Pelvic PT Plus

When a woman delivers vaginally, her pelvic floor muscles stretch 3 times their original length. Imagine that! THREE TIMES !! No other muscle in the human body goes through such duress. If your labor lasts long, especially the second stage, and if you have any tearing or laceration, or an episiotomy, the injury is now compounded.  While in some women things go back to somewhat normal over time, in some they don't. Both these groups of women will undergo some amount of leaking (urine or feces or gas or a combination of these or all of these), pelvic pain, pain with bowel movements, pain with intercourse, urinary urgency frequency, and pain and/or numbness with sitting. How long this persists can be variable. Any symptom lasting more than 12 weeks is worth looking into. Having said that, the sooner we start taking care of the pelvic floor, the better and faster results we get. This is because not only can healing be delayed and interrupted, but our brain can establish wrong patterns ...

5 Signs You Need Pelvic Floor Therapy Is your pelvic floor super-sus? If you have that nagging doubt that you may have pelvic floor dysfunction, but are not sure, you are at the right place.  Here are five of the most common "red flags" that indicate you should book an evaluation. And if you have more questions about what we do at Pelvic PT Plus, check out this blog 1. Leakage During Activity (Stress Incontinence) It’s a common myth that leaking a little urine when you sneeze, laugh, or lift heavy weights is just "part of getting older" or a standard byproduct of motherhood. In reality, this is often a sign of muscle discoordination. A pelvic PT can help you retrain these muscles to contract effectively under pressure. 2. Chronic Pelvic, Hip, or Low Back Pain The pelvic floor doesn't work in isolation; it’s deeply connected to your hips and lower spine. If you have persistent back or hip pain that hasn't responded to traditional physical therapy, the root ca...

Like any other muscle in the body, the pelvic floor can contract and relax. Kegels do not work for some people because their pelvic floor muscles (PFM) are already contracted.  Let me explain with an example. Imagine you have bent your elbow all the way to flex your biceps. Your biceps is now contracted, it is shortened and is tight.  Now, if you want to bend your elbow any further, can you? No!! You cannot, because the biceps is already flexed all the way. In order for you to flex it again, you need to first open your elbow and release the biceps, THEN you will be able to flex it again. The exact same thing happens with your PFM! Once you kegel to contract it, if you do not let it go all the way to a relaxed state, you physically CANNOT do another kegel. So the first thing you have to remember when doing kegels, is to relax 👏 after 👏each 👏contraction👏. This is called a High Quality Kegel Now, the other thing is THE CORE!! If you exercise your pelvic floor, but do not addr...

 What is Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy? PELVIC PAIN: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy is a clinical treatment adjunct for a range of pelvic health issues.  One of the most common diagnosis I see in pelvic floor PT is pelvic pain. Pelvic pain can show up in a multitude of ways, including bladder pain, anorectal pain, abdominal pain, low back pain, tailbone pain, and deep pelvic pain. SYMPTOMS OF PELVIC PAIN: Symptoms often include pain that may be cyclical (with menstrual cycle), pain associated with bladder filling (Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome), pain with sexual activity (superficial or deep dyspareunia), pain with bowel movements (obstructive defecation/dyssynergic defecation/obstructive outlet syndrome), bladder urgency and frequency, pain with sitting (also numbness/burning/other paresthesia if associated with Pudendal Neuralgia), tailbone pain, low back pain, etc COMPLEXITY OF PELVIC FLOOR DYSFUNCTION Pelvic pain is complex. The pelvis holds a bunch of systems...