Why did Kegel exercises fail to help me?
Here is an example from a different body part... If you sprain your ankle, you have to let it heal before you can start doing strengthening exercises like jumping. Said differently, you have to let all the tissues in the ankle normalize before you can start doing strengthening exercises.
If you have pelvic floor pain, urinary incontinence, or other dysfunction related to urogenital system in the pelvis, the tissues are no longer normalized. There might be scar tissue from surgery, pregnancy, or other sources of inflammation. There might be muscle imbalances. There might be misalignment in the bones of the pelvis. If you try to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles while any of that irregularity exists, the Kegel exercises will never accomplish their goal. Kegel exercises are great, but only after the tissues of your pelvis have been normalized. That is the missing piece for women that have failed to see results from Kegel exercises.
How do we "normalize" the tissues?
We use EXTERNAL manual therapy techniques, not exercises, to identify and treat tension in tissues of the pelvis. You can be treated while wearing a pair of shorts because everything we do is EXTERNAL. The tissues in the pelvis can be released in the same fundamental way as other tissues found in neck, back, shoulder, etc.
What Problems Can This Treat?
Urinary issues and pelvic pain are the two classes of symptoms that we see most often. We may not be able to help with endometriosis. Many problems that don't seem related to your pelvis can be such as pain in other parts of your body: back, hips, abdomen, etc. In those case, it is necessary to treat both.
How will I respond to treatment?
Treating the pelvis is actually a lot like other things we treat. It typically requires three to five sessions for the body take over and normalize. For chronic issues, more sessions will be required. The frequency of visits can be once per two-three weeks or so.
How safe is it?
We probably are not going to treat you if you are pregnant. Otherwise, what we do is gentle and safe.
Physician Referral
Request a referral that says something like, "recommend therapeutic massage from a medical massage therapist that includes visceral manipulation to treat visceral fascia." Referrals are optional, but helpful because your physician can be involved.
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