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  1. 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

  2. Breaking the Cycle of Pain: Treatment Options for Vaginismushttps://feminapt.com/blog/breaking-the-cycle-of-pain-treatment-options-for-vaginismus

    Vaginismus is a condition that many women face yet often don't talk about. It involves involuntary muscle spasms that make any form of vaginal penetration, including intercourse, painful or even impossible. The impact of vaginismus goes beyond just...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  3. 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

    The best massage guns boost workout recovery by improving blood flow and reducing muscle tension. The signs of a great workout are unmistakeable: You’re sweaty, you’re tired, and your muscles are on fire. But the next day? That jolt of energy is often...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Prevention.com
  4. Lightning Crotch in Pregnancy: How you can start recovering from SPD

    Lightning Crotch in Pregnancy: How You Can Start Recovering from SPDhttps://feminapt.com/blog/lightning-crotch-in-pregnancy-how-you-can-start-recovering-from-spd

    What is symphysis pubis dysfunction (Lightning Crotch)? Symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD), also known as pubic symphysis dysfunction, anterior pelvic girdle pain, or lightning crotch, is a common musculoskeletal condition that is experienced by...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Debbie Dy, PT, DPT
    • Category: Blog
  5. Secret Weapon Against Constipation

    Well and Good | Your Pelvic Floor Can Be a Secret Weapon Against Constipation—Here’s Whyhttps://feminapt.com/media-content/well-and-good/well-and-good-your-pelvic-floor-can-be-a-secret-weapon-against-constipation-here-s-why

    Gabrielle Kassel of the website Well + Good reached out to me for some tips on avoiding constipation and alleviating its symptoms when it does occur. In short, we discussed how your pelvic floor can be a secret weapon against constipation. Here is a...

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

  6. Pelvic Pain and Sexual Pain Syndromeshttps://feminapt.com/diagnoses/pelvic-pain-syndromes

    or Perineal Itching if found to be absent of infection, should be looked at for musculoskeletal contributions. Tight muscles can pull on fascia (a type of connnective tissue), which in turn can pull on the skin and create constant or frequent itching,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: What We Treat
  7. Obesity Increases Urinary Incontinence

    How Obesity Increases Urinary Incontinencehttps://feminapt.com/blog/how-obesity-increases-urinary-incontinence

    Learn How Obesity Increases Urinary Incontinence and How Pelvic Floor Therapy Can Help Urinary Incontinence is common, why suffer? Urinary incontinence is the loss of bladder control. Urinary incontinence affects up to 1 in 3 women. The two most common...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  8. Photo by Yuris Alhumaydy on Unsplash

    Chronic Pelvic Pain | Insights on Trigger Point Injections, Myofascial Pain https://feminapt.com/blog/chronic-pelvic-pain-insights-on-trigger-point-injections-myofascial-pain

    Trigger Point Injections for Chronic Pelvic Pain and Myofascial Pain A 2018 study by Bartley et al., showed that transvaginal trigger point injections helped reduce chronic pelvic pain, particularly when in conjunction with therapies including pelvic...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  9. Therapist Nancy Hoi Wong OTR/L rolling piriformis on foam roller

    Foam Roller Refresh for a New Yearhttps://feminapt.com/blog/foam-roller-refresh-for-a-new-year

    Here’s a simple foam roller routine to try for a happier pelvic floor this new year. Foam rolling is a fantastic way to manage pelvic pain by keeping your tissues hydrated with increased blood flow, reducing trigger points in the muscles and fascia,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Staff
    • Category: Blog
  10. foam roller exercises to improve mobility

    Oxygen: 8 Foam-Roller Exercises to Improve Mobilityhttps://feminapt.com/media-content/oxygen/oxygen-8-foam-roller-exercises-to-improve-mobility

    When MYATT MURPHY, CSCS writing for Oxygen Magazine reached out to me for my input on foam roller exercises to improve mobility, I was glad to offer my opinion on this vital topic. Here is a brief synopsis of the article, along with a link to the full...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
    • Category: Oxygen
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What Our Patients Say About Their Journey

Testimonial by Y.L. (mom of 2)

After having my second baby via C-section I searched for months to try to find help for my lower back pain and separated abdominal muscles. I finally came across Heather Jeffcoat via a mommy blog. I reached out to her via email and set my first appointment. My first appointment went amazing … she listened to what my symptoms, check my separation and explained to me in detail what the next steps would be. Not only did my abdominal separation go from 3 to about 1 -1/2 but...

Testimonial by Jackie W.

I was in multiple car accidents a decade ago, and I have been to many physical therapists through the years without success. They found the root of my lower back pain problems and after nearly a decade of barely being able to walk I finally can again without pain. They are also the best pelvic floor pts and the only ones who found the connection between my pelvic floor and lower back problems. If you need help with physical pain, they are your answer. -- Jackie W.,...

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

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