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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 [...]

Men’s Health Awareness Month -Specifically Male Pelvic Pain

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

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

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 [...]

The Pelvic Floor & Hypermobility

Melissa Baudo2024-09-27T17:17:48-04:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: Pelvic Floor Articles|Tags: Anatomy, Contortion, core, Core stability, Ehlers-Danlos Society, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, Ehlers–Danlos syndromes, Hypermobility, Joint dislocation, Laura Glazebrook, laxity, Medicine, Musculoskeletal system, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic pain, pelvis, pregnancy, Rheumatology, RTT, Skeletal disorders, Syndromes, Urinary incontinence, Women's Health|

We all know of people in our lives who are “double jointed”. It’s a fun party trick for school aged kids, being able to bend arms and fingers in an unnatural way. But as we age, hypermobility, which is excessive movement in the joints, isn't so fun and can cause pain and dysfunction especially in the spine, hips, and pelvic floor. Hypermobility Hypermobility is often a genetic issue within the collagen of the connective tissue, otherwise known as fascia. The [...]

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 [...]

Postpartum 101 – Part 2

Melissa Baudo2024-09-27T17:06:28-04:00August 13th, 2019|Categories: Pain Management Articles, Pelvic Floor Articles, Women's Health Articles|Tags: Childbirth, Diastasis recti, Fecal incontinence, health, Human pregnancy, Human reproduction, incontinence, Kegel exercise, Laura Glazebrook, Medical specialties, Midwifery, Motherhood, Muscles of the torso, pain, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic pain, pelvis, Physical Therapy, postpartum, Postpartum disorder, Postpartum period, postpartum recovery, Rectus abdominis muscle, Stress incontinence, Urinary incontinence, Women's Health|

Hello again, ladies! Our last blog on this topic introduced you to postpartum recovery and how Physical Therapists can bridge the disconnect between what we know and what we don’t regarding normal recovery. In this post, we will delve into two conditions that you may have heard of or even experienced before, how they can affect you, and how to get help. Number 1→ Diastasis Rectus Abdominis (otherwise known as Diastasis) Diastasis occurs when the rectus abdominis, or the “6 [...]

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 [...]

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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