything You Need to Know About Kegel Exercises When Pregnant
- Cosmo | 5 Blissful Sex Positions for When You Have Back Pain
- Psychology Today | Effective Self-Help for Women’s Pain During Intercourse
- Healthline | How to Build a Home Gym for Under $150
- Treatment and Class Options
- Stress Urinary Incontinence – It May Be All In The Hips
- Scary Mommy | Pandemic Poops Are A Thing
- Women's Health Australia | 5 Positions To Try If Penetrative Sex Is Painful For You
- Can Mindfulness Help With Painful Sex? Part 1
- Greatist | 15 Exercise Moves to Get You Ready for Your Next Sex Marathon
- Healthline | The Best Pregnancy-Safe Exercises at Home and the Gym
- Greatist asks Heather Jeffcoat | How to Use a Vaginal Dilator
- C|Net | The Best Foam Rollers for Muscle Soreness and Stiffness, According to Pros
- O.School | Can Tampons Make Period Cramps Worse? An Investigation
- Healthline | Hey Vulva Owners, Your Sexual Peak May Last Longer Than You Think
- Telehealth & Coaching
- POPSUGAR | The 11 Ab-Shaking Moves Pilates Instructors Want You to Do For a Strong, Toned Core
- POPSUGAR | Prepare Your Core For a Pilates Crunch Variation That My Lower Abs Did NOT See Coming
- NormaTec Therapy
- Heather at HuffPo | Here Are The Best Lubricants For Women, Recommended By Experts
- Heather Jeffcoat at Greatist | How to Get Back in the Sack After a C-Section
- Sex Stories Podcast | 60 | Bye-bye Pain, Hello Pleasure | Dr. Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Hello Giggles | The best sex positions and toys to alleviate painful sex
- Shape.com | 4 Deep Vaginal Erogenous Zones You Do *Not* Want to Miss
- NextAvenue.com | Could Your Symptoms Be Pointing to a Pelvic Floor Disorder?
- O.School | What is a Ruined Orgasm?
- The Best Pilates Reformers for Your Home Gym - Livestrong.com
- Heather Jeffcoat at Greatist | For the Love of Your Pelvic Floor, Stop Kegeling so Much
- Women's Health Magazine | 8 Pelvic Floor Exercises That Are Better Than Kegels
- InControl Medical's Products Featured at Girl's Night Out
- HelloGiggles.com | 11 weird things that can happen to your body after sex
- Video | Center For Healthy Sex - Female Sexual Dysfunction and Pain Disorders with Heather Jeffcoat
- Heather Jeffcoat at Cosmo | Seven Reasons Why Your Vagina Is Sore After Sex
- Heather Jeffcoat at Cosmo | Eight Solid Sex Toy Options For Women With Endometriosis
- Skinny Ms. - Seven Soothing Yoga Positions for Lower Back Pain
- Cosmopolitan Quotes Heather Jeffcoat in "5 Positions to Try if Penetrative Sex Is Painful for You"
- 3rd Annual Girls' Night Out Event About Sexual & Pelvic Health
- Under The Hood Podcast | All About The Pelvic Floor with Heather Jeffcoat
- Popsugar.com | Here's What Doctors Want You to Know About the Care and Keeping of Your Pelvic Floor
- Heather Jeffcoat at Hellahealth.com | Kegels Are Not the Only Option for Treating Incontinence
- Heather Jeffcoat's Book "Sex Without Pain" Featured Not Once But Twice in the Same Week!
- Heather Jeffcoat on lifehacker.com | Do You Need Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy?
- Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis
- Pudendal Neuralgia Diagnosis
- Heather returns from work with the Chinese Olympic Committee
- Heather Jeffcoat at Health.com | Sex Positions to Try if Sex Is Painful
- Heather Jeffcoat on Bustle.com | A Burning Sensation In Your Vagina and What To Do About It
- Physical Therapy Treatments for Pelvic and Abdominal Post Surgical Conditions
- Heather Jeffcoat in New York Magazine's "The Strategist"
- Gender Health Physical Therapy Services
- Heather Jeffcoat on the "Sex With Emily" Show with Dr. Emily Morse - January 8, 2019
- Anorgasmia/Dysorgasmia - No Orgasms, Diminished Orgasms, Painful Orgasms
- Girls' Night Out | Better Sexual and Pelvic Health - November 4, 2018
- Heather Jeffcoat Featured Guest on the Girl Boner Podcast with August McLaughlin
- Heather Jeffcoat on the "Sex With Emily" Show with Dr. Emily Morse - July 6, 2018
- Los Angeles Tightly Wound Events Wrap Up
- Redefining Postpartum Care in the “Fourth Trimester”
- You Are Invited to Becoming unWOUND: A Conversation About Female Sexual Health and Pelvic Pain
- Teaching Your Daughters About Endometriosis
- Heather Jeffcoat Featured on Baby Life Hacks
- Mi Sexo Sin Dolor - El Libro - de Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Girls' Night Out | Better Sexual and Pelvic Health - October, 2017
- Urogenital and Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- Incontinence
- Heather Interviewed by HelloFlo About Preventing Yeast Infections
- Heather Interviewed by August McLaughlin on the Girl Boner Podcast
- Heather Interviewed by Aaron Sanchez at ABC News
- International Journal of Childbirth Education | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome During Pregnancy
- PT Products Magazine | Childbirth Injuries
- International Journal of Childbirth Education | Early Post Partum Recovery
- International Journal of Childbirth Education | Help for Postural Pain After Breastfeeding
- International Journal of Childbirth Education | Post-partum Pelvic Pain
- Web Publications
- Archive of Published Articles Written by Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Heather Featured in Interstitial Cystitis Association Magazine
- Heather Assists With the Film "Tightly Wound"
- Heather Speaks About Her Book "Sex Without Pain"
- Livestrong x Heather - The Best Sex Positions for Any Kind of Lover
- Vulvodynia Treatment and Symptoms
- Vulvar Vestibulitis Symptoms and Treatments
- Dyspareunia Symptoms and Treatments
- What's Up Down There, Doc?
