Pelvic Balance Physical Therapy Blog Posts

As a pelvic floor therapist, a common reason women and men seek out treatment is due to sexual concerns, such as painful intercourse, erectile dysfunction, and diminished orgasm ability. A pelvic floor therapist’s job is to assess the muscles and nerves in the pelvis and the surrounding areas to determine if they are contributing to your symptoms. However, it is importan...

It is very common to have women, regardless of age or number of children, bring up the topic of orgasm in pelvic floor therapy. Usually, the topic stems from a worry of being abnormal, not orgasming enough, wanting to orgasm more, or feeling that they are orgasming in the wrong way. Unfortunately, I think society has painted an inaccurate and often unrealistic picture of...

In physical therapy, we regularly work with individuals who have sedentary jobs that are primarily at a desk for most of the day. It can be difficult to incorporate longer stretches of activity while also being productive with work. I often tell my patients to take more frequent, smaller breaks throughout the work day to promote more position change, blood flow, and join...

Miranda is a 32-year-old pregnant woman who was coming to pelvic floor therapy for low back pain and birth prep sessions. During a treatment session, Miranda mentioned that her friend is also pregnant and scheduled for a Cesarean section. Miranda asked her friend if she would be doing physical therapy either before or after delivery. Her friend said no since it would not...

Becca is a 35-year-old female who has struggled with about two urinary tract infections (UTIs) a year for the past 2 years. At this point, she has just settled with waiting until urinary urgency, urinary frequency and burning starts before heading into the doctor’s office for a urine test and then taking the antibiotics prescribed. She is getting tired of this pattern an...

Anna is a 68-year-old woman who began to experience urgency to urinate and leakage when walking to the bathroom. This has gotten worse over the past year to the point where Anna is speed walking to the bathroom and still leaking. Emily is a 25-year-old with a “tiny bladder”. Lately, this has been more bothersome for Emily since she is having to get up every 45 minutes to...

Ann is a 33-year-old who is a mom of 3. She originally sought out pelvic floor therapy to address urinary leakage that she was experiencing with coughing, sneezing, and running. She no longer experiences urinary leakage with these activities, which is wonderful! She plans to train for a half marathon and was wondering about the benefits of running with minimalist or bare...

Jenni is a 31-year-old mother of two and Patricia is a 62-year-old mother of five. They both reached out to Pelvic Balance Physical Therapy to address stress urinary incontinence (SUI) which happens when there is an involuntary loss of urine with movement or activity. Many people experience this with coughing, laughing, sneezing, bending, or lifting activities. I’ve rece...

Megan is a 23-year-old female who has been using oral contraceptive (OC) since she was 16 years old. She has always experienced painful intercourse, so her gynecologist referred her to pelvic floor physical therapy. She has recently discussed stopping oral birth control because she wants to “see what happens with her hormones” and was curious if her birth control had any...

Chelsea is a 24-year-old female mother of one who has been using oral contraceptive (OC) since she was 15 years old. She has always experienced painful intercourse, so her gynecologist referred her to pelvic floor physical therapy. She has also struggled with depression for many years and is receiving mental health therapy. Chelsea has recently discussed stopping oral bi...