We’re expanding our interdisciplinary lens this week! We were recently invited to the JustASK! podcast, a great sexual health podcast hosted by Heather Cox Quaile, a fabulous WHNP and owner of the SHOW center, and Tara Thompson, a super smart and passionate sexual health pharmacist (The Sexual He...

All you ever wanted to know about dilators! 

Prescribe dilator therapy with confidence

You’ve heard about dilators but have so many questions. In this week’s video, we’ll answer them all!

We’ll learn: 

✅ what are dilators exactly?

✅ how do they work?

✅ what the heck is dilator therapy?

The pelvic floor may be a player in your patient’s constipation

The pelvic floor supports urinary, bowel, and sexual health. 

This week is a replay of one of our most popular videos, with almost 2500 views! 

In this video, we’ll learn about:

✅ the puborectalis and pubococcygeus muscles and ho...

Melissa's journey to become a pelvic floor therapist

Hi there!

In today's episode, Melissa will tell us everything about her beautiful journey to become a pelvic floor therapist. Melissa had Lyme disease when she was a little girl. She was seen by many traditional doctors-and also integrative, ...

This week, we’re talking about vaginismus and why you should consider the pelvic floor muscles.

If you ever wondered, “What is vaginismus exactly???” 

Here’s your answer! When patients have vaginismus, muscles around the introitus tighten in response to attempted or actual insertion. Patient...

In this week’s video, we talk through pelvic floor muscle contractions, or Kegels, and when and how to prescribe these exercises for your patients.

We cover:

✅ What it should feel like when patients are correctly performing a Kegel

✅ A good education plan for patients experiencing incontinence

✅...

This week, we’re chatting about recurrent UTIs and how they affect the pelvic floor muscles.

We talk through: 

✅ What defines recurrent UTIs

✅ What to consider when patients treated with antibiotics continue to have symptoms

✅ The importance of diaphragmatic breathing 

✅ Why you may want to sug...

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 abl...

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 bimanual exam should be about...

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 diap...

​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 muscle h...