Pelvic organ
prolapse
Pelvic Organ PROLAPSE is Extremely common in women. While it can happen to anyone, it is most common in pregnant and postpartum women
Prolapse occurs mostly due to a loss of muscular and fascial support in your vagina or rectum in combination with poor pressure management strategies. Pelvic floor physical therapy is specialized in helping women to overcome this diagnosis and feel empowered in their bodies again. Common symptoms of prolapse include pelvic heaviness, pressure, a bulge in your vagina or rectum, low back pain, or difficulty voiding. These symptoms may vary in intensity and with increased activity. learn more about what POP check out our blog Living Well With Prolapse
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Our Doctors of Physical Therapy will assess your pelvis and all possible contributing factors in a thorough evaluation to find the root cause of your symptoms. They will then create a treatment plan specific to you to lead you towards symptom relief.
A typical treatment for pelvic organ prolapse could include
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Manual therapy can include myofascial release and visceral releases to help reduce pain and tension and improve tissue length
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You will be prescribed specific exercises to help improve mobility of your pelvis, hips, back, diaphragm. Basically, if you feel tight and restriction we will provide you with exercises specific to your needs to help restore appropriate movement.
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Our goal is to not only improve your strength deficits but to empower you to feel confident with all of your daily tasks or any move incorporated in your regular workouts.
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Our therapists will educate you on their findings and help you fully understand not only what is going on with your body but also what you can do to help reduce your symptoms
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If we have inappropriate pressure management strategies, meaning, we bear down, breath hold and maintain improper alignment especially when lifting then we could be overloading our pelvic floor making us more prone to issues such as prolapse. We will help teach you effective pressure management strategies to help prevent inappropriately bearing down on your pelvis
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If we deem that Dry Needling is an appropate treatment stragety for you then it is proveided at no additional cost! Click here to learn more about what Dry Needling is.