Bowel and Bladder Problems After Hysterectomy: Could a Tight Pelvic Floor Be Part of the Problem?
Bowel and bladder problems after hysterectomy can have many contributors, including pelvic floor tension, changes in coordination, constipation, scar restrictions, and bladder habits. Learn how pelvic floor physical therapy can help you understand and address symptoms during recovery.
What to Know Before Hysterectomy: How to Prepare Your Pelvic Floor, Core & Body for Surgery
Preparing for hysterectomy involves more than surgery-day instructions. Learn what to know before hysterectomy, including pelvic floor coordination, bowel and bladder habits, pressure management, strength, and how to prepare for a gradual return to activity.
Why do I still have pain months after endometriosis surgery?
Still experiencing pelvic pain, painful intimacy, bowel or bladder symptoms, or difficulty returning to activity months after endometriosis surgery? A successful surgery can remove disease, but it may not address every contributor to pain. Learn why symptoms can continue and how pelvic health physical therapy can help you understand and address the bigger picture.
Endometriosis and Adenomyosis 101: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and How Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Can Help
Endometriosis and adenomyosis can cause painful periods, heavy bleeding, pelvic pain, bowel or bladder symptoms, pain with intimacy, and symptoms that are often dismissed or misunderstood. Learn what these conditions are, why diagnosis can take time, and how pelvic floor physical therapy can help support pain, mobility, and quality of life.
Tailbone Pain Relief: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Treatment for Coccydynia
Tailbone pain can make sitting, driving, bowel movements, exercise, and daily life feel difficult. Learn how pelvic floor physical therapy can help treat coccydynia by addressing pelvic floor tension, mobility, pressure, posture, and movement patterns.
Tailbone Pain: Causes, Pelvic Floor Connections, and What a Good Evaluation Looks Like
Tailbone pain can affect sitting, driving, bowel movements, exercise, and daily life, but it is often misunderstood. Learn common causes of tailbone pain, how the pelvic floor, low back, SI joint, and constipation may contribute, and what a thorough pelvic floor physical therapy evaluation should include.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse Treatment Options: From Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy to Surgery
Pelvic organ prolapse treatment is not one-size-fits-all. Learn about conservative care, pelvic floor physical therapy, pressure management, pessaries, vaginal estrogen, surgery, and how to choose the option that fits your body and your life.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse 101: What It Is, Why It Happens, and How It’s Diagnosed
Pelvic organ prolapse can feel scary or confusing, but it is common, benign, and treatable. Learn what prolapse is, common symptoms like heaviness or pressure, why it happens, how it is diagnosed, and where pelvic floor physical therapy fits in.
Diastasis Recti After Pregnancy: What It Is and How Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy Can Help
Diastasis recti after pregnancy can cause doming, core weakness, back or pelvic pain, and a feeling of disconnection from your body. Learn what abdominal separation is, why it happens, and how pelvic floor physical therapy can help you rebuild strength, coordination, and confidence.
Pain with Intimacy: Understanding Dyspareunia
Pain with intimacy is common, but it is not something you should have to push through. Learn what dyspareunia is, why pain with penetration can happen, and how pelvic floor physical therapy can help support comfort, confidence, and healing.
Genitourinary Syndrome of Lactation: Vaginal Dryness, Pain with Intimacy, and Pelvic Floor Support
Genitourinary Syndrome of Lactation can cause vaginal dryness, irritation, pain with intimacy, urinary symptoms, and changes in libido during breastfeeding or pumping. Learn why these symptoms happen and how pelvic floor physical therapy, lubricants, moisturizers, and medical support may help.