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Let’s Talk About (Painful) Sex

Let’s Talk About (Painful) Sex

Unnati Topiwala2023-10-25T09:31:08-04:00October 13th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Women's Health, Pelvic Floor, pain, endometriosis, Vagina, Dyspareunia, Sexual health, Vaginismus, Interstitial cystitis, Sexual dysfunctions, Gynaecologic disorders, Sexual intercourse, painful intercourse|

We’ve all come to normalize pain in our lives in some sense. At some point, you may have sought out therapy for the various aches and pains you’ve experienced, but did you know that pelvic health physical therapy was an option for painful sexual intercourse or dyspareunia? In fact, I can’t keep track of the amount of times I have heard from a patient or a friend who thought it was normal to have pain with sexual intercourse. Statistics show [...]

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: Male Pelvic Health Articles, Physical Therapy Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles|Tags: Savas Koutsantonis, Penile pain, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, post-ejaculatory pain, perineal (pelvic floor) pain, testicular pain, erectile dysfunction, male pelvic, Sexual dysfunctions, male pelvic floor, Hard flaccid syndrome, CPPS, Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome, Men's health, Sexual health, Medical specialties, Gynaecology, Prostatitis, Pelvic floor dysfunction, Pelvic pain, Urinary incontinence, Clinical medicine, Nociception, Medicine, health, Pelvic Floor, Injury Prevention, Atlanta, Physical Therapy|

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 [...]