Melissa's journey to become a pelvic floor therapist

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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...

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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.

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Do you know that the extension table that you’ve seen every day can actually…...

  Help you with positioning your patients for their pelvic exam

  Allow you to use different size speculums with ease

  Allow you to confidently NOT use the...

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...

May is Osteoporosis Awareness Month. It’s estimated that around 10 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis. While osteoporosis is most often associated with broken bones, did you know that this condition also has a negative impact on pelvic health?

In this week’s video we...

This week we talked with the fabulous Dr. Anna Cabeca. She is Triple Board Certified in OBGYN, integrative medicine, and anti-aging and regenerative medicine and is known to her fans as the girlfriend doctor.

She has two bestselling books, The Hormone Fix, a groundbreaking holistic...

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...

BV is a common vaginal infection that affects women in their reproductive years. In this week's video, we will be talking about vaginitis and how it affects the pelvic floor muscles.

BV can cause pelvic floor dysfunction, especially if it's recurring

BV is characterized by a shift in vaginal...

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

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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...