Women’s Integrative Pelvic Health Program

We offer supportive, individualized care and solutions to patients suffering from pelvic pain disorders. Pelvic pain is located between the belly button and the hips or groin area. It is thought to be persistent if it is lasting for three months or longer. This is an unfortunately common but under-treated condition that an estimated one in five women will experience during their reproductive life. The longer pain persists, the greater the chance that changes in the nervous system will occur which can perpetuate pain symptoms even longer; however, when recognized, this is treatable. 

Many people say they feel ‘broken’ when they have suffered for months or even years from pelvic pain and other associated conditions. They may notice that they are experiencing changes in urination, digestion and passing bowel movements, or develop pain in the vulvar area and experience pain during sexual intercourse. These changes are important for your healthcare provider to know about.

Our collaborative, holistic, integrative team approach focuses on each person as an individual. We partner with patients to identify contributing causes to their symptoms and find treatment approaches that meet a person’s individual needs. We work to empower our patients through education about their own bodies and conditions and treatment options to help them get back to doing the things they enjoy.

 

Our Services

  • Individualized care
  • Education about how pain works in our bodies
  • Education about Nutrition and its importance in treating pain 
  • Pelvic physical therapy
    • Individualized therapeutic exercise plans
    • Manual therapy including soft tissue manipulation and myofascial release
    • Prenatal and postpartum therapy
    • Biofeedback pelvic floor training
    • Function dry needling, with or without E-stim
  • Integrated behavioral therapy
    • Education on mind body techniques to manage pain
    • Progressive muscle relaxation
    • Stress management techniques
    • Education on how to improve sleep
    • Cognitive behavioral therapy 
  • Procedures
    • Trigger point injections
    • Peripheral nerve blocks
    • Bladder instillations
    • Posterior Tibial Nerve Stimulation
    • Upper and lower endoscopy
    • Mayan massage
    • Healing touch
    • Aromatherapy
  • Medication management
  • Appropriate surgical procedures when needed 

Conditions and Treatments

Persistent pelvic pain can come from any of the organs, muscles or nerves in the pelvis. This can include the intestines, kidneys, ureters (tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder), bladder, uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, peritoneum (lining of the pelvis), pelvic floor and pelvic girdle muscles, or nerves that go to any of these areas. These are conditions that are commonly under-recognized, misdiagnosed and ineffectively treated. Our systematic, integrative, patient-centered approach helps to address all of the contributing factors to your symptoms. 

Conditions which may contribute include (not a comprehensive list): 

  • Pelvic pain of undetermined reason
  • Abdominal pain (persistent)
  • Pelvic girdle pain related to pregnancy
  • Postpartum pelvic pain
  • Musculoskeletal pain in pregnancy
  • Dysmenorrhea
  • Dyspareunia (painful sexual intercourse)
  • Bladder pain syndrome
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Rectal pain
  • Vulvodynia (pain in the vulvar area with no other diagnosis)
  • Other vulvar disorders such as lichen sclerosus, lichen planus and lichen simplex chronicus
  • Constipation
  • Fibromyalgia
  • History of emotional, physical or sexual trauma
  • Athletics injuries
  • Hip, low back and tailbone pain
  • Pubic symphysis dysfunction
  • Joint hypermobility (looseness of the joints)
  • Vaginismus