Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center

Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center

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San Francisco, Berkeley, Los Gatos, Los Angeles, Boston  ·  We provide physical therapy care for men and women suffering from pelvic floor disorders including pelvic pain, incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pregnancy a
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Meet Our Physical Therapists
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Meet Our Physical Therapists / Spurred on by our desire to make a difference in the arena of pelvic floor physical therapy, Elizabeth Akincilar-Rummer and Stephanie Prendergast opened the doors to the first location of the Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center (PHRC) in San Francisco in July 2006. Today, PHRC has five locations in San Francisco, Berkeley, Los Gatos, Los Angeles and Lexington, MA. http://www.pelvicpainrehab.com/
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
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Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy / Pelvic floor physical therapy is a specialized area of physical therapy that helps people recover from pelvic floor disorders, including pelvic pain, urinary urgency/frequency/pain, bowel difficulties, painful sex and orgasm, pregnancy, and rehabilitation following gynecologic, urologic, and colorectal surgeries. Because most people have never heard of pelvic floor physical therapy, we compiled an entire board of our favorite posts explaining it!
Pelvic Pain
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Pelvic Pain / Pelvic Pain: Why a “Diagnosis” isn’t the Key to Recovery
Vulvovaginal Health
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Vulvovaginal Health / This board is dedicated to all things involving your lady parts: anatomy, physiology, and normal and abnormal function. We talk sex, orgasm, infection, hormones, and pelvic floor truths and myths. We help you figure out who can help you if something seems wrong and how to navigate your way back to pelvic health.
Men's Pelvic Health
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Men's Pelvic Health / 8-10% of men suffer from pelvic pain, 50% of men over the age of 50 experience erectile dysfunction, and up to 80% of men leak urine following a prostatectomy. The good news is knowledge is power and pelvic floor physical therapy can help. This boards covers male anatomy, physiology, normal pelvic floor function, dysfunction, and how to find help for bothersome symptoms.
Nutrition and Integrative Medicine for Pelvic Floor Health
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Nutrition and Integrative Medicine for Pelvic Floor Health / Integrative medicine includes therapies such as diet, yoga, and acupuncture. These treatments can play an important role in a person's pelvic health, check out this board to find out how.
Exercise and Pelvic Health
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Exercise and Pelvic Health / What exercises are therapeutic for your pelvic ailments and what exercises are problematic? What is the true deal about Kegels and who should and should not be doing them? This board talks about different forms of exercise and the impact exercises can have on your pelvic floor.
Pudendal Neuralgia
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Pudendal Neuralgia / Pudendal Neuralgia is a treatable pelvic pain disorder. Interdisciplinary treatment approaches that include physical therapy, pharmaceutical management, interventional medicine and in some cases, surgery, are the most effective approaches for this disorder.
Vulvodynia
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Vulvodynia / Vulvodynia is a treatable, painful condition defined by persisting pain in the vulva. The causes can be mutlifactorial. common symptoms of vulvodynia include pain or burning with sex, vulvar irritation with clothes and underwear, genital itching, and urinary urgency, frequency and pain. This board talks about evaluation and treatment for women with vulvodynia.
Pelvic Organ Prolapse
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Pelvic Organ Prolapse is a treatable, common condition in women. It occurs when the bladder, uterus, rectum, or stomach descend into the vaginal canal. Symptoms can include feelings of fullness or pressure in the vagina, urinary frequency/urgency and/or incontinence, difficult emptying the bowels, and painful sex. This board explains causes, evaluation, and treatment options for women with pelvic organ prolapse.
Diastasis Recti
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Diastasis Recti / A Diastasis Recti is a separation of the rectus abdominus muscle. A diastasis recti can develop during pregnancy, laprascopic surgery, or people who have sudden weight gain or generalized connective tissue laxity. This board talks about causes of diastasis recti and evaluation and treatment options.
Interstitial Cystitis
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Interstitial Cystitis / Interstitial Cystitis or Painful Bladder Syndrome is a treatable, painful condition often characterized by painful bladder filling and urinary urgency, frequency, pain and burning. This board talks about causes of Interstitial Cystitis and evaluation and treatment options.
Books and Products We Love
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Books and Products We Love / This page contains a collection of resources the team at PHRC finds helpful for people recovering from or working with people recovering from pelvic floor disorders.
Tailbone Pain
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Tailbone Pain / Tailbone pain is bothersome and a common complaint at PHRC. This page talks about causes of tailbone pain and evaluation and treatment options.
Urinary Incontinence
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Urinary Incontinence / Urinary incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine. It is a treatable condition common in postpartum women, women of all ages who have had children, athletes, and men following prostatectomy procedures. This board talks about various causes of stress incontinence and evaluation and treatment options.
Kegels, Kegels, Kegels
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Kegels, Kegels, Kegels
Sexual Health
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Sexual Health
Pregnancy and Postpartum
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Pregnancy and Postpartum / Your pelvic floor and girdle muscles play a key role in labor and delivery and your postpartum recovery. This board tells you why your pelvic floor muscles matter and how to best prepare and heal.
Constipation and Bowel Dysfunction
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Constipation and Bowel Dysfunction / The pelvic floor muscles are involved in defecation and can contribute to constipation, bowel disorders, and fecal incontinence. Pelvic floor physical therapy can help resolve these bothersome symptoms.
Pelvic Floor Health in the Media
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Pelvic Floor Health in the Media
Pelvic Health Humor
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Pelvic Health Humor
#WCAPP2017 Board
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#WCAPP2017 Board