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Updated Endometriosis Guidelines: Effective Treatments & Insightshttps://feminapt.com/blog/updated-endometriosis-guidelines-effective-treatments-insights

06 October 2023 What Do Updated Endometriosis Guidelines Mean to You? A variety of treatments are available for endometriosis and its symptoms. They include pharmacological treatments, surgical treatments, acupuncture, electrotherapy, nutritional changes,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Stephany Tritt, PT, DPT
• Category: Blog

How to Help Lipedema and Lymphedema - Part 2https://feminapt.com/blog/how-to-help-lipedema-and-lymphedema-part-2

09 July 2024 The light pressure needed for manual lymphatic drainage makes this a comfortable therapy in support of lipedema or other chronic pain conditions without provoking additional pain. When treating lymphedema, manual lymphatic drainage is an important...

• Type: Article
• Author: Sarah Bellon, PT, DPT, CLT
• Category: Blog

Pelvic Floor Therapyhttps://feminapt.com/treatments/pelvic-floor-therapy

01 November 2018 Unlike other offices, your first visit to Femina Physical Therapy is a thorough 85 minute evaluation. Here's an outline of what to expect when it comes to pelvic floor therapy. The goal of this initial evaluation is to understand all the different...

• Type: Article
• Author: Staff
• Category: Treatments

Is Vaginal Mesh Surgery Right For You? Don't Be So Sure.https://feminapt.com/blog/is-vaginal-mesh-surgery-right-for-you-don-t-be-so-sure

15 September 2020 “The cure is worse than the disease." We’ve all heard the cautionary proverb; but to someone desperate for a cure, it’s all too easy to ignore. Sadly, that’s been the outcome of too many vaginal mesh surgery cases. It’s a popular treatment for stress...

• Type: Article
• Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
• Category: Blog

Meet Stephany Tritt, PT, DPThttps://feminapt.com/about-us/about-stephany

26 July 2023 ¡También hablo español! After receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from UC Santa Cruz, Stephany earned her Master’s degree in Physical Therapy from Mount St. Mary’s University then expanded further with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from...

• Type: Article
• Author: Stephany Tritt, PT, DPT
• Category: Our Team

What is the Difference Between Rectal Prolapse and Hemorrhoids?https://feminapt.com/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-rectal-prolapse-and-hemorrhoids

17 June 2018 Do You Know the Difference Between Rectal Prolapse and Hemorrhoids? We continue Pelvic Organ Prolapse Awareness Month by talking about Rectal prolapse and hemorrhoids, two conditions that are commonly mistaken for one another. Rectal prolapse and...

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

Chronic Constipation and Dysynergic Defecationhttps://feminapt.com/diagnoses/constipation-dysynergic-defecation

14 April 2018 Pelvic Floor Dysynergia, Dysynergic Defecation, and Chronic Constipation Can pelvic floor therapy help with the various forms of constipation? It's National IBS Month! We are continuing our bowel health series to help you achieve optimal pelvic health....

• Type: Article
• Author: Staff
• Category: Diagnoses

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

10 July 2020 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

Well and Good | These CBD Suppositories Relieved My Pelvic-Floor Pain and Allowed Me To Finally Experience Pleasurehttps://feminapt.com/media-content/well-and-good/well-and-good-these-cbd-suppositories-relieved-my-pelvic-floor-pain-and-allowed-me-to-finally-experience-pleasure

10 June 2021 Once again Gabrielle Kassel of the website Well + Good has reached out to me for my expertise, this time on the use of BD suppositories for overcoming a hypertonic pelvic floor which can lead to vaginal tightness, pain during sex or tampon insertion,...

• Type: Article
• Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
• Category: Well and Good

Lasers And My Vagina?!?https://feminapt.com/blog/lasers-and-my-vagina

20 January 2021 for serious adverse events, including vaginal burns, scarring, pain during sexual intercourse, and recurring or chronic pain. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists echoed this warning, citing the 2018 FDA warning in their...

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