Pelvic pain tool kit: 5 steps for taking back control of a flare up at home
90 min webinar including professionals from around the globe.
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.
- 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 – interstitial cystitis support
- www.ichelp.org – Interstitial Cystitis association
- www.painful-bladder.org
- Breath works Apps
- Mind Body Coaching
- OMGYES – intimacy
- 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
- How to Set up TTNS : Transcutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Sleep is your superpower
- 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?
- Rediscover your sexual spark
- Who Moved My Cheese? A Story About Change
- Flow yoga for pelvic pain – Joelle
- Hypertonic PFM yoga
- Meditation for pelvic pain and spasm
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