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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 [...]

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 [...]

Postpartum 101 – Part 3

Melissa Baudo2024-09-27T17:05:34-04:00September 25th, 2019|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: C-section, Caesarean section, Childbirth, Clinical medicine, Episiotomy, Gynaecology, hip pain, Laura Glazebrook, Low back pain, Medical specialties, Medicine, pelvc pt, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Physical Therapy, Postpartum period, Prolapse, RTT, scar mobilization, Stress incontinence, Surgery, Urinary incontinence, Vagina, Women's Health|

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

OneTherapy2023-12-19T16:45:39-05:00December 20th, 2017|Categories: General Information, Pelvic Floor Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Wellness Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Anatomy, bladder, bowel movement, Branches of biology, core, Kegel exercise, Medical classification, Medical specialties, Medical Subject Headings, Medicine, Overactive bladder, pain, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvis, Prolapse, RTT, Sexual anatomy, Stress incontinence, Urinary bladder, Urinary bladder disorders, Urinary incontinence, Urinary system, Women's Health|

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 [...]

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