Chronic Pelvic Pain is a challenge for health care providers of all specialties. The symptoms experienced by patients with pelvic pain vary drastically between individuals. This variety makes diagnosis and treatment difficult. Chronic Pelvic Pain is a costly disorder that…
Neuralgia is just a fancy medical word for pain along the nerve distribution or path. Pudendal Neuralgia has to do with the Pudendal Nerve, the nerve that supplies the genital area in men and women. The Pudendal Nerve supplies sensory…
It seems that we are all stressed these days—over busy with work, kids, home management, the world’s ills. Our bodies and brains are changed by the constant barrage of stressful stimuli and can cause a cycle that is difficult to…
As I recover from my vestibulectomy surgery (a procedure that corrects vulvodynia), I’m treating myself to a complete re-watch of Sex and the City. After getting past the shock of realizing that I am now older than the characters, I settled…
Chronic pain is defined as “pain that persists beyond normal healing tissue time, which is generally thought to be between three and six months.”1 Chronic pelvic pain can be caused for many reasons including: trauma, disease pathology (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome,…
Scary Mommy with yet another hilarious blog post. This one covers vaginas and potpourri. Enjoy! https://www.scarymommy.com/my-vagina-detox-pearls/?utm_source=FB Image courtesy of Scary Mommy.
My passion is to educate and empower women, especially during their childbearing years. I feel there is still quite a lack of education out there for women after they have a baby. I’ve often been surprised at how many classes…
I spent this past weekend with my very closest friends, girls I have known since we were 8 and 9 years old. These are some truly amazing women, all in their own right, in different ways. We have such a…
Great post by Dr. Jen Gunter. Enjoy!https://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/hysterectomy-for-chronic-pelvic-pain-ask-these-7-questions-first/
To continue on our previous topic of pelvic pain, I wanted to cover a topic that affects many women but one that is often ignored or mis-treated. Painful Intercourse or dyspareunia in women. A typical presentation in our clinic are…
