Weekly Video | Pelvic Health Education

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Real pelvic health education for your real clinical situations.

A knot in my pelvis... ouch

Such a good question! And one that we get asked all the time! Here’s a definition from the American Academy of Family Physicians,

“Trigger points are discrete, focal, hyperirritable spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle. They produce pain locally and in a...

Cisgender Males have pelvic floor too!

Hi there!

In today’s episode, Melissa and Kathy will chat about the cisgender male pelvic floor; muscles, dysfunctions, and an alternative to those long-lasting antibiotics therapies that don't seem to work.

Watch our video for all the details!

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Recurrent UTIs: Why They Happen and How to Help

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...

Performing a bimanual exam for Pelvic Pain: Top Tips for Practitioners

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...