Hudson Valley Physical Therapy, Specialists in Pelvic Health PT

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🌟Dive into our latest blog post where we explore and provide evidence based research on how topical estrogen can help lower the risk of recurrent UTIs by up to 5️⃣0️⃣% and how it can be a complementary approach to Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy for folks navigating perimenopause and post menopause.

🌟While topical estrogen addresses the physiological changes in the va**nal tissues, pelvic floor physical therapy offers additional benefits by focusing on strengthening and/ or lengthening the pelvic floor muscles, reducing muscular discomfort, improving bladder control, and optimizing bowel and bladder function.

🌟Click the link in our bio to find out more!

https://hudsonvalleypt.com/2024/07/15/topical-estrogen-uti-prevention-for-perimenopausal-and-postmenopausal-women/

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Psychologists Maytal Eyal and Bridget Freihart, in an essay for Time Magazine, discussed the postpartum care, or lack thereof, provided to new mothers in the United States. 

The reality of just one postpartum visit, without essential education and guidance for navigating the fourth trimester and beyond, is unfortunately quite common. After birthing a baby, mothers are often left to fend for themselves, struggling with mental health challenges, pelvic floor issues, thyroid/metabolic changes, and more without adequate support. And also being told to be patient and that it will take time to feel better. 

There is a need to spread awareness about effective interventions available to address the issues new moms are dealing with.

As experts in pelvic health physical therapy, we know that comprehensive assistance is within reach for new mothers facing pelvic health concerns. With specialized and advanced training, we have the expertise to accurately assess and most importantly provide the appropriate treatments to address the root cause of pelvic floor issues postpartum moms face. 

To all postpartum mothers—whether it's been six weeks or six years since giving birth—know that support is available. 

Reach out to your local pelvic health physical therapist who can offer individualized assistance in your journey towards healing and feeling better. And remember, it's not just about kegels.

You are not alone.

DM us if you need help in finding a local pelvic health physical therapist in your area. 

A new doctor in the house!

A big congratulations to Erin Flynn on achieving her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree! 👏👏🥳🎓

With over 30 years of physical therapy experience, Dr. Erin has an unwavering commitment to her skills and to her clients well-being.💯💪🏻She pursues continuing education on a regular basis to ensure that her clients receive the best possible care.📚📖

Here's to Dr. Erin's amazing achievement and the countless lives she will continue to positively impact! 🥳
We are so very proud of her and are very grateful she is part of the HVPT team!

And big thanks to Maria, , for the beautifully decorated and delicious homemade cookies! 🤩🎉

Let's show Dr. Erin some love and congratulations 👇🏻👇🏻

Grand Opening! HVPT Wellness Massage Special 30 Min for $65

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✨Case Study Time!✨

This past weekend, we at HVPT once again had the pleasure of hosting Lynn Schulte of and taking her phenomenal 3 day course: “Holistic Treatment of the Pregnant Body”. This beautifully structured hands-on course gave us the opportunity to evaluate and treat 4 lovely moms-to-be at the end of Sunday’s session to really pull it all together.

Shared with permission, the above photos show a “before and after” look at M.J.’s beautiful pregnant belly. M.J. is a 30 y/o female, currently 23 weeks gestation with her first pregnancy. She came to our clinic complaining of left sided hip pain after sleeping, lower back pain at the end of the day, and severe restless leg syndrome at night that often kept her from getting much needed rest. Further questioning revealed that her iron levels were not “significantly low” and her providers did not recommend an iron supplement at this time.

As you can see, her belly button and linea nigra (a dark, vertical line that appears on the belly during pregnancy) was pulling towards the left in the before photo.

After performing gentle and respectful hands on manual techniques learned in this course, we were able to improve balance in M.J.’s pelvic bones and uterine ligaments as well as mobilize and balance her respiratory diaphragm. As you can see in the “after” photo, her belly button and linea nigra are more midline and M.J. stated “I feel like I can finally take a full breath!” when she stood from the table. Following up with her Monday morning, M.J. stated “I feel great today and last night was the first night in the last 6 weeks or so when I had NO restless legs at all.”

We had an incredible weekend and are so excited to share everything that we learned with our pregnant and postpartum clients!

We are experts in pelