by Beyond Basics | Jul 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Riva Preil Many children face challenges during the toilet training years. Some children have difficulty with controlling urine flow during the day, and other children have difficulty remaining dry through the night (commonly referred to as bedwetters). Both of...
by Beyond Basics | Jul 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
As Amy writes in her book “Heal Pelvic Pain,” there is much one can do to ease pelvic pain with physical therapy. In an article from the New York Times, “Persistence is Key to Treating Vaginal Pain,” Jane Brody writes about this as well. Check...
by Beyond Basics | Jul 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Riding home on the subway last night I opened my Women’s Health magazine to a picture of a bike seat with two banadages on it. “Ischial tuberosity and pubic symphysis” my PT brain said, knowing what anatomy sits where. Geekily I read on, excited to...
by Beyond Basics | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Susan Kellogg Spadt is the director of Sexual Medicine at the Pelvic and Sexual Health Institute of Philadelphia. She reminded the attendees of the conference to differentiate between aspects of dyspareunia, or painful sex. Is the pain occurring upon penetration?...
by Beyond Basics | Jul 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
From a Physical Therapy student’s point of view, this presentation was eye-opening. Not so much because of the subject matter that was presented, but rather because of the questions asked by these physicians. One assumed that the psoas muscle was out of reach...
