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Painful Sex After Menopause: Causes, Solutions, and Pelvic Floor Stretches That Help

Leave a Comment / Menopause, Pain, Painful Intercourse, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Women’s Health / Dr. Manali Andrus PT, DPT Pelvic Physical Therapist

Hot flashes. Sleep issues. Mood swings. These are the symptoms most people associate with menopause. But there’s another common symptom that often goes unspoken painful sex after menopause. If intimacy has become uncomfortable, frustrating, or something you avoid altogether, you are not alone. And more importantly, this is not something you just have to live […]

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Painful Sex After Hysterectomy: Why It Happens and What Can Help

Pain, Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Pain, Pelvic Physical Therapy, Women’s Health / Dr. Manali Andrus PT, DPT Pelvic Physical Therapist

If you’ve had a hysterectomy and now sex feels painful, dry, tight, or just completely different… you are not alone. One of the hardest things for many women is that nobody really prepares them for this part of recovery. Many patients are told their surgery went well, instructed to wait six weeks before intercourse, and

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Painful Sex After a Baby

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We wanted to highlight a condition that we often see here at legacy physical therapy, that is, Pain with sex after having a baby. The medical term for pain with sex is called dyspareunia. We are using a patient sample case today, we’ll call her Jane. Jane was experiencing painful intercourse due to scarring from

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Motion is Lotion

Pain / Dr. Brooke Kalisiak

Motion is the Lotion is a common phrase we use here at Legacy Physical Therapy. Motion is Lotion will explain the importance of how we move and how it impacts our body. Most people can admit that they are far too sedentary, which can lead us to become more stiff, weak and cause symptoms of

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Why Hip Pain is not coming from the Hip

Pain / Dr. Brooke Kalisiak

We have recently had a couple of patient’s come in complaining about hip pain especially with running or HIIT workouts. They describe the pain as deep in the front of the hip and wrapping around to the buttocks. They reported trying stretching strengthening exercises foam rolling working with chiropractors and other physical therapists Despite all

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A Common Pain Complaint of New Moms

Moms, Pain / Legacy Physical Therapy

The bodies of women who have just had a baby are rapidly going through many changes. It is very common for new moms to develop new aches and pains. It is easy for new moms to get into bad posture habits which can cause pain. This is especially the case with holding the baby and

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Painful Sex After Menopause: Causes, Solutions, and Pelvic Floor Stretches That Help

Painful Sex After Hysterectomy: Why It Happens and What Can Help

Painful Sex After a Baby

Motion is Lotion

Why Hip Pain is not coming from the Hip

A Common Pain Complaint of New Moms

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