Perimenopause & Menopause Treatment
Symptoms like menopause vaginal itching, leaking urine, and painful penetrative sexual intercourse can happen during perimenopause and postmenopause. This is due to hormonal changes including decreased levels of estrogen. Estrogen helps with blood flow and appropriate mucus to your pelvic tissues. Consult with us to learn about your options for vulvar health and improved pelvic floor function.
Pelvic floor PT can help you improve blood flow to your muscles so the appropriate hormone levels can get there. It can also help you better coordinate your pelvic floor with your breath and dynamic posture and core, to improve bladder function and sex. Would you like to enjoy orgasm and to feel confident with penetrative sex? Connecting more deeply with your pelvic floor muscles can help!
“Kegels” is not a descriptive term.
Pelvic floor muscles, like any other muscle group, are healthiest when they embody awareness, flexibility, strength, relaxation, coordination, endurance, and when they are not always sore to the touch. A pelvic health physical therapist uses skilled techniques to train you to perform pelvic floor exercises specifically designed to fit your needs, and how to integrate your pelvic floor support into functional movements, total body exercise, and repetitive daily tasks.
Feel confident in your body and empowered with pelvic education based in modern science and tailored to you!
At Bodyful, our clients start to experience changes in their symptoms and a clear map for how to integrate pelvic health into their life, by the first visit. Typically, the necessary strength gains and specialized training will require a commitment of about 10-12 weeks. You will be given a detailed and individualized plan after the first visit so that you can begin to move with independence and skills to change your brain with a consistent home practice.
Menopause FAQ
Menopause FAQ
What is the definition of menopause?
Menopause is defined by the ending of your period consistently over 12 months.
When does menopause start?
The average is 51 years old. Perimenopause symptoms can begin about ten years before this time. However this can vary, particularly by race due a researched concept called “weathering”. Read more about how chronic exposure to racism disproportionately affects black women’s health here.
It is important to name and explore the social and systemic factors that affect health, including how we can stop perpetuating collective harm and violence to marginalized groups.