by Heather Jeffcoat, PT, DPT | May 10, 2015 | cancer rehabilitation, chronic pain, pelvic floor physical therapy, pelvic pain, urinary incontinence, vaginismus | Blog
Pelvic floor physical therapy is one of the best kept secrets in medicine. Recently, I was on a plane flight and sat next to two women. They were very chatty with one another and quickly swept me up into their conversation. Inevitably, in situations like this,...
by Heather Jeffcoat, PT, DPT | Sep 29, 2014 | blog post, dyspareunia, kegels, media, pelvic floor contraction, vestibulitis, vulvodynia | Blog
In my last post, “Why You Should Be Doing Kegels NOW”, I went over the various diagnoses that tend to benefit most from doing pelvic floor muscle exercises. However, there are MANY issues and diagnoses related to the pelvic floor that are NOT appropriate to prescribe...
by Heather Jeffcoat, PT, DPT | Sep 23, 2014 | | Blog
I am proud to announce the official book release today of Sex Without Pain: A Self-Treatment Guide To The Sex Life You Deserve. It is available on Amazon.com, iBooks and other retailers. 43% of women will experience pain during sex or other sexual problems – why isn’t...
by Heather Jeffcoat, PT, DPT | Sep 8, 2014 | kegels, media, PC contraction, PC exercise, pelvic floor, pelvic floor contraction, pelvic floor exercise, pelvic floor muscle, physical therapy | Blog
Wondering Why You Should be Doing Kegels? Read on for the whys and why nots In my early days of being a pelvic floor PT, I was convinced I had the answer to all the woes of the pelvic floor. One word – Kegels. As I’ve developed professionally over more than 15 years,...
by Heather Jeffcoat, PT, DPT | Sep 4, 2014 | kegels, media, mixed urinary incontinence, pelvic floor contraction, pelvic floor exercise, stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence | Blog
What are Kegels? Kegels are a contraction of a group of muscles known as “pelvic floor muscles”, sometimes referred to as the “PC muscle”. PC is short for “pubococcygeus”, the name of just one of the many pelvic floor muscles. However, over 15...
