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Treating Chronic Prostatitis with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Treatment for chronic prostatitis in Denver, Colorado featuring pelvic floor physical therapy.
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What is Interstitial Cystitis?
Interstitial Cystitis is a pelvic pain condition perceived to be related to the bladder. This blog covers the misconceptions of IC.
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What Causes Vulvodynia? New Research Points to Inflammation
Why does vulvodynia hurt? Research suggests inflammation in the skin makes extra, oversensitive nerves grow. Here's what that means for treatment and what else can cause vulvar pain.
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How to Treat Vaginismus At Home
TLDR: One of the biggest misconceptions about vaginismus is that you can't fix it, or that you'll be managing it forever. That isn't true. Vaginismus is not a progressive, lifelong disease like ALS or MS. It can be treated, including with a structured plan you follow at home. Vaginismus is primarily a musculoskeletal presentation of painful sex, so let's dive into what it is and how you can go about fixing it. Vaginismus is when your pelvic floor muscles spasm to the point of
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Tight Pelvic Muscles Can Be Fixed - How To Find Long-Term Relief
Worth It PT is a pelvic floor physical therapist committed to helping you
understand and relieve your hypertonic pelvic floor symptoms. Clic
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Does Jelqing Work? What the Evidence Says
A pelvic floor physical therapist reviews the evidence on jelqing: whether it increases size, the risks, and what actually helps erections instead.
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How can I relieve joint pain in pregnancy and postpartum?
Joint pain during pregnancy is common, but not normal. Joint pain can remain well into postpartum. Click here to learn how to fix it.
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The Benefits of Dry Needling for Pelvic Health
Dry needling is a low-risk treatment that can ease pelvic floor muscle pain and tension. How it works, what it can help, and what a session feels like.
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What is Pelvic Floor Therapy and do I need it?
Click here to learn about what is pelvic floor physical therapy and why should you maintain a healthy pelvic floor!
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What is Pudendal Neuralgia?
Do you have sharp pain in the pelvis, especially when you sit? Read more about Pudendal Neuralgia or nerve pain in the pelvis here.
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How can I improve bladder pain? At home tips for pain management
What happens when your UTI cultures keep coming back negative? Sometimes there are other causes to bladder pain than an UTI.
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How do I know I have Vaginismus?
Painful sex or penetration is a common complaint amongst women. However too many suffer in silence! Learn more about what to do here.
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How do I retrain my over-active bladder?
TLDR Have you ever noticed that you have to go to the bathroom at the same time each day? For example, as soon as you arrive home from work or errands, suddenly an urge hits you that wasn't there before? We train our bladders when we are potty-training as young toddlers, teaching our pelvic floor to assist us in holding back until we reach the toilet. In the cases of urinary incontinence, especially over-active bladder, this isn't always the case. What once was us controlling
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Vaginoplasty for Gender Affirmation: what you should know prior to and after the surgery.
The purpose of this blog post is to cover pelvic floor recommendations both prior to and post operative with a vaginoplasty.
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Transgender practices and the pelvic floor: Binding, tucking, and surgery.
Transgender people are not immune to pelvic floor dysfunction. Read more about the unique practices and the pelvic floor.
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Is exercise bad for the pelvic floor?
Have you ever wondered if exercise is bad for your pelvic floor? Do you leak most often during exercise than not? Read more to find out!
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What is the pelvic floor?
TLDR The pelvic floor has been described a lot in the media and society as something that is definitely important, maybe too tight or too loose, has something to do with kegels, etc. While it's important to address all of these topics at some point, sometimes we need to go back to the basics. The basics: What even is the pelvic floor?? The pelvic floor is made of muscle and soft tissue that goes from your pubic bone (the front) to your tail bone in back, and everything in bet
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Is it safe to exercise during pregnancy?
Read further on expert recommendations for exercising during pregnancy.
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Why do I leak urine when I cough, sneeze, or run?
Leaking urine is very common, find out what Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy can do for you to help!
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