By Heather Marra, PT, PRPC, PCES Recognizing Tension in the Body You hunch your shoulders without realizing, clenching up throughout the day until you finally stretch, roll, or relax them and think, Oh wow—I didn’t even realize how tight I…
Most people have heard of Kegel exercises. Fewer could tell you what they actually do, and even fewer know that Kegels are only half the story (for both women and men!). Pelvic floor health sits at a strange intersection of…
By Rachel Corradetti-Sargeant, ND If you are living with pelvic pain and struggling to conceive, you are not alone – and you are not imagining it. For so many of my patients, these two experiences arrive together reinforcing each other…
By Holly Zhang, Founder Diddi and Bea Sometimes the biggest innovations begin with the smallest moments. For me, it started with a seemingly ordinary side kick — a movement I had performed thousands of times throughout more than two decades…
By Melissa Melia Dunn, Registered Psychotherapist If you live with persistent pelvic pain or endometriosis, you likely already know how much effort it can take to hold your life together alongside it. Perhaps you’ve worked with multiple healthcare practitioners searching…
When it comes to pelvic floor dysfunction and interstitial cystitis, it’s one of those “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” situations. To better understand what that means, let’s start with what pelvic floor dysfunction is. The pelvic floor…
By Lorraine Faehndrich, Pelvic Pain Recovery Coach, NBC-HWC Did you know that chronic pelvic pain can exist even in the absence of structural damage? In fact, once pain becomes chronic, it’s often not caused by something wrong in your body,…
By Ariana Lopez, PT, DPT What is HSD and EDS? Hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) are a group of hereditary disorders of connective tissue. People born with HSD/EDS have collagen and connective tissue proteins that are abnormal…
By Lara Desrosiers, MSc, OT Pain and other persistent pelvic health symptoms are complex. If you’re navigating persistent pelvic pain, IBS, urinary urgency, prolapse, or other conditions that don’t seem to have one clear and consistent mechanical cause, you’re not…
By Lorraine Faehndrich, NBC-HWC You may know that negative thinking is hard on your body and contributes to pain and illness. You may even have a healthcare provider who recommends that you “reduce stress” and try to think more positively…
By Melanie Llanes, PT, DPT Persistent Pelvic Pain (PPP) in women is defined as pain that may or may not be cyclic in nature that occurs without or without pathology. In more than half of the patients that suffer…
What is a urogynecologist? Are you curious about how exactly they can assist you? In this blog, we’ll dive into the world of urogynecology, shedding light on the vital role these specialized physicians play in women’s health. What is a…
By Lorraine Faehndrich, Pelvic Pain Recovery Coach Chronic pelvic pain can, and often does, have an emotional cause at the root. The pelvis is a part of the body that tends to hold emotion, creating tension and nervous system activation…
By Heather Florio, CEO Desert Harvest Nearly 25 million Americans and 25% of the world’s population (both men and women) suffer from chronic pelvic pain. Chronic Pelvic Pain can be caused by a variety of conditions such as Endometriosis, Irritable…
By Paige Genova, Pelvic Health Occupational Therapist, PRT Therapist Now, don’t get me wrong. I love teaching my patients diaphragmatic breathing as a tool to help stimulate their vagus nerve and “downtrain” their nervous system. However, it is just a…
By Julie Blacker, Pelvic Health OT, MS Ed If you are experiencing pelvic pain and/or incontinence, impacting sexual health and participation, you are not alone. When it comes to pelvic pain, sexual health, and incontinence issues, many individuals suffer in…
By Dr. Aakriti Agrawal , PT, DPT Living with chronic pelvic pain can be an overwhelming and isolating experience; often feeling as though the pain is controlling every aspect of your life. But there is hope. A transformative technique called…
By Dana Rosen, Pelvic Pain Warrior & Coach Pelvic pain affects 1 in 7 individuals born with a uterus at some point in their lives. Because there are so many organs, muscles, ligaments, and fascia all in one place, diagnosing…
By Keri Martin Vrbanac, Pelvic PT When we think of the pelvic floor, our most immediate thoughts go the pelvic floor muscles and although they are a VERY important part of our pelvic health, there are several other significantly important…
By Amy Stein, Pelvic Floor Specialist, Author of Heal Pelvic Pain, Beating Endo Believe the hype! CBD isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. After the Farm Bill was passed in 2018 which removed hemp from being a class 1…
By Julia Rosenthal, Pelvic Health Physical Therapist People suffering from pelvic pain are often told to avoid strength training to help alleviate a wide range of symptoms like pelvic pain, prolapse, incontinence, constipation and more. This messaging fosters an increased…
By Lexi Burtman, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Most of us have basic knowledge of what to do when we get a sore throat, headache or back pain, yet we often don’t know what to do when we experience pelvic pain.…
By Sarah Elspeth, IC Warrior I get it; chronic pelvic pain sucks. I’ve been living with chronic pelvic pain for three years and it took me a long time to find the proper methods for pain management. After much trial…
By Kathleen Pratt, MSW, RSW, Trauma Sensitive Yoga Instructor Pelvic pain and trauma. Three words that typically aren’t used together. However, the more I delve into and think about the topic of pelvic pain, the more I am convinced that we need…
By Carolyn Vandyken, Pelvic PT, Educator, Author There are two camps in treating pain: Tissue-based Camp of Treatment Providers treat the tissues alone believing that there must be something bio-medically wrong with the tissues; if they can only mobilize, zap…
By Sarah Elspeth, Psychotherapist, Nutrition and Health Coach, Yoga Instructor Pelvic pain is debilitating and relentless, often dramatically affecting one’s quality of life. Treatment of this challenging illness is complicated, and health professionals’ understanding is limited. Interestingly, it can often…
By Kathleen Pratt, MSW, RSW When we have pain, the tendency is to focus on trying to find out what’s wrong in the tissues. With persistent (chronic) pain lasting more than several months, it can be more helpful to look…
By Shelly Prosko PT, C-IAYT, CPI What is PhysioYoga? An approach to rehabilitation that combines evidence informed physiotherapy and yoga therapy, resulting in a holistic or biopsychosocial approach to your rehabilitation experience. Physiotherapy is a well-respected healthcare profession that uses…
By Shelly Prosko, PT, Yoga therapist, Pioneer of PhysioYoga Mindfulness practices are gaining popularity and even appear to be quite trendy these days. Perhaps it is because we know, and have experienced, that there is tremendous value in being present…
