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  1. Best Massage Guns

    Prevention.com | 7 Best Massage Guns to Relieve Muscle Pain and Soreness, According to Physical Therapistshttps://feminapt.com/media-content/prevention-com/prevention-com-7-best-massage-guns-to-relieve-muscle-pain-and-soreness-according-to-physical-therapists

    Fusion Wellness & Physical Therapy in Los Angeles. Massage guns can also help break up scar tissue, which may form after an injury and continue to trigger discomfort long after you’ve healed. To use a massage gun, lightly sweep it over the muscle,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Prevention.com
  2. Painful Sex & GPPD | Image Courtesy of Taras Chernus via Unsplash

    Painful Sex aka GPPD – A Little (Self) Compassion Can Go A Long Wayhttps://feminapt.com/blog/painful-sex-aka-gppd-a-little-self-compassion-can-go-a-long-way

    embrace the idea that the pain was real. These days, we know that an entire laundry list of physical factors – infection, injury, birth trauma, hormonal changes – can cause or contribute to the physical pain. The new frontier of GPPD research offers us...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  3. Incontinence During Pregnancy | Image Courtesy of DexSwaggerBoy via Unsplash

    Incontinence During Pregnancy & Postpartum | Postpartum Recovery Series - Part 4https://feminapt.com/blog/incontinence-during-pregnancy-postpartum-recovery-series-pt-4

    the increased pressure caused by the growing baby. It is also proposed that a muscle that is stronger is less prone to injury and has a greater reserve of strength. If the muscle or nerve is injured it will have less loss of muscle function. It is also...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  4. Endometriosis and Central Sensitization | Image Courtesy of Jonathan Borba via Unsplash

    Endometriosis and Central Sensitization: Pain in Endometriosishttps://feminapt.com/blog/endometriosis-and-central-sensitization

    which can persist even after lesions are removed or managed. How does central sensitization start? It starts with an injury or noxious stimulus (a painful insult). As a result, neurons start to fire to signal danger, and inflammatory cells are sent to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  5. Lifting and Your Pelvic Floor

    Well + Good | 6 Things To Know About Lifting and Your Pelvic Floorhttps://feminapt.com/media-content/well-and-good/well-good-6-things-to-know-about-lifting-and-your-pelvic-floor

    —including exactly how to brace your core and breathe while strength training in order to optimize your efforts and avoid injury. 1. First things first: Everyone has a pelvic floor Before diving into the specific relationship between lifting and the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Well and Good
  6. women discussing pelvic floor pre and post baby

    Forbes | How To Strengthen The Pelvic Floor Pre And Post Babyhttps://feminapt.com/media-content/forbes/forbes-how-to-strengthen-the-pelvic-floor-pre-and-post-baby

    help your muscles cope with the demands of pregnancy and childbirth, and may also help the muscles restore themselves after injury. This may not be news to regular readers of our site, but we have written many articles describing all aspects of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Forbes
  7. image depicting belly press during sex

    Cosmo Asks Heather Jeffcoat About This "Belly Press During Sex" Thinghttps://feminapt.com/media-content/heather-jeffcoat-in-cosmo/cosmo-asks-heather-jeffcoat-about-this-belly-press-during-sex-thing

    particularly if you are having issues due to illness, life changes like pregnancy or menopause, and/or recovering from an injury. But once your pelvic floor is in shape, we also love to present various techniques that help you enjoy sex more. So when...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Cosmo
  8. Steps to return to running in postpartum | image courtesy of sam chaffin via unsplash

    Blog: A Safe Return to Running and Impact Activities in Postpartumhttps://feminapt.com/blog/blog-return-to-running-in-postpartum

    assess your pelvic floor and whole body to determine your readiness to return to these activities and reduce your risk of injury. References: Goom T, Donnelly E, Brockwell E. Returning to running postnatal—guidelines for medical, health and fitness...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Debbie Dy, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  9. symptoms of a weak pelvic floor

    Runner's World Asks Heather Jeffcoat About Symptoms of a Weak Pelvic Floorhttps://feminapt.com/media-content/runners-world/runner-s-world-asks-heather-jeffcoat-about-symptoms-of-a-weak-pelvic-floor

    that aren’t intended to support such movements could be the reason you end up injured. If you've experienced a pelvic floor injury, perhaps it's time to schedule an appointment with one of our licensed physical therapists who specializes in the pelvic...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Runner's World
  10. Anna Larson DPT

    Meet Anna Larson, DPThttps://feminapt.com/about-us/about-anna

    evidenced-based practice along with an individualized treatment plan for each patient. Anna believes healing a physical injury requires incorporating all aspects of an individual; mental, emotional, environmental, social, and biological. Prior to...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Anna Larson, PT, DPT
    • Category: Our Team
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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 A.W., age 32

I wanted to let you know that my pelvic floor held strong and gave me no trouble whatsoever in my trail race this morning (12 miles)! In a way, I felt like I ran better than ever because my core feels so rock solid from all the exercises you have me doing. That was especially valuable on the technical downhill - I just flew down the trail because I had confidence in my balance and form. Thank you for helping me get back to doing what I love. -- A.W., age 32 (completed...

Testimonial by T.C.

While pregnant with my twins, Heather took care with keeping me on my feet and pain free. She saved my back, my sanity and the holidays! I would recommend her to every “mom” looking to stay on her feet during pregnancy and post-partum. -- T.C.

Testimonial by P.M.

I was hopeful but frankly skeptical when the doctor treating me for Interstitial Cystitis recommended that I go to Heather for physical therapy. Medication and diet helped control my IC symptoms, but I had never heard of physical therapy being used to treat IC. The education and treatment I received from Heather was a revelation. She explained that the pain I experienced with IC had helped create a cycle of muscle guarding which affected the entire pelvic area. I had no...

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