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Pelvic Organ Prolapse

Unnati Topiwala2024-08-21T14:50:11-04:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: Male Pelvic Health Articles, Pain Management Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Wellness Articles, Women Pelvis Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Abdomen, Aretha Narayan, Branches of biology, Clinical medicine, core, Defecation, Excretion, Kegel exercise, Medical specialties, Medicine, Paruresis, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Pelvic floor physical therapy, pelvic health PT, Pelvic organ prolapse, pelvis, perineal (pelvic floor) pain, Prolapse, Torso, Urinary bladder, Urinary bladder disorders, Urinary system, Urination, Urine, Urology, Vagina, Women's Health|

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

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T16:21:50-04:00November 29th, 2022|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Aretha Narayan, bladder, Clinical medicine, Excretion, Medical specialties, Medicine, Overactive bladder, Paruresis, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Pelvic floor physical therapy, pelvic health PT, pelvis, perineal (pelvic floor) pain, Urinary bladder, Urinary bladder disorders, Urinary incontinence, Urinary system, Urination, Urine, Urology, Women's Health|

Bladder Health Awareness: How Physical Therapy Can Help November isn't just for turkey dinners and football games—it's also Bladder Health Month! It's the perfect time to raise awareness about bladder health and common urinary issues like voiding dysfunction that many people face but rarely talk about. Do You Struggle with Urination? Do you find yourself sitting on the toilet, starting and stopping mid-stream? Are you making frequent trips to the bathroom, feeling like you "gotta go" every 30 minutes? If [...]

Debunking top 5 Myths: The Pelvic Floor Edition

Unnati Topiwala2024-09-27T16:23:40-04:00April 28th, 2022|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles, Physical Therapists News, Uncategorized, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Ami Kirollos, Anatomy, Branches of biology, Chicago Pelvic Health and Wellness, constipation, Dyspareunia, Gynaecologic disorders, Kegel exercise, Medical specialties, Organ systems, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Pelvic floor physical therapy, pelvis, Prolapse, Sexual health, Stress incontinence, Urinary incontinence, Urination, Urology, Women's Health|

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 [...]

Is My C-Section Scar Healing Well?

Melissa Baudo2024-09-27T16:32:15-04:00February 25th, 2020|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles|Tags: Anatomy, Branches of biology, C-section, Caesarean section, Childbirth, Dyspareunia, Healing, Hypertrophic scar, Keloid, Laura Glazebrook, Medicine, Midwifery, pain, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic floor physical therapy, Pelvic pain, pelvic physical therapy, pelvic pt, pelvid dysfunction, pelvis, Physical Therapy, postpartum, pregnancy, rehab, RTT, Scar, scar mobilization, Scarring, scars, Vagina, Women's Health|

Considerations After a C-Section & When to Get Help! The c-section scar is a specific type of scar that is very familiar to many American moms (statistically about 30%), yet it doesn’t get a lot of attention. Our c-section scars will continue to tighten and change over time, regardless of how old they are, and tight scars can create a whole host of problems. Some women with c-section scars can go for years without having any problems but will notice [...]

Incontinence & Sexual Dysfunction

Melissa Baudo2024-09-27T16:30:12-04:00June 5th, 2019|Categories: General Information, Physical Therapy Articles, Wellness Articles|Tags: Fecal incontinence, Functional incontinence, health, incontinence, Manual therapy, Medical specialties, Medicine, Pelvic floor physical therapy, Pelvic pain, Physical exercise, Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation medicine, sexual dysfunction, Shepherd Center, spinal cord injury, Stroke, Urinary bladder disorders, Urinary incontinence|

The Questions No One Is Asking No one dreams of finding themselves here, but every year it happens to thousands more. A catastrophic injury. An unthinkable diagnosis. Your life is turned upside down, and you have to find some way to pick up the pieces and rebuild. Sometimes the initial rehab experience is overwhelmingly devoted to figuring out new ways to move, rebuilding strength or learning how to adapt to normal activities of daily living. This process may take weeks [...]

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