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  1. Woman crouching next to bed due to painful bladder syndrome

    Histamines and Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome)https://feminapt.com/blog/histamines-and-interstitial-cystitis-painful-bladder-syndrome

    How do Histamines Affect Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome)? Newly published research by Grundy et al. (2019) shows a more direct connection. In this study published in the February 2021 issue of The American Journal of Physiology: Renal...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog

  2. Stress, Bowel Movements, and Your Pelvic Floorhttps://feminapt.com/blog/stress-bowel-movements-and-your-pelvic-floor

    Your Stress Levels Affect your Bowel Movements and Vice Versa Psychological stress affects your bowels. Perhaps you know this through personal experience, but research in the past decade has strengthened the link between stress and bowel problems...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  3. Becoming unWOUND: A Conversation About Female Sexual Health and Pelvic Pain

    You Are Invited to Becoming unWOUND: A Conversation About Female Sexual Health and Pelvic Painhttps://feminapt.com/blog/you-are-invited-to-becoming-unwound-a-conversation-about-female-sexual-health-and-pelvic-pain

    A Conversation about Female Sexual Health & Pelvic Pain with Screening of Animated Short Film "Tightly Wound" Femina PT, the Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center, and the Milli, the first Expandable Dilator, are teaming up to bring Shelby Hadden and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  4. Solutions for Chronic Constipation | Image Courtesy of Tim Mossholder via Unsplash

    How to Have Your Best Poop Ever: Solutions for Chronic Constipationhttps://feminapt.com/blog/how-to-have-your-best-poop-ever-solutions-for-chronic-constipation

    Let's Discuss Some Solutions for Chronic Constipation "Chronic constipation can have detrimental effects to daily life..." Constipation is an extremely common symptom that has been reported to affect 63 million people in North America.1 Chronic...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Debbie Dy, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  5. Understanding Relaxin: Why It Doesn’t Cause Pain in Pregnancy

    Understanding Relaxin: Why It Doesn’t Cause Pain in Pregnancyhttps://feminapt.com/blog/understanding-relaxin-why-it-doesnt-cause-pain-in-pregnancy

    Pregnancy is a time of significant physical and hormonal changes, and among the many hormones involved, Relaxin plays a crucial role. However, there’s a common misconception that Relaxin is responsible for pain during pregnancy. Let’s take a closer...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Anna Larson, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  6. when to start exercising postpartum

    Motherly | When To Start Exercising Postpartum: New Guidelines Aimed at Protecting Your Pelvic Floorhttps://feminapt.com/media-content/motherly/motherly-when-to-start-exercising-postpartum-new-guidelines-aimed-at-protecting-your-pelvic-floor

    We've posted quite a large volume of information on our site about pregnancy and exercise over the years, so it's no surprise that Motherly's Sydni Ellis came calling while researching the topic of when to start exercising postpartum. Here is a brief...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Motherly
  7. What are deep core muscles and how does pregnancy affect them?

    What are deep core muscles and how does pregnancy affect them?https://feminapt.com/blog/what-are-deep-core-muscles-and-how-does-pregnancy-affect-them

    What are the “deep core muscles”? The “deep core” is a muscle group that acts to stabilize your spine. This muscle group consists of the diaphragm, the pelvic floor muscles, the transverse abdominis and the multifidi muscles. When properly engaged,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Debbie Dy, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  8. Working with a Doula | Image Courtesy of Rebekah Vos via Unsplash

    Blog: Working with a Doula | The Benefits of a Birthing Advocate https://feminapt.com/blog/blog-working-with-a-doula-the-benefits-of-a-birthing-advocate

    Are You Thinking of Working with a Doula? Here are some of the benefits Being a pelvic floor physical therapist, I work with pregnant and postpartum women almost daily. Not having birthed any children yet and currently pregnant, I was curious about the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog

  9. Effective Postpartum Recovery Exercises for New Momshttps://feminapt.com/blog/effective-postpartum-recovery-exercises-for-new-moms

    Having a baby changes a lot more than your schedule. Your body goes through quite an epic shift during pregnancy and childbirth. After your little one arrives, it's normal to feel the changes that have occurred in your body. Recovery is a journey where...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  10. Lichen Sclerosus & Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: How to Manage Symptoms & Improve Vulvar Health

    Lichen Sclerosus & Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy: How to Manage Symptoms & Improve Vulvar Healthhttps://feminapt.com/blog/lichen-sclerosus-pelvic-floor-physical-therapy-how-to-manage-symptoms-improve-vulvar-health

    Lichen Sclerosus: What You Need to Know About This Common Yet Overlooked Vulvar Condition Have you heard of Lichen Sclerosus (LS)? It’s a chronic skin condition that affects the genital and anal areas, though it can appear elsewhere on the body. While...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Debbie Dy, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
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Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve

Haga clic aquí para la versión española 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, 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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What Our Patients Say About Their Journey

Testimonial by R.S.

I wanted to thank you so much for helping me get through something I thought I may never be able to. We have achieved pain-free intercourse and this has really solidified our marriage. We are so grateful to you for all the work you do! Thank you!! -- R.S.

Testimonial by M.N., age 28

A personal journey and testimonial from one of my patients: I was diagnosed with vaginismus 4 years ago. I never heard of such medical condition until after I got married. At first my husband and I didn't know what to do, we didn't know what the issues were or how to overcome it. Being born and raised in Armenia and being Christian I wasn't that open about talking to sex with others and so it wasn't easy to seek help. But eventually I went to an Ob-Gyn and luckily she...

Testimonial by A.B.

Before I was referred to Heather Jeffcoat I was living in a nightmare. I had been married to my husband for three years and I was suffering from Vaginismus. That all changed when I visited my OBGYN and she said she knew of someone with a great success rate. To be honest I was hesitant at first because my first doctor had already told me that all I needed to do was order dilators from the internet and I should overcome my problem. She was wrong because I had followed the...

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