What is Pelvic Floor PT for Men?
What is Pelvic Floor PT for Women?
Please see our New Patients page for important information about insurance coverage and attendance policy.
Informational Reading
- Self help for pelvic pain (sciatica, tail bone pain, painful intercourse, bladder pain,vulvodynia, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, endometriosis, levator ani syndrome)
- Levator Ani syndrome (muscle spasm of the pelvic, vaginal, rectal muscles)
- Relaxation of the pelvic floor muscles
- Interstitial Cystitis Food Sensitivities
- Avoiding vaginal irritants
- Why does intercourse hurt?
- Pain during pregnancy
- Flexibility and stretching
- Back pain and posture
- How to raise children without breaking your back
- Care of Vulva Skin
Organizations & Resources
- Yoga School of Daveport – Classes in IL and IA, call for zoom or Facebook meetings.
- Free meditations
- Relaxation Audio Tracks
- Mental Stillness For Beginners
- What’s normal – vaginal anatomy / sex
- Your pace yoga – Video instruction for pelvic pain and incontinence.
- www.ic-network.com
- www.ichelp.org
- www.painful-bladder.org
- Breath works Apps
- How We Heal Chronic Pain and Fatigue
- OMGYES
- Ohnut Penile Spacer
- Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia
- Pain management network
Helpful Videos
- Understanding pain: what to do about it in five minutes
- Australian Pain Scientists teach about pain
- Vaginal Care – the Do’s and Don’ts
- Relaxing your pelvic floor with Bill Taylor
- Pelvic floor physical therapy for male genital/pelvic pain
- How to Set up TTNS : Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Sleep is your superpower (Matt Walker | TED2019)
- Pelvic yoga Adreiane – 40 min – contract and relax
- Breathing exercise
- Vaginismus
- Internal self massage with tool
- The Poo In You, constipation treatment
- Facing Pelvic Pain
- Watch “What’s your happiness score? | Dominic Price on YouTube
- Rediscover your sexual spark
- Who Moved My Cheese? A Story About Change
- Flow yoga for pelvic pain – Joelle
- Hypertonic PFM yoga
- Medication for pelvic pain and spasm
- How to empty bowels without straining
- Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
- 3 secrets of resilient people
- The Space between self esteem and self compassion
- Peyronies Penis Counter-Bending by Hand: Demonstration
- How gratitude rewires your brain (Christina Costa | TEDxUofM)
- Chronic pelvic pain and the stress response
Apps to Help with Pelvic Muscle Exercises
It is important to focus on the muscle during exercise. Having a counter helps you to stay focused on your body (instead of how many you have done). The apps below are available on most phone. Some are free and some cost a small amount of money. Bring your phone to therapy and Beth will help you load an app. You must know your password.
- Easy Kegel (also called KPFE)
- Kegel Kat
- Kegel Trainer
- Squeezy
Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise Counting Audio Files
These audio files provide a prompt for pelvic floor exercise timing — let Beth do the counting for you. They can be played right from the computer, downloaded to an MP3 player (like an iPod), or burned to a CD.
The following files are in ZIP format. Please click on the link and save it to your computer. This process might take a few minutes, then you can click on the file and it will play on your Media Player.
* These files were created in collaboration with Eric Scott Bloom