When Dilators Are a Necessary Tool | Femina Physical Therapy Newsletter Issue 206
Femina PT Newsletter
The Latest from the blog and more
Click here to see all of our current treatment options
about us | resources | media | blogThis Week at Femina Physical Therapy
Why Dilators Are a Necessary Tool For Managing Hypertonic Pelvic Floor Muscles
After my post on dilators last week got some traction on instagram, I've been getting a ton of messages from people connecting to them as 'life savers' and private messages from women feeling alone in their community seeking more answers. We've recommended various types of dilators consistently in our practice for over 20 years and truly believe they are a necessary tool for managing hypertonic pelvic floor muscles. Many types of chronic pelvic pain, sexual pain, pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence are worsened when a hypertonic pelvic floor is present.
We're highlighting an endometriosis and painful sex article in our last May issue to wind down Pelvic Pain Awareness Month. Endometriosis is one of those pelvic floor conditions where we almost universally find a hypertonic pelvic floor, and can reproduce our patients pain through specific palpation of these muscles. Dilators are an essential component of most of our endo patients home program, with the goals of reducing pain and restoring sexual function.
I've also had several recent features in the media on how to use dilators, and you can get all the details in my book Sex Without Pain: A Self Treatment Guide to the Sex Life You Deserve. We're even offering a special newsletter subscriber discount of 30% using code FEMINANEWS30.
As always thank you so much for being a subscriber to our newsletter, and remember that you can also stay in touch by following us on InstaGram at @feminapt and @dr.heatherjeffcoat.
That's it for now, see you next week!
Heather
Featured Content from the Femina PT Website
{joomlacontent:153| type:intro| link| author| pict:resized| maxwidth:180| maxheight:180| format:TOP_LEFT}
{joomlacontent:428| type:intro| link| author| pict:resized| maxwidth:180| maxheight:180| format:TOP_LEFT}
What Our Patients Say
{autocontent:11-| max:1| order:rand,DESC| type:intro|link|author| pict:resized| maxwidth:180| maxheight:180| format:TOP_LEFT}
Products We Love
Soul Source Vaginal Dilators
High-quality, safe dilators that are 100% made in the USA
We highly recommend Soul Source products. Their dialators and kits come in a variety of sizes and designs to accomodate everyone's individual therapeutic needs. As a subscriber to our newsletter you can use the discount code 'FEMINA' to get a 5% discount!
Soul Source Therapeutic Devices is a company specializing in the production of high quality vaginal dilators. Our products are manufactured in the US, using materials manufactured and purchased in the US.
FeminaPT.com | Contact Us
Femina Physical Therapy
Click here for our locations in the Greater Los Angeles Area
ph: 818-877-6910
subscription management