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  1. Advocating for proper postpartum care

    Ghostpartum | Advocating for Proper Postpartum Carehttps://feminapt.com/blog/ghostpartum-advocating-for-proper-postpartum-care

    actually a term used to describe the postpartum period where many do not receive appropriate care as they transition from pregnancy to parenthood. In fact, according to the American College of OB/GYN (ACOG), up to 40 percent of postpartum folks do not...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  2. Barriers to Restoring Sexual Function After Childbirth

    Barriers to Restoring Sexual Function After Childbirthhttps://feminapt.com/blog/barriers-to-restoring-sexual-function-after-childbirth

    Some good news: while many women also experience difficulty reaching orgasm earlier postpartum, compared to pre-pregnancy, women actually showed improvements in ability to orgasm at the 6 and 12 month timeframes postpartum in a survey of 1400 women2....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Anna Larson, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  3. post-partum pelvic pain

    International Journal of Childbirth Education | Post-partum Pelvic Painhttps://feminapt.com/resources/published-articles/post-partum-pelvic-pain

    experience it International Journal of Childbirth Education. December 2008. Heather Jeffcoat, DPT You had the perfect pregnancy. Your delivery could not have been any better. At your six-week checkup, everything looks great. So, what’s with all the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Published Articles
  4. What do Breastfeeding women need and want? - No one told me about this part.

    What do Breastfeeding Women Need and Want? - No One Told Me About This Part!https://feminapt.com/blog/what-do-breastfeeding-women-need-and-want-no-one-told-me-about-this-part

    decreases the likelihood of postpartum depression, obesity and metabolic conditions while aiding in returning to one’s pre pregnancy weight (Edie et. al). Postpartum women, however, are having difficulty meeting the 150 hours per week of moderate...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Stephany Tritt, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  5. diastasis recti diastasis recti exercises

    Verywell Family | 5 Best Diastasis Recti Exerciseshttps://feminapt.com/media-content/heather-jeffcoat-at-verywell-family/verywell-family-5-best-diastasis-recti-exercises

    If you’re looking for specific diastasis recti exercises, we can help you get back into a fitness groove after pregnancy and childbirth and help heal and strengthen the deep core muscles. What is Diastasis Recti? Diastasis recti happens when the two...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Verywell Family
  6. postpartum exercise guidelines

    Motherly | Postpartum Exercise Guidelines are Changinghttps://feminapt.com/media-content/motherly/motherly-postpartum-exercise-guidelines-are-changing

    building to a full regimen at the twelve week mark. She begins: Many women can’t wait to start exercising again after pregnancy. For others, sweet baby snuggles tend to win out over exercising for the first few weeks. Once you catch up on sleep and...

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

  7. PT Products Magazine | Childbirth Injurieshttps://feminapt.com/resources/published-articles/childbirth-injuries

    Childbirth Injuries PT Products Magazine. July 2009 Heather Jeffcoat, DPT You had the perfect pregnancy. Everyone in the delivery room told you the delivery went smoothly. At your six-week checkup, your doctor tells you that everything looks great. So,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Published Articles
  8. 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
  9. add pelvic floor physical therapy to your healthcare routine

    VeryWell Health | Is It Time to Add Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy to Your Healthcare Routine?https://feminapt.com/media-content/verywell-health/verywell-health-is-it-time-to-add-pelvic-floor-physical-therapy-to-your-healthcare-routine

    to Your Healthcare Routine? What Causes Pelvic Floor Problems? Pelvic floor dysfunction tends to occur with age, during pregnancy, or in tandem with life events linked to plummeting hormone levels, such as the postpartum period and menopause. (Pelvic...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Verywell Health

  10. Testimonial by J.H.https://feminapt.com/about-us/testimonials/testimonial-10

    how I was experiencing pain and how it impacted my every day activities. Heather helped me throughout the remainder of my pregnancy and through the postpartum period. When she moved away and I became pregnant a second time 3 years later I used all the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Webmaster
    • Category: Testimonials
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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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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 Alexandra B.

Heather is without exaggerating AMAZING! After years of trouble with a certain part of my body, in no time, she made everything change back to equilibrium and to what would be considered normal. She explains everything in detail and therefore gives you a better understanding of why things are the way they are, and how you can work towards turning things around. I would highly recommend Heather for any type of Physical Therapy. She has created her own "Method/Therapy"...

Testimonial by M.M.

A personal journey and testimonial from one of my patients: My husband and I were married for 5 years before we were able to have intercourse due to my vaginismus. There was nothing traumatic in my past but for some reason, even though I wanted sex, I mentally avoided "that area" of my body and didn't even admit to myself that there was a problem for a long time, even though I was never able to put tampons in. Once I finally opened my eyes up to the fact that I had a...

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