Search For Pelvic Floor Treatments, Physical Therapy, and More
Assuming urinary is required, and incontinence is required, the following 106 results were found.
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What are Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence? What is the biggest risk factor for both conditions? And how can you tell if you have them? Not sure? You’re not alone. In fact, one research study found women actually know more about erectile...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Blog
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Lasers And My Vagina?!?https://feminapt.com/blog/lasers-and-my-vagina
number of manufacturers marketing “vaginal rejuvenation” devices…claiming to treat symptoms related to menopause, urinary incontinence or sexual function.” “These products have serious risk and don’t have adequate evidence to support their use” “Deeply...
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- Author: Staff
- Category: Blog
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Incontinencehttps://feminapt.com/diagnoses/incontinence
electrical stimulation as appropriate to enhance pelvic floor rehabilitation. Types of incontinence include: Stress Urinary Incontinence An involuntary loss of urine with physical exertion (while coughing, sneezing, lifting, positional changes etc.)...
- Type: Article
- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Diagnoses
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but they don’t work” International Journal of Childbirth Education, June 2009 Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Post-partum urinary incontinence is a common problem. But is it normal to experience urinary incontinence after you've delivered a baby? There is a...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Published Articles
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to return to activity in a safe, leak-free and pain-free manner. Between 6 and 31% of postpartum women experience urinary incontinence. In addition, 66% of those who experience urinary incontinence during pregnancy and/or their first 3 months of...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Blog
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are weak, they can start to cause issues with any of these functions. Common signs of a weak pelvic floor include urinary incontinence, fecal (or bowel) incontinence, feeling of pelvic heaviness or pelvic organ prolapse, as well as low back or hip pain....
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- Author: Debbie Dy, PT, DPT
- Category: Blog
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Get Fit Without Leaking!https://feminapt.com/blog/get-fit-without-leaking
to control of their bladders and experience urine leakage during physical activity, otherwise known as stress urinary incontinence (SUI). So what makes certain exercises more leak-prone? Which exercises put less stress on your pelvic floor? Read on to...
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- Author: Staff
- Category: Blog
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As a result of the structural changes that occur in the puborectalis muscle, this may lead to fecal incontinence. Urinary Incontinence & Eating Disorders Hextall, et al. also found that 40% of women with anorexia nervosa experienced stress and urge...
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- Author: Staff
- Category: Blog
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Abby Moore of the website mindbodygreen reached out to me about postpartum stress urinary incontinence and I was glad to offer my advice. Here is a brief synopsis of the article along with a link to the full article below. Heather Jeffcoat, DPT...
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- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Mindbodygreen
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York: Thieme. Di Benedetto, P., Coidessa, A., Floris, S. Rationale of pelvic floor muscles training in women with urinary incontinence. Minerva Ginecol. 2008 Dec;60(6):529-41. Hay-Smith, E.J., Dumoulin, C. Pelvic floor muscle training versus no...
- Type: Article
- Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
- Category: Published Articles