- Heather's Book Sex Without Pain Featured and Reviewed on Mamalode
- Heather Featured Expert for American Baby Magazine
- Heather on "Loveline with Mike and Dr. Drew"
- Heather on Estrella TV with Adriana Ruggiero
- Does Vaginismus Create Fear, or Does Fear Create Vaginismus?
- Why You Should STOP Doing Kegels NOW
- Official Book Release Today!
- Why you should be doing Kegels RIGHT NOW!
- What are Kegels?
- International Journal of Childbirth Education | Post-partum Urinary Incontinence
- International Journal of Childbirth Education | Exercises for Lower Back Pain in Pregnancy
- Recommended Products for Vaginismus (Pelvic Floor Myalgia), Vaginal Stenosis, Dyspareunia, and More
- The Book | Sex Without Pain
- Meet Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Pregnancy & Postpartum Issues - Pain, Dysfunction and Fitness
- Cancer Rehabilitation Treatments
- Orthopedic Services
- Post-Partum Renewal Program
- The IRAS Method
- Fascial Stretch Therapy
- Welcome to Femina Physical Therapy (home page)
- International Journal of Childbirth Education | Help for Pubic Symphysis Pain (Pelvic Girdle Pain)
Bio
- Bio
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Heather (she/her/hers) is the author of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve and a recognized expert in the field of Women's Health Physical Therapy. She has been a featured guest on Loveline with Mike and Dr. Drew, Livestrong, Mom.me, Estrella TV with Adriana Ruggiero, L.A. Parent Magazine, ICA Update and the International Childbirth Education Association Journal, where she hosted the long-running quarterly column entitled "Perinatal Wellness".
She has also been a guest blogger multiple times for the Womens Health Foundation. After receiving many emails from people around world, she noticed there was a gap in access to quality pelvic floor physical therapy providers, and women deserved answers and a treatment plan for the painful sex they were experiencing. She developed her book as a way to get her proven techniques to all who needed it.
Heather received her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Duke University and her BS in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience from UC San Diego. Additionally, she received her Comprehensive Teacher Training Certification in Pilates from BASI and is a Certified Fascial Stretch Therapist through the Stretch to Win Institute.
Heather specializes in treating Orthopaedic and other diagnoses that respond to physical therapy throughout a woman's lifespan, as well as developing personalized Perinatal Fitness programs. Heather has a wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to how best to treat:
- pelvic pain (vaginismus, vulvar vestibulitis, levator ani syndrome, pudendal neuralgia, interstitial cystitis (IC)/painful bladder syndrome (PBS))
- voiding dysfunction
- sacroiliac joint (SIJ) dysfunctions
- pregnancy and post-partum related disorders (sexual pain, incontinence, back/hip pain, diastasis recti, incisional/scar tissue pain and burning post C-section, vaginal scar tissue pain, hysterectomy or laparoscopic surgery)
- persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD)/persistent sexual arousal syndrome (PSAS)
- painful orgasm, anorgasmia (no orgasm), diminished orgasms
- coccydynia (tailbone pain)
- irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), constipation, etc.
- neck pain, tension headaches, low back pain, hip pain, and shoulder pain and dysfunction (adhesive capsulitis, rotator cuff impingement, bursitis, etc).
To stay current with the newest research and treatment techniques, Heather is regularly attending continuing education covering various topics in the field of Women’s Health and Orthopaedics. She works with physicians and sex therapists both at the Southern California Pelvic Pain Center and in the community.
She is very involved with the International Pelvic Pain Society and currently sits on their Board of Directors and is their current Social Media Committee Chair.
She is also active in the American Physical Therapy Association’s Section on Women’s Health Section on Women’s Health, and has written and edited numerous documents that are currently distributed around the country.
She opened Fusion Wellness & Physical Therapy Physical Therapy in 2009, owing to the changing healthcare climate at the time that emphasized the quantity of patient care over it's quality. Working in a situation where she had to see two patients per hour, often with complex pain conditions, incontinence, or all of the above, she knew that these patients deserved to be provided with actual care, not just the idea of care.
With 60-120 minute sessions available in any of her multiple Los Angeles area offices, she and her staff are able to provide the hands-on treatment, skilled corrective exercises and other interventions by specialized and licensed physical therapists. Let us start putting your pain and discomfort behind you.