Start Your Pelvic Health Journey
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property plgAcymailingContentplugin::$paramsContent is deprecated in /home/femina5/public_html/plugins/acymailing/contentplugin/contentplugin.php on line 24
Deprecated: mb_convert_encoding(): Handling HTML entities via mbstring is deprecated; use htmlspecialchars, htmlentities, or mb_encode_numericentity/mb_decode_numericentity instead in /home/femina5/public_html/components/com_acymailing/inc/emogrifier/emogrifier.php on line 69
Deprecated: Use of "self" in callables is deprecated in /home/femina5/public_html/components/com_acymailing/inc/emogrifier/emogrifier.php on line 122
How Physical Therapy Can Help Breast Cancer Survivors | Femina Physical Therapy Newsletter Issue 211
The Latest From the Blog and More
Click here to see all of our
current treatment options
about us | treatments | resources | media | blogThis Week at Femina Physical Therapy
Halloween is Upon Us!
Wrapping Up Breast Cancer Awareness Month
We hope you weren’t frightened we haven't had a newsletter in a few weeks. I couldn’t think of a better way to kick off our weekly newsletters by showcasing how physical therapy can help breast cancer survivors. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we have some great content to help you be better informed – so that you can better advocate for your breast and pelvic health after breast cancer.
But first, in the spirit of the season – check out one of our wonderful pumpkins carved by @jtmleathercraft - and check out his instagram to view his fabulous custom leathercraft items (he’s even made me a vulva bracelet - but you’ll have to wait for a future newsletter to see that beauty!).
One of the most often under-discussed (or not discussed at all) side effects of cancer therapies is sexual dysfunction. While this commonly occurs with cancers that include estrogen-suppression therapies, there is so much that pelvic floor physical therapy can do to improve sexual function during this time.
And did you check out our recent instagram post on physical therapy for breast cancer? Let’s empower ourselves and each other this month (and every month) 💪🏼💝
Restoring Sexual Function After Breast Cancer
Since Breast cancer is known to have sexual side effects, we wanted to highlight one of our favorite companies that help with products that return your sexual function. Soul Source dilators is a Los Angeles-based company with dilators designed and made in the USA. You can get a great discount by entering code FEMINA at check out, too!
If you need a reference guide to know how to use those dilators, check out my book, Sex Without Pain: A Self Treatment Guide to the Sex Life You Deserve. It’s available on Amazon or on immediate PDF download.
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
Sexual Function and Cancer: Include Physical Therapy in Your Care Plan
Physical Therapy Can Mitigate the Effects of Cancer on Sexual Function
Sexuality can be a big part of who we are as individuals. Sexual function can be defined as “specific physical, physiological, neurological and emotional behaviors expressed by an individual response”.5 Sexual function and cancer can have an important and detrimental relationship. There are certain cancers that can unfortunately affect our sexual health, including cervical, ovarian, bladder, kidney, colorectal and breast cancer to name a few.
Some cancer treatments can cause unwanted side effects that affect our sexual health such as decreased sexual arousal or desire, vaginal stenosis (narrowing of the vaginal canal), dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse), and bladder/bowel dysfunction. This can affect our relationships with ourselves and with our partners, and reduce quality of life.
Read More
What Our Patients Say
Jill K. / Pelvic pain
I have been working with Erin since 2009; through 2 cervical fusions and chronic hip and pelvic pain. I trust her implicitly. She truly is a miracle worker. Because of her, I am able continue daily pilates three times per week without pain or injury.
Thank you Erin
FeminaPT.com | Contact Us
Femina Physical Therapy
Click here for our locations in the Greater Los Angeles Area
ph: 818-877-6910
subscription management
