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Alphabetical Index of Articles on Women's Sexual, Pelvic Floor, and Reproductive Health

  • Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Discusses "Sex Without Pain" on the "My Pelvic Floor Muscles" YouTube Channel

    HeatherJeffcoat, DPT Discusses "Sex Without Pain" on the "My Pelvic Floor Muscles" YouTube Channel

    Heather Jeffcoat was a featured guest on the "myPelvicFloorMuscles" YouTube channel in a wide ranging and informative interview.

    Heather believes that rather than normalizing issues that negatively affect sex and pelvic floor health, it is the conversation about the causes and treatments for pelvic floor issues that needs to be normalized, just like when discussing any other body part.

    Heather and Jeanice also discuss:

    • how postpartum issues are too often glossed over as "normal"
    • how 75% of women experience unnecessarily painful sex at some point in their lives
    • 89% of women reported pain in their first attempt at sex after delivery
    • how low estrogen contributes to vaginal dryness
    • how assisted delivery procedures often lead to painful sex issues
    • the pros and cons of topical estrogen during breast feeding
    • and a lot more.
  • Video | Center For Healthy Sex - Female Sexual Dysfunction and Pain Disorders with Heather Jeffcoat

    Female Sexual Dysfunction and Pain Disorders with Heather Jeffcoat

    Sex Expert Webinar Series: Female Sexual Dysfunction and Pain Disorders with Heather Jeffcoat

    Heather Jeffcoat, DPT, Presents

    Sex Expert Guest Webinar Topic: Female Sexual Dysfunction and Pain Disorders

    Heather Jeffcoat, is the author of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve and a recognized expert in the field of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy. She has most notably been a featured guest on Sex With Emily on Sirius XM and podcast, ABC Radio, Loveline with Mike and Dr. Drew, Livestrong, Mom.me, and numerous other magazines, websites and television appearances.

  • Video | Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Discusses Navigating Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis

    Heather Jeffcoat, DPT | Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis

    Heather Jeffcoat, DPT | Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis

    Dr. Nicole Cozean interviews Heather Jeffcoat, DPT about Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis.

    Dr. Nicole Cozean is a PelvicSanity and ICA Board Member and author of the book, "The Interstitial Cystitis Solution".

    Heather Jeffcoat was a featured guest on the "Interstitial Cystitis Association" Youtube Channel for the ICA Walk for Awareness Event. Heather believes that rather than normalizing issues that negatively affect sex and pelvic floor health, it is the conversation about the causes and treatments for pelvic floor issues that needs to be normalized, just like when discussing any other body part.

    Heather discusses a holistic approach to treating symptoms from painful intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis and other chronic pain issues. She covers a variety of approaches including communication between partners, an anatomical understanding, and physical tools.

  • Video | Meet the Experts Interviews Heather Jeffcoat, DPT on Sexual Health During Menopause

    Meet the Experts | Michelle Lyons Interviews Heather Jeffcoat on Sexual Health During Menopause

    Michelle Lyons interviews Heather Jeffcoat, DPT.

    Michelle Lyons is a women's health physiotherapist, who hosts a YouTube channel to discuss and educate women on topics related to helping women live well. Heather Jeffcoat was a featured guest on Michelle Lyons Youtube Channel to discuss sexual health during menopause.

    Michelle & Heather discuss the following topics related to sexual health during menopause:

      • loss of lubrication

      • the negative impact of body image, toxins, sleep disruption, and other factors can have on sexual health during menopause

      • the importance of education the genital-urinary symptoms and changes that occur during menopause and how that can impact sexual function

      • Heather's book, "Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide to the Sex Life You Deserve"
  • Video | Mimi Kennedy's Physical Therapy Routine with Heather Jeffcoat

    Mimi Kennedy Physical Therapy Routine

    Mimi Kennedy is an American actress, author, and activitist. She hosts a YouTube channel where she shares videos that give insight into her life and activism.

    In this episode, Mimi Kennedy shares her journey and physical therapy routine with Heather Jeffcoat, DPT.

    While frequently pelvic health is addressed through pelvic floor issues, this episode shows how Heather's physical therapy routine includes an orthopedic focus and is truly impactful.

  • Video | Pelvic Health and Cancer Q & A w/ Heather Jeffcoat on the Pelvic Hub

    Pelvic Health and Cancer | Pelvic Hub

    Heather Jeffcoat joins the Pelvic Hub for a Q&A session around pelvic health and cancer

    The Pelvic Hub provides resources, advice, and product recommendations for pelvic health. On their YouTube Channel, they host pelvic health experts to highlight common but underdiscussed issues for their audience.

    In this live Heather answers common questions around Pelvic Health and cancer and how Pelvic PT can help. We start off with a case study highlighting just how much cancer treatments can impact pelvic health and quality of life. Dilators, painful sex, what to expect from a PT session- check it out. And keep your eyes peeled- lots more like this to come!

  • Video | Why Womans Health Physical Therapy? with Dr. Erin Policelli

    Video | Why Womans Health Physical Therapy? with Dr. Erin Policelli

    Why Womans Health Physical Therapy?

    Dr. Erin Policelli PT, DPT, RN answers the question of why physical therapists are the experts in addressing pelvic health struggles.  Erin is a Woman’s Health Physical Therapist with over 20 years experience. She is the owner of Femina Atlanta and STRETCH Kinetics.

  • Videos About Pelvic Pain

    Videos About Pelvic Pain by Heather Jeffcoat and Femina Physical Therapy

    Videos About Pelvic Pain

    Including Vaginismus, Pelvic Floor Issues, Painful Intercourse, and More

    Heather and her team appearing in videos about a wide variety of women's and pelvic health issues

Get The Book

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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