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Including more articles authored by Heather Jeffcoat, DPT in her career, as well as links to outside resources such as trusted providers, books, therapy products, and more.
Archive of articles written by Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
All of these articles were published either in print or online (or both) before Heather launched Femina PT:
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Although her book "Sex Without Pain" offers a comprehensive self-treatment program, Heather firmly believes that the best way to treat pain with intercourse is to involve a team of competent, supportive professional experts.
In addition, an initial evaluation by a physician (to rule out medical sources of pain), and a consultation with a physical therapist are highly recommended (and may be necessary) before beginning this, or any other, self-treatment or exercise program.
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Improve your general sexual well being with these products for vaginismus and a variety of other sexual issues.
Our favorite products for mind, body and soul for pelvic health and orthopedics for all.
A whole body approach is a must! These are products we recommend everyday in our practice, including products for Pilates and yoga, preconception, pregnancy support, postpartum recovery, pelvic health including painful sex due to vaginismus, vulvodynia, vestibulodynia, dyspareunia, vaginal stenosis, pelvic floor myalgia, postpartum and menopause support, incontinence management, general orthopedic conditions, and more! With the pelvic floor and orthopedic issues we treat, we have found that having additional tools at home to supplement your in office physical therapy are a game changer for accelerating you towards your goals. Should you address your hip pain and incontinence at the same time? YES! Should you address your painful sex and low back pain at the same time? YES! These conditions are known to contribute to each other and you can't fully resolve one without the other. And if you're local we stock many of these items in our offices!
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Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve was written by Heather Jeffcoat, DPT, a physical therapist with countless successes in treating pain of this type. Women with vaginismus, overactive pelvic floor, painful intercourse, endometriosis, vulvodynia, vulvar vestibulitis, vestibulodynia, dyspareunia, interstitial cystitis have all benefited from her unique program. Heather uses her orthopedic background to approach treatment of these muscles like they are....muscles! She utilizes a self-treatment tool called a dilator to provide massage and other muscle relaxation and stretching techniques in a gentle fashion to return a women's muscles back to a resting, rather than guarded, state.
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