Digging in: Wild Yam Extract
Is Wild Yam a Scam? Throughout the years, I have heard, through a variety of educational courses as well as word of mouth anecdotal evidence, that certain oils can help pelvic floor irritation and discomfort. Lately, I've fielded questions from a growing...
CrossFit & Pregnancy
When I decided to explore this particular topic, I figured it would be a controversial one. Our team at 5 Point PT recently attended APTA CSM, where we sat in on a lecture on CrossFit during pregnancy that really got my wheels turning. The presenters made a point that...
Jade Eggs: Not all they’re cracked up to be
I was first introduced to jade eggs by a friend. She told me that since she had begun using one regularly, she had experienced better sex with her partner – including enhanced orgasms. It should be stated that she had a very healthy pelvic floor to begin with, so...
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
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 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 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
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?
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?
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.
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?
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....