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The 4th Trimester: Postpartum Pelvic Pain is Common but Not Normal

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By: Courtney Edgecomb, DPT   Postpartum Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy is increasingly utilized to help new moms recover from pregnancy and delivery. Is pain normal after giving birth? Of course that is an extremely open-ended question and I would get different answers from almost every single mom (and from each of her pregnancies). But it is hard to tease out …

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Antenatal and Postpartum Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy as Standard of Care

In Pregnancy and Postpartum Pelvic Health by Stephanie Prendergast4 Comments

  By Dr. Ann Croghan, PT, DPT, CLC, and CAPP-OB trained with introduction by Stephanie Prendergast, MPT   A few months ago I shared a link to an article I was interviewed for in Men’s Health Magazine about postpartum sex on our PHRC Facebook Page. I was disappointed there was not better coverage about postpartum pelvic floor physical therapy in …

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C-section Scar Problems and Solutions from a Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist

In Pregnancy and Postpartum Pelvic Health by Shannon Pacella13 Comments

  By Shannon Pacella, DPT, PHRC Lexington   If you’re reading this, you probably know what a Cesarean birth (C-section) is,* but what you may not know is what to do once you have had one. Most women post C-section are not given much information regarding their healing incision, except to “keep it clean in order to prevent infection.”   …