At Fusion Wellness & Physical Therapy, we specialize in treating these conditions that are all too often misunderstood by the medical community. What sets us apart from other physical therapy offices is we provide one-on-one care by licensed physical therapists for 55-85 minutes or more. In certain circumstances we offer 2 hour+ appointments. No unlicensed personnel are used at any time, making the quality of care we provide at the highest level.
Our experience solving a wide range of pelvic floor issues is unmatched in our field, including incontinence in men and women, painful intercourse issues, chronic pelvic pain and more.
In depth evaluations, manual therapy, exercise prescription, and many of the other services we offer will have their greatest impact on your recovery when done by skilled, licensed providers that also participate in ongoing continuing education. This practice model also allows us to quickly identify when changes in your treatment plan are needed, maximizing each treatment session. Make an appointment at either our MidWilshire, Sherman Oaks or Montrose/Glendale office today to get on the path to healing tomorrow.
A Brief List of Common Orthopedic Issues We Treat We treat a wide variety of common orthopedic issues, including acute, subacute, and chronic injuries of bone, joints and muscles, and injuries sustained during sports and other activities. We offer specialized physical...
Is There Really a Connection Between TMJ and Pelvic Pain? We all know the old childhood song "The hip bone's connected to the thigh bone". What if there was a connection from your jaw to the pelvic floor? Read on for how they are, in fact, connected. What is TMJ? TMJ...
About Vaginismus and Genito-Pelvic Penetration Disorder Involuntary muscle spasms involving the superficial and deep pelvic floor muscles that typically cause painful entry, limiting or preventing intercourse, tampon insertion or pelvic exams. Women with vaginismus do...
UROGENITAL PROLAPSE “Urogenital prolapse occurs when there is weakness in the supporting structures of the pelvic floor allowing the pelvic viscera to descend and ultimately fall through the anatomical defect.” - Bo, Kari, Berghmans, Bary, Morkved, Siv, Van Kampen,...
INCONTINENCEIncontinence is the inability to control bodily functions resulting in the loss of urine or feces. Stress Urinary Incontinence is an involuntary loss of urine with physical exertion (while coughing, sneezing, lifting, positional changes etc.) This occurs...
Vaginismus: Vaginismus definition: the involuntary muscle spasms involving the superficial pelvic floor muscles that typically cause painful entry, limiting or preventing intercourse, tampon insertion or pelvic exams. Many women will also describe "a wall" that limits...
Common Sexual Dysfunctions and Treatments for Female, Male, Transgender and Gender Expansive Patients Vaginismus: Vaginismus definition: the involuntary muscle spasms involving the superficial pelvic floor muscles that typically cause painful entry, limiting or...
Male Pelvic Floor Issues and Treatments for Male Sexual Dysfunctions: Pelvic floor muscles are very important in the physiology of both male and female sexual response. Physical therapists play an important role in the multidisciplinary team when dealing with male...
We treat a wide variety of common orthopedic issues, including acute, subacute, and chronic injuries of bone, joints and muscles, and injuries sustained during sports and other activities.
We offer specialized physical therapy that addresses the complete picture of pelvic floor dysfunction, orthopedic issues and visceral restrictions, and this is one of the main tools to help minimize the effects of endometriosis on your body.
We all know the old childhood song “The hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone“. What if there was a connection from your jaw to the pelvic floor? Read on for how they are, in fact, connected.
TMJ stands for temporomandibular joint. This joint attaches your skull to your jaw and is located in front of your left and right ear. It opens and closes your mouth for activities like talking and chewing. A dysfunction in the TMJ can occur in the ligaments, muscles or joints and is referred to as TMJD.
Involuntary muscle spasms involving the superficial and deep pelvic floor muscles that typically cause painful entry, limiting or preventing intercourse, tampon insertion or pelvic exams. Women with vaginismus do not always experience “pain” and often report the feeling of their partner or a tampon “hitting a wall”.
Pain is also a common presentation when partial or complete penetration occurs. It may also present as minor discomfort with tampons, pelvic exams or intercourse.
Our patients have often been told that “there is nothing physically wrong” with them or that they “are too high stress and just need a glass of wine”. We feel responses like this are unacceptable and dismissive of the real physical pain that these women have.
Involuntary muscle spasms involving the superficial and deep pelvic floor muscles that typically cause painful entry, limiting or preventing intercourse, tampon insertion or pelvic exams. Women with vaginismus do not always experience “pain” and often report the feeling of their partner or a tampon “hitting a wall”.
Pain is also a common presentation when partial or complete penetration occurs. It may also present as minor discomfort with tampons, pelvic exams or intercourse.
Our patients have often been told that “there is nothing physically wrong” with them or that they “are too high stress and just need a glass of wine”. We feel responses like this are unacceptable and dismissive of the real physical pain that these women have.
Vaginismus definition: the involuntary muscle spasms involving the superficial pelvic floor muscles that typically cause painful entry, limiting or preventing intercourse, tampon insertion or pelvic exams. Many women will also describe “a wall” that limits penetration, that may or may not be painful. This is not a lifelong condition and can be cured. The most successful vaginismus treatment is a combination of manual treatment, corrective exercises and home instruction. Most women will use vaginal dilators as a part of their home program to treat vaginismus. More information on our female-based services including vaginismus can be found on our women’s program website at Femina Physical Therapy.
Vaginismus definition: the involuntary muscle spasms involving the superficial pelvic floor muscles that typically cause painful entry, limiting or preventing intercourse, tampon insertion or pelvic exams. Many women will also describe “a wall” that limits penetration, that may or may not be painful. This is not a lifelong condition and can be cured. The most successful vaginismus treatment is a combination of manual treatment, corrective exercises and home instruction. Most women will use vaginal dilators as a part of their home program to treat vaginismus. More information on our female-based services can be found on our women’s program website at Femina Physical Therapy. Click here for more information on vaginismus.
“Urogenital prolapse occurs when there is weakness in the supporting structures of the pelvic floor allowing the pelvic viscera to descend and ultimately fall through the anatomical defect.”
– Bo, Kari, Berghmans, Bary, Morkved, Siv, Van Kampen, Marijke, Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for the Pelvic Floor, Elsevier Ltd., 2007.
