Preventing & Healing Pelvic Floor Issues

Service Description

For any client interested in attaining healing from pain or the symptoms of pelvic floor conditions and restoring function, and who enjoys finding support amongst people with similar conditions. Sessions will be narrowly focused, small-group sessions based on the participants registered, with specific topics to bring healing to symptoms such as: • difficulty with bladder or bowel movements • urinary symptoms (frequent urination, frequent infection) • urinary/bowel incontinence (“sneeze pee” or urgency incontinence) • painful urination, difficulty with urination, incomplete emptying of bladder • constipation • painful sex (or ejaculation in men) • pelvic pain • rectal pain • pregnancy and postpartum recovery • pelvic organ prolapse • diastasis recti • endometriosis • vaginismus • menopause symptoms • Often back pain, buttock or hip pain, neck pain, jaw pain (TMJ) and/or foot pain (Plantar Fascitiis) Pelvic Floor dysfunction can be caused by many seemingly unrelated things, which may include: • Pregnancy or childbirth • Poor posture • Poor breathing mechanics (or chronic respiratory disease/chronic allergies) • Trauma • Anxiety/Stress • Chronic back pain, hip/buttock pain • Medical history of trauma, injuries in the pelvic region • Infections • Irritable bowel syndrome • Surgery (abdominal or pelvic) • Obesity or Overweight As your Yoga Therapist I will act as a guide, or mentor, on a journey of healing and self-discovery. Yoga therapy will focus on the groups’ needs to help to heal, manage side effects or symptoms, reduce pain and physical or psychological stress, and potentially prevent any further issues or reinjury. I will be lending support through our private group forum and access to printed (and sometimes video) educational information about the challenge/condition as well as take-home practices encouraging education and empowerment. The class will be developed to meet the group needs through physical assessments, intake and history, observation, and listening and questioning throughout the sessions. Though they are less-detailed then private lessons, I will still help the client understand the benefits of specific practices and any possible contraindications related to the focused group condition/challenge. Start your healing journey here!