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The Silent Pain Pelvic Physical Therapy Can Address March is World Endometriosis Awareness Month, bringing attention to a chronic condition where tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus. This can cause severe inflammation, scar tissue, and oftentimes debilitating chronic pelvic pain. Endometriosis is far from rare, affecting approximately 1 in 10 women…
Physical Therapy for Chronic Pain Chronic pain can be a debilitating condition, limiting your mobility and impacting your daily life. The CDC estimates that around 50 million Americans experience chronic pain, and 17 million have substantial reductions in activity because of pain. Beyond limiting activity or your ability to work, chronic pain has been linked…
Chronic scrotal content pain (CSCP) is pain localized to the scrotum which is of at least 3 months duration. It accounts for 2 to 5% of urologist visits. The diagnosis and management of CSCP can be challenging and many patients see an average of 5 different providers. The underlying etiology varies and in as many…
Endometriosis affects 176 million of women worldwide. It’s the leading cause of infertility and chronic pelvic pain. The only way to confirm endometriosis is by a surgical procedure known as laparoscopy. This surgery also facilitates the treatment of the disease. Imaging tests such as CT scans, MRI and pelvic sonograms are not sufficient as a…
As May comes to a close we finish up pelvic pain awareness month with vulvodynia. Vulvodynia is chronic pain in the vulvar region (see image below). Just under 10% of women have vulvodynia. It occurs equally across ethnicities and is very much under-diagnosed. A study carried out in Michigan with over 2500 women found that…