C-Sections – An exploration

C-Sections – An exploration

In recent years, we've seen a sharp increase in C-sections. What is the reason for this? Is it because we are delivering babies at an older age? Or do hospitals fear being sued? Or something else entirely? According to a recent study from August 2016, the US C-section...

Young athletes can have incontinence too

Young athletes can have incontinence too

Practicing at 5 Point Physical Therapy, you would think we only see incontinence in an older population. However, younger patients come in with these issues and they can be caused by current or lingering orthopedic injuries. In active young adults, any altercation in...

We all have our WCS!

We all have our WCS!

We all passed our exam!  We finally received the results of the WCS, and myself, Kara, and Erica all passed.  That means that all four therapists at 5 Point PT are now board certified women's health clinical specialists.  We will get to receive our certification at...

Magnesium: How does it work?

Magnesium: How does it work?

Magnesium: How does it work?   Magnesium is magic for bowel movements, but how does it really work? What is the best kind of magnesium? Can you take too much magnesium? These were questions that I really did not know the answers to, so I decided to do some...

The Episiotomy

The Episiotomy

Here at 5 Point PT we treat many postpartum patients, and I've always wondered why a physician would choose an episiotomy for a patient during a vaginal delivery. While researching, I found that in 2006, the American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommended...

Vaginal Weightlifting?

Vaginal Weightlifting?

Early on in graduate school, I remember learning about vaginal weights and I was very intrigued.  Did someone literally put a barbell inside their vagina, did it hang outside? Later on, I learned that it was more of an egg shaped structure that had very small weights...

Stress: A Trigger for Pain?

Stress: A Trigger for Pain?

Why does everyone tell me that my pain is exacerbated by stress?  How is that possible? I have often wondered this as a therapist as well.  We see it here in the clinic; many times patients have the potential to flare up when they are in stressful situations or a...

Slippery when wet!  To lube or not to lube.

Slippery when wet!  To lube or not to lube.

We as physical therapists think this is very subjective.  You don’t technically need to use lubricant but it can help in making sex more comfortable, fun and decreasing any discomfort/pain. In one recent study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, out of 1000...

Farting in yoga?

Farting in yoga?

A few months ago, I received a phone call from a potential new patient.  She had read about us on our website, and had a very embarrassing issue. She was training to become a yoga teacher, however when she did inversions she always produced vaginal farts, aka queefs....

Diastasis

Diastasis

I have been very interested in postpartum care lately... We welcome lots of mothers and their newborns coming into our baby-friendly clinic. As pelvic floor physical therapists, we should be educating these postpartum patients on what is safe for them, movement-wise,...

Prebiotics and Probiotics: Do they work?

Prebiotics and Probiotics: Do they work?

Recently, I've had more than a few patients telling me that they are taking probiotics. To be honest, I didn't really know that much about probiotics, apart from the ever-present and utterly spoofable Activia television ads. So I did some research and this is what I...

The Female Viagra?

The Female Viagra?

Everyone knows about Viagra. We're bombarded with commercials during every sporting event; it usually starts with a cute couple in their middle age sitting in  a bathtub. We also know that Viagra will afford gentleman unlimited hours of pleasure. But how does this...