The TheraWand is a self-massage tool, specifically designed for massaging the muscles in and around the pelvic floor. Its ergonomic design allows the patient to comfortably treat his own pelvic floor away from the treatment room.
This wand allows you to massage irritable, tight or sore trigger points in the pelvic floor musculature to relieve pelvic discomfort and pain. As a sexual wellness product, the TheraWand is also excellent for addressing anorgasmia.
Gently bring the wand to the opening of the vagina and carefully insert it on an exhale. Gently sweep the end of the wand until you encounter a tender point. When you find tender point, gently compress the end of the wand into the tender point with the same firmness you would use to check a tomato for ripeness.
numbness and pins and needles in the pelvic area. increased sensitivity to pain – you may find just a light touch or wearing clothes uncomfortable. feeling as though there's swelling or an object in your perineum – often described as feeling like a golf or tennis ball. needing to go the toilet frequently or suddenly.
TENS may be able to help reduce pain and muscle spasms caused by a wide range of conditions including: arthritis. period pain. pelvic pain caused by endometriosis.
Trigger point release may be done with the practitioner's hands, as a type of massage treatment, or by using small needles, known as dry needling. It can help relieve pain and other symptoms. Trigger point release can help manage symptoms like painful intercourse, overactive bladder, and constipation.
Just 30 to 45 minutes of moderate exercise -- like speed walking -- 5 or 6 days a week can help to relieve your pain. Take the heat. It helps increase blood flow, which may help reduce your pain. Sit in a tub full of warm water to provide relief during flare-ups.
Treatment options for pelvic floor pain and weakness run the gamut from kegels, squats, physical therapy to biofeedback. One of our favorite (and most undervalued) options for people needing to tighten the 'basket of muscles' is the power of massage.
It was created by a pelvic physical therapist to use soothing vibration and ergonomic curves to relieve trigger points in the pelvic floor muscles. Vibration helps to improve circulation and relax the pelvic floor muscles for maximum healing and pain relief.
Pelvic wands are sometimes recommended for people dealing with the following symptoms or conditions: Pelvic pain, including painful sex. A pelvic wand can be used to help release trigger points that may be related to pain sensations in the pelvic floor. Urinary incontinence.
Treatment Tools, Exercises, and Techniques
Pelvic floor exercises, also called Kegel exercises, work to strengthen pelvic floor muscles as you contract and relax them. Kegels are especially helpful in cases of stress urinary incontinence (leaking urine when you cough, laugh, or sneeze).
Some patients begin to see the benefits of pelvic floor physical therapy within three to four weeks. For others, it may take a few months. It is important to create muscle awareness and perform the strength exercises correctly.
Does pelvic floor dysfunction go away on its own? Pelvic floor dysfunction symptoms (like an overactive bladder) typically stay or become worse if they're not treated. Instead of living with pain and discomfort, you can often improve your everyday life after a visit with your provider.
Exercising weak muscles regularly, over a period of time can strengthen them and make them work effectively again. Regular gentle exercise, such as walking can also help to strengthen your pelvic floor muscles.
The pelvic floor is a muscle like any other in the body. We can do exercises to strengthen in, there can be knots that need to be massaged out, and there can be issues if it is too weak. One of the easiest and best things to do to strengthen the pelvic floor is walking.
When you are experiencing pelvic pain, the hardest part may be getting yourself started. Choosing an appropriate method of exercise is a great place to start. Exercises that limit pelvic floor strain are recommended. Some of these modes of exercise may be walking, riding an elliptical machine, or swimming.
Trigger points can be a source of pain in any part of the pelvic floor and cause the affected muscle(s) not to function properly. Trigger points are generally caused by a muscle being “overloaded” following an acute, prolonged or repetitive incident.
First, take a slow, gentle breath in through your nose, and allow your belly and ribs to flare out to the sides. “Open” your pelvic floor with your inhale breath. Exhale slowly and gently through your mouth, allowing your belly to fall. Let the air out of your upper lungs, relax your ribs, belly and pelvic floor.
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Option 2 Channel 1: Place one electrode on the LEFT sacroiliac joint and one electrode above the RIGHT side of the pubic bone. Channel 2: Place one electrode on the RIGHT sacroiliac joint and one electrode above the LEFT side of the pubic bone.
Place one small electrode on the perineum, i.e. the surface area between the anus and the vulva. Place one large electrode over the sacrum, i.e. the large, triangular bone at the base of the spine and above the coccyx.
Placing a TENS machine on the abdomen can relieve period pain and also help soothe IBS symptoms. Placing the device just below the abdomen and above the mons pubis can also alleviate pelvic pain and may help pelvic floor muscle relaxation.