Today, we’re talking about a question that has come up for a few patients recently. Both of these patients are scheduled to have surgery for bladder leakage and have also been referred to physical therapy beforehand. So preoperatively, both came in, wondering why they were referred to Pelvic Physical Therapy if they were going to …
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The pelvic floor is an important part of our anatomy, but unfortunately many woman have no idea what it is and what is does. Here are 5 things every woman should know about their pelvic floor… 1. What is the pelvic floor? Where is it located? What does it do? The pelvic floor is a group …
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Fecal incontinence is perhaps the most stigmatized post-reproductive disorder. It is reported in some form by 20 to 59% of women who give birth – though sometimes not arising until many years after childbirth. Roughly 40,000 women a year will eventually suffer fecal incontinence, but only a fraction of them will ever acknowledge the problem …
What is the Pelvic Floor? Many people really have no idea that they have a pelvic floor and what it is for. So today is a little bit more of an anatomy lesson and some education as to why you should care about your pelvic floor. Our pelvic floor is the bowl of muscles on …
Have you ever felt pressure or bulge in your vagina? If that’s the case then you may have something called pelvic organ prolapse. WHAT IS PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSESo first and foremost what is Pelvic Organ Prolapse? Our pelvic organs are sitting in the bowl, that is our pelvis and our pelvic organs are our bladder, …
So this time a year a lot of times people resolution is to get healthy and workout more which is awesome. We see a lots of exercise routines and new workouts started but unfortunately sometimes that can bring to light a problem that people don’t know that they have … pelvic floor dysfunction. Today I …
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This holiday season we hope that you will help us give the gift of pelvic health. All too often at Legacy Physical Therapy we hear our patients say things like… “I have never heard of pelvic physical therapy.” “How come none of my doctor’s told me this was an option? “Why am I just hearing …
In our last blog post we discussed the 10 sign that you may have pelvic floor dysfunction. If you missed that post, CLICK HERE to read it. Did you answer YES to any of the 10 signs in our last post? Are you wondering what you can do about it? Read on…5 things you can do today to help …
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“Pelvic floor dysfunction, what’s that? I have never heard of pelvic floor dysfunction. Sure I have had a few kids, but I doubt that I have any pelvic issues. Pelvic issues only happen to little old ladies, not me” […]“Pelvic floor dysfunction, what’s that? I have never heard of pelvic floor dysfunction. Sure I have …
I spend much of my day as a pelvic floor physical therapist educating women on the benefits of strengthening their pelvic floor muscles and how to do it. If you are not familiar with this area of your anatomy trying to contract these muscles can be a difficult task. The pelvic floor muscles make a …
