Tag: partner communication

How to Involve Your Partner in Your Pelvic Floor Therapy

How to Involve Your Partner in Your Pelvic Floor Therapy

Involving your partner in your pelvic floor therapy may improve your outcomes and your relationship. Here are some ways you can involve your partner in your pelvic floor physical therapy: Start Talking About Your Experience. Both studies and clinical experience have shown that talking to your partner about your sexuality, pelvic floor issues, and sharing […]

Sexual Assertiveness May Reduce Your Pelvic Pain

Sexual Assertiveness May Reduce Your Pelvic Pain

Communicating with your partner about your sexuality may reduce your pelvic pain and increase your sexual function. A 2016 study by McNicoll et al. suggests that Sexual Assertiveness, or the ability to communicate openly to your partner about your sexual experience, may reduce the pain experienced with provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), increase sexual function, and encourage […]