Welcome to the Institute for Pelvic Health™!
Real pelvic health education for your real clinical situations.
Today we will be talking PID. PID is an infection of either the cervix, the endometrium, the fallopian tubes, or the ovaries.
Symptoms include:
lower abdomen or back pain
pain during sex or urination
abnormal periods or increased pain during periods
abnormal vaginal discharge, including...
Diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis requires an interdisciplinary approach and NPs are a critical part of that care team.
HPI questions for considering further workup for endo:
Menstrual questions: dysmenorrhea, menorraghia, can your patient insert a tampon?
Sexual questions: Are you able...
In this week's video, we will be talking about the bimanual exam and how to start thinking about the pelvic floor. Here's what we cover:
Overview of bulbospongiosus anatomy
How to do a bulbospongiosus release
Best practices for the internal exam
The...
Today we will be talking about what your patients can expect during a pelvic floor evaluation. We know NPs are pressed for time. Here's our tried and true methodology for quickly and accurately assessing for dysfunction in clinic.
Sitting on your stool with both feet on the floor, take three...
Another patient on your schedule with dyspareunia!
They’ve had 3 pelvic ultrasounds that have all been unremarkable.
You know that you don’t want to prescribe lidocaine, because numbing isn’t the answer. You don’t want to tell your patient to just relax and have a...
In this week's video, you’ll gain insights into the benefits of pelvic floor therapy for women and why you should consider it for patients experiencing pelvic pain, urinary or fecal incontinence, or other pelvic floor disorders.
What goes into a pelvic assessment?
An overview of pelvic...
Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction is caused by altered motor control, or dysnergy, of the pelvic floor muscles ability to perform their functions of relaxing or contracting.
In this video, we talk through the most common causes of pelvic floor dysfunction and how you can help your...
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