Pelvic Pain Relief:
It’s Time To Get Back To Good Health!
–Physical Therapy Can Help You Find Relief–
Are you always searching for a bathroom? Does it hurt ‘down there’? If so, you may be experiencing pelvic pain or urinary incontinence. While medicines help, they are not a long-term cure. Physical therapists can help determine the cause and help guide you back to health.
If you struggle with holding your urine or have pain during menstruation, Coppola Physical Therapy can help.
You Are Not Alone!
Pelvic pain is described as pain in the lower abdomen, low back, pelvis, or pelvic floor. The pain may be described as aching or burning in the area of the pelvic floor or lower abdomen but can vary with every person. All pelvic floor muscles connect to the spine, pelvis, or hip. Common diagnoses such as back or hip pain can only be partially corrected in some cases because the pelvic floor is often overlooked.
What Causes Pelvic Pain?
Pelvic pain can be caused by problems such as pelvic joint dysfunction, muscle imbalances within the pelvic floor, trunk, and/or pelvis, in-coordination in the muscles related to bowel and bladder function, active trigger points in the muscles of the pelvic floor, nerve entrapment in the pelvis, and weakness in the muscles of the pelvis and pelvic floor.
Pain After C-Section or Pelvic Surgery
Pelvic pain can also be related to the presence of scar tissue after abdominal, C-section, or pelvic surgery. Pregnancy can cause a wide array of problems in the pelvic floor, hips, and back depending on position/ pressure of the baby as well as after delivery when the muscles are strained, or significant scarring is present due to tearing.
Because pelvic pain There can be other reasons related to pelvic pain therefore it is important to consult your physician to eliminate other sources.
Common Diagnoses of Pelvic Pain
Stress/urge incontinence, vulvodynia, prostatitis, coccydynia, constipation, pudendal neuralgia, post-pregnancy muscle strain/scarring/pain, prenatal care, endometriosis, sexual dysfunction, testicular pain, post-surgical or c-section scar release, prolapse, unresolved back/hip pain, groin pain, abdominal pain, and SI joint pain.
How Can We Help Relieve Your Pain?
We complete a thorough exam to determine the cause of pain and use a multi-system approach in treating pelvic pain. Our treatment philosophy is working from the outside in to correct the dysfunction.
We utilize many manual techniques to address limitations such as myofascial release, trigger point release, muscle retraining, muscle energy, myofascial cupping, trigger point dry needling, and strengthening/ retraining the weaker or uncoordinated muscles.