Pelvic Health and Gender Identity Expression

Pelvic Health and Gender Identity Expression

June is Pride Month! Individuals have been using various practices for decades to express gender identity. It’s only in recent decades that gender affirming surgery is a possibility. The pelvis is intricately involved with gender affirming surgery which was discussed in a past blog. Pelvic health physical therapists are critical before and after these surgeries,…

Infertility Treatment Options

Infertility Treatment Options

April 24-April 30 is National Infertility Awareness Week! Long gone are the days where women were expected to get married and have countless children (in many cultures). Teenagers were often married off after their first menstrual cycle. Series like Bridgerton make light of how society once viewed these arrangements. Bridgerton also broached the subject of…

Pain With Intercourse

Pain With Intercourse

Intercourse is not supposed to hurt. Seems obvious right? Yet according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists 3 out of 4 women report pain with sex at some point in their lives. Pain with sex includes pain with all aspects (pain with touch, penetration and thrusting). For some women, pain is temporary and…

What is Interstitial Cystitis?

What is Interstitial Cystitis?

Bladder dysfunction is common and it’s important to differentiate what is causing your symptoms as there is some overlap between diagnoses. Interstitial Cystitis (IC) is used to describe many things. Two of the primary things being painful bladder syndrome and chronic pelvic pain. Interstitial Cystitis Symptoms Interstitial cystitis occurs in both male and females. Symptoms…