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Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Unnati Topiwala2023-09-25T11:35:13-04:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Women's Health Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Wellness Articles, Pain Management Articles, Male Pelvic Health Articles, Women Pelvis Articles|Tags: Women's Health, Pelvic Floor, pelvis, core, Medicine, Urinary bladder, Clinical medicine, Urinary bladder disorders, Prolapse, Defecation, Torso, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Medical specialties, Branches of biology, Kegel exercise, Vagina, Urine, Urination, Urinary system, Abdomen, pelvic health PT, perineal (pelvic floor) pain, Urology, Paruresis, Excretion, Aretha Narayan, Pelvic organ prolapse|

Whether it’s pelvic pain, discomfort with sex, incontinence, difficulty having a bowel movement, or feelings of fullness or heaviness in your lower abdomen or pelvic region. The signs and symptoms of an pelvic organ prolapse can be extremely overwhelming. Let’s start with the most important question…what exactly is a prolapse? A pelvic organ prolapse (POP) occurs when your pelvic organs move from their original position. It can be due to a multitude of factors including but not limited to: Weakness [...]

Bladder Health Month: The Truth Behind Voiding Dysfunction

Bladder Health Month: The Truth Behind Voiding Dysfunction

Unnati Topiwala2023-09-25T11:55:25-04:00November 29th, 2022|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Women's Health, Pelvic Floor, pelvis, Medicine, Urinary bladder, Clinical medicine, Urinary bladder disorders, Urinary incontinence, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Medical specialties, Urine, Urination, Urinary system, bladder, pelvic health PT, Pelvic floor physical therapy, perineal (pelvic floor) pain, Urology, Paruresis, Excretion, Aretha Narayan|

Happy Bladder Health Month! No, November is not only about cooking turkey and putting on a football game, it’s also the month we try to spread more awareness about Bladder Health and Urinary dysfunction. Do you struggle with urinating? Do you find yourself sitting on the toilet and starting and stopping in the middle of a stream? Do you find yourself on the other end of the spectrum and you find yourself running to the bathroom every 30 minutes? If [...]

Men’s Health Awareness Month -Specifically Male Pelvic Pain

Men’s Health Awareness Month -Specifically Male Pelvic Pain

Unnati Topiwala2023-09-30T01:40:47-04:00May 25th, 2022|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles, Male Pelvic Health Articles, Physical Therapy Articles|Tags: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, health, Medicine, Nociception, Clinical medicine, Urinary incontinence, Pelvic pain, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Prostatitis, Gynaecology, Medical specialties, Savas Koutsantonis, Sexual health, Men's health, CPPS, Hard flaccid syndrome, male pelvic floor, Sexual dysfunctions, male pelvic, erectile dysfunction, testicular pain, perineal (pelvic floor) pain, post-ejaculatory pain, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, Penile pain, Physical Therapy, Atlanta, Injury Prevention, Pelvic Floor|

There are misconceptions when it comes to issues such as pelvic pain. The medical community often considered this a female problem related to pregnancy, postpartum, menstrual cycle, or female reproductive organs…but as you may guess, anyone with a pelvis can have pain and that includes males. Guys haven’t had it so good with it comes to dealing with male pelvic health issues and the intervention provided by the medical community. Too often (and still so today), male pelvic pain was [...]

Debunking top 5 Myths:The Pelvic Floor Edition

Debunking top 5 Myths:The Pelvic Floor Edition

Unnati Topiwala2023-09-30T01:28:20-04:00April 28th, 2022|Categories: Physical Therapists News, Women's Health Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Uncategorized|Tags: Organ systems, Women's Health, Pelvic Floor, pelvis, Urinary incontinence, Prolapse, Anatomy, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Medical specialties, Branches of biology, Stress incontinence, Kegel exercise, Dyspareunia, Urination, Ami Kirollos, Pelvic floor physical therapy, Chicago Pelvic Health and Wellness|

Body Myths: The Pelvic Floor Edition We get a lot of information about our bodies from all sorts of sources today (your Instagram feed, the news, and even your friendly neighbor who’s been on “WebMD” a few too many times…) So what is the truth and what is a myth? We will start with the “Pelvic Floor” which remains a mystery to MANY of us. So let's set the record straight: “Wetting yourself with every sneeze, cough, or belly laugh, that’s [...]

Bending without breaking: Hypermobility disorders and physical therapy

Bending without breaking: Hypermobility disorders and physical therapy

Unnati Topiwala2023-12-21T14:24:37-05:00July 19th, 2021|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, Physical Therapists News, Pilates Articles|Tags: Physical Therapy, Gyrotonic, Gyrotonic Fit, Atlanta, Injury Prevention, health, Clinical medicine, Hypermobility, Syndromes, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Musculoskeletal system, Organ systems, Contortion, EDS, Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, Joint dislocation, Skeletal disorders, Rheumatology, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Ligamentous laxity, Ami Kirollos, Ehlers-Danlos Society, HSD, BeightonScore, Range of motion, Genu recurvatum|

“Hypermobility,” is a term we like to throw around in all types of ways. For many people, it means casually bringing your leg over your head in yoga class or twisting your body into a pretzel-like Cirque Du Soleil performer, but for others, it means chronic pain, frequent injuries, and symptoms that many medical providers will shrug off as “being bendy.” There is a fine line when “flexible” can be more than just limber joints and muscles and may be [...]

Postpartum 101 – Part 3

Postpartum 101 – Part 3

Melissa Baudo2020-04-07T12:16:42-04:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: Women's Health Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles|Tags: Physical Therapy, Women's Health, Pelvic Floor, Medicine, RTT, Clinical medicine, Low back pain, Urinary incontinence, Prolapse, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Gynaecology, Medical specialties, Laura Glazebrook, C-section, Stress incontinence, Vagina, Episiotomy, pelvc pt, scar mobilization, hip pain|

Welcome back! We’ve spent the last two blogs introducing the mystical Postpartum period, specifically Diastasis Recti and Stress Urinary Incontinence. Today, we discuss two more issues that you maybe haven’t heard so much about, but that can occur and could cause pain and dysfunction down the line. Number 3 → Dysfunctional Scar Following a c-section, there will be a scar across the suprapubic region. You can also tear or have an episiotomy during a vaginal birth, which would leave a [...]

Pesky Pelvic Floor

Pesky Pelvic Floor

Alex Wilkins2023-12-19T16:45:39-05:00December 20th, 2017|Categories: Physical Therapy Articles, General Information, Women's Health Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Women's Health, Pelvic Floor, pain, pelvis, core, bowel movement, Medical Subject Headings, Medical classification, Medicine, RTT, Urinary bladder, Urinary bladder disorders, Urinary incontinence, Overactive bladder, Prolapse, Anatomy, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Sexual anatomy, Medical specialties, Branches of biology, Stress incontinence, Kegel exercise, Urinary system, bladder|

When we learn about our body we tend to focus on certain muscles, and not realize other muscles exist. Today we are going to highlight the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor is the muscle on the bottom of your core. It is charge of supporting your back, organs and sending important messages to your brain. The pelvic floor comes in three layers. The first layer is for sensation, when working correctly helps with orgasm and some continence control. When [...]