Dilator Use and Tips for Success

Dilator Use and Tips for Success

If you’ve had the misfortune of experiencing pelvic pain you may be familiar with a common treatment tool in pelvic health therapy…..dilators. What are Dilators? Dilators are useful as a therapeutic treatment tools to combat pelvic pain, specifically pain on penetration of the vagina. Dilators aim to slowly and progressively increase the stretch of the…

What is FGM/FGC? How does Physical Therapy play a part?

What is FGM/FGC? How does Physical Therapy play a part?

Last month one of our pelvic floor physical therapists Nazneen Vasi presented to Sahiyo on the role of pelvic health physical therapy and FGC/FGM. The full presentation is available to view here. We have added a click provided by Sahiyo below. (Due to the personal and sensitive nature of this topic please be aware that…

Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction can affect as many as 30 million men. It can occur when the pelvic floor muscles are in spasm, which can occlude the internal pudendal artery which provides blood to the penis. Increased pelvic floor tone can prevent proper contraction and relaxation of these muscles which is needed for penile rigidity. There can…

Infertility Factors

Infertility Factors

For various reasons, many women wait until they’re in their 30’s before starting a family. This society shift over the last few decades has lead to women having children later in life. Fertility declines with age and as strange as it may sound, a pregnancy in women over age 35 is called a ‘geriatric pregnancy.’…