S1 Ep39: A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor with Dr. Janelle Howell

The key to eliminating incontinence, sexual pain and pelvic pain is to work one on one with a pelvic floor physical therapist. But while most women have a pretty good idea of what a physical therapist does when it comes to hips, and shoulders, it’s a mystery to most women what to expect from PELVIC FLOOR PT. In this episode, Dr. Streicher is joined by Janelle Howell, AKA The Vagina ReHAB doctor, who holds a doctorate in physical therapy and is board certified in women’s health PT. Dr. Streicher and Dr. Howell discuss: How one becomes a pelvic floor physical therapist Why LOW BACK PAIN and pain in other parts of the body impact pelvic pain What makes someone an EXPERT PHYSICAL THERAPIST How CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES can impact on adult pelvic health Why Your PT Needs to Take Complete MEDICAL HISTORY Why a pelvic floor PT does INTERNAL vaginal work WHAT to EXECT when you go to pelvic floor physical therapist The problem with PELVIC FLOOR TENSION HOW LONG it typically takes to eliminate pelvic problems Why it is important for the therapist to COLLABORATE with the gynecologist Why POSTURE is so important when it comes to pelvic floor health What CONDITIONS a pelvic floor physical therapist TREATS How pelvic floor PT helps with ORGASM What it means when someone has pain AFTER SEX How to FIND a good pelvic floor PT If PT be done VIRTUALLY TOOLS that women can use on their own Why the phrase TIGHT VAGINA should never be used Sign up for Dr. Streicher’s free Inside Information Monthly Newsletter for videos, events, and much more! More on Janelle Howell: Website: https://www.vaginarehabdoctor.com/ Instagram acct: @vaginarehabdoctor Next Vaginal Fitness Masterclass: https://www.vaginarehabdoctor.com/next-masterclass-f3/ Affordable Vaginal Fitness & Food E guide: https://the-vagina-rehab-academy.sellfy.store/products/ How to find a Pelvic floor PT https://pelvicrehab.com/ https://specialization.apta.org/find-a-specialist https://www.vaginarehabdoctor.com/woc-pfpt-directory/ For more information on this topic: Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina - A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Episode 8: When Painful Sex Leads to Problem Relationships Episode 15: Post Menopause Orgasm- Everybody Come! Episode 27: Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like Hell Episode 38 Pelvic Organs Dropping? How to STOP the POP! Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. Dr. Streicher is the medical correspondent for Chicago’s top-rated news program, the WGN Morning News , and has been seen on The Today Show , Good Morning America , The Oprah Winfrey Show , CNN, NPR, Dr. Radio, Nightline, Fox and Friends, The Steve Harvey Show, CBS This Morning, ABC News Now, NBCNightlyNews,20/20 , and World News Tonight . She is an expert source for many magazines and serves on the medical advisory board of The Kinsey Institute, Self Magazine, and Prevention Magazine. She writes a regular column for The Ethel by AARP and Prevention Magazine. Subscribe and Follow Dr. Streicher on DrStreicher.com Instagram @DrStreich Twitter @DrStreicher Facebook @DrStreicher YouTube DrStreicherTV Books by Lauren Streicher, MD Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina - A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain Hot Flash Hell : A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat Sex Rx - Hormones , Health, and Your Best Sex Ever The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy