by PelvicTherapy | Aug 11, 2020 | Female Pelvic Pain, Pregnancy & Postpartum
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is also known as Stein-Levental Syndrome. In women of reproductive age, it happens to be one of the most common endocrinopathies with an estimated prevalence of 3-15% of all women. PCOS is the result of excessive androgen synthesis...
by PelvicTherapy | Jul 27, 2020 | Female Pelvic Pain
Just like young girls are often told to wash and clean their vulvar tissue (see part I), they’re often NOT told to examine their own tissue. Examining your own vulvar tissue should be as normal and routine as self-breast examinations. There are various conditions that...
by PelvicTherapy | Jul 20, 2020 | Female Pelvic Pain
I was always told as a young girl to make sure I washed “my privates” when bathing. To be clear, and to also use the proper anatomical terms, this means cleaning my vulvar tissue. A woman’s vulva is the externally visualized skin tissue between your legs and between...
by PelvicTherapy | Jul 13, 2020 | Female Pelvic Pain
Vulvodynia is pain of the vulva that has been going on for at least 3 months, without a clear cause or objective physical findings to explain the symptoms. The pain may be spontaneous, or provoked by touch. In addition to experiencing pain with vaginal penetration,...
by PelvicTherapy | Jun 25, 2020 | Female Pelvic Pain
5.5 million reproductive-aged women in the United States have received an endometriosis diagnosis, which is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. This diagnosis is associated with severe and chronic pelvic pain that is typically...
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