Pain and muscle dysfunction, whether chronic or acute, can significantly impact our quality of life. Physical therapy focuses on restoring, maintaining, and improving your physical function and overall well-being.  In the state of Colorado, qualified and trained physical therapists may suggest including a technique called dry needling to address pain and dysfunction. 

Learn about what kegels are and why they are not the answer to your pelvic floor issues!

What is an orgasm? Did you know that ejaculation and orgasm are two seperate events? Pelvic floor muscle health and functioning (in addition to other factors) can impact quality of orgasm. Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction can be associated with inability to orgasm or painful orgasm and thus can be addressed in pelvic floor PT.

What is erectile dysfunction? What causes erectile dysfunction? What are treatments for erectile dysfunction? Read more to learn more about erectile dysfunction and how pelvic health and pelvic floor physical therapy may be able to help you.

The next few blog post series will focus on those with a penis. This is a multi part blog post.  Part 1 will focus on the what is erection and how to get an erection, second part 2 will focus on what is ejaculation, and part 3 will focus on orgasm.  After discussing this, we will discuss what is premature ejaculation? And then what is erectile dysfunction? And what are treatments for erectile dysfunction?  Lots of interesting topics to look forward to for the next few months, so stay tuned!

What is this diagnosis and why is it important to write about? Well, it’s because it can be a cause of pelvic pain and affects more reproductive aged people than one may think. Because it is a skin disorder that affects the vulva and genitals, it crosses over into two specialties for diagnosis: gynecology and dermatology. So, let’s chat about it!

What to expect during a cesarean section, what body parts are affected during a c-section, and what and how to recover from a c-section.

Raise your hand if you said yes to something you didn’t really want to do? Raise your hand if you said yes to something that you really didn’t have time for? Raise your hand if you said ‘yes’ to something thinking you’ll be fine and have the time, but then as the date creeps closer you realize you don’t have the time and it has added extra stress to your plate? If you didn’t say yes to any of these scenarios, applaud yourself!! If you were one that did say ‘yes’ to any of these scenarios, take a moment to reflect on if it was completely necessary that you said yes. Did you have to do it or, rather, did you felt obligated to not to let others down sacrificing your own needs and thus infringing on your very own boundaries?

Raise your hand if you said yes to something you didn’t really want to do? Raise your hand if you said yes to something that you really didn’t have time for? Raise your hand if you said ‘yes’ to something thinking you’ll be fine and have the time, but then as the date creeps closer you realize you don’t have the time and it has added extra stress to your plate? If you didn’t say yes to any of these scenarios, applaud yourself!! If you were one that did say ‘yes’ to any of these scenarios, take a moment to reflect on if it was completely necessary that you said yes. Did you have to do it or, rather, did you felt obligated to not to let others down sacrificing your own needs and thus infringing on your very own boundaries?

Let’s discuss burnout and mindfulness.  And what better time than around the holidays, the New Year, AND as we begin rounding in on 2 years of the pandemic.  Did you know that burnout has become so widespread that it has been given its own diagnosis code in the medical community?  It’s true, the World Health Organization has added burnout as a disease and formal diagnosis in the ICD-11 system.  

This month's post will build on October’s post. I mentioned before, that the pelvic floor muscles are involved in breathing and breath coordination is integral in coordinating the core. I want to spend some time focusing on the mechanics of a deep breath and the benefits of diaphragmatic breathing, also known as deep breathing.

Many of you have that worked with me, will know exactly what the pelvic floor is; if it has been a while, here is a wonderful reminder; and welcome to those who are not sure what the pelvic floor is. Let’s dive in!

I was recently asked, “What is something you think every person should know?”  As a PT, I feel that is a loaded question, but when I took a few more seconds to contemplate, I realized, I want every person to know about their body.