What’s the Connection Bewteen Eating Disorders and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction? Read on for some answers. Eating disorders are unfortunately common, with at least 9% of people worldwide suffering from an eating disorder. This translates to 28.8 million Americans will have an eating disorder in their lifetime. There are different types of eating disorders (ED) including […]
What causes incontinence during pregnancy? There are many causes for incontinence during pregnancy and postpartum. Some of the proposed factors are: hormonal changes, pelvic floor muscle and connective tissue modifications, bladder neck widening (due to the weight of both the uterus and the growing fetus), anatomical injuries during delivery.1, 2 A hormone called relaxin is […]
The latest literature review conducted by Mazur-Bialy et al. (2020) shows the most modern methods of pelvic floor physical therapy that can help with urinary incontinence. Here at Femina PT, we pride ourselves in keeping up with the current best practices and latest techniques. Here’s a breakdown of the latest techniques and how we utilize […]
A recent study connects anxiety, urinary incontinence and depression in women What is urinary incontinence? Urinary incontinence refers to the loss of urine, out of your control. There is actually more than one kind of urinary incontinence: the two most common types of urinary incontinence that affect women are stress incontinence and urge incontinence (also […]
Lasers And My Vagina – Do They Really Belong Together? A Breakdown of common Energy Based Devices Marketed for your Vagina Risks and Possible Benefits In the past decade, nonsurgical devices using radio-frequencies, lasers, and infrared light have been marketed as non-invasive treatments for “vaginal rejuvenation.” However, there has been conflicting opinion among the medical […]
There really is an app for everything… even pelvic floor exercises! And research proves supervised pelvic floor home exercise programs can reduce treatment time and result in significant improvement over in-office therapy alone. So why don’t all my patients have pelvic floor apps? Especially at the beginning of treatment, those exercises can be difficult enough […]
“Girls’ Night Out” Showcased InControl Medical’s Fabulous Products Hosted by Femina PT at LA’s Big and Tiny Three expert speakers chatted and answered questions on female pelvic and sexual health. One of our major sponsors was InControl Medical, the creators of one of my favorite product lines for urinary, bowel and sexual dysfunction. They have […]
Bladder Health Month and the Great American Smokeout – November 21st In honor of both, today we are going to cover how smoking affects bladder health Doctors have known for decades that smoking affects lung and heart health, greatly increasing risk of both lung cancer and heart disease. In recent research, they have been finding that smoking […]
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 types of urinary incontinence that affect women are stress incontinence and urge incontinence (also called […]
Can pelvic floor therapy for bowel urgency and incontinence help you? It’s National IBS Month and our series on bowel health continues. Today’s article is for those with irritable bowel syndrome that tends towards softer stools and diarrhea (IBS-D). Most people have experienced fecal urgency at least once in their lives- the experience of rushing […]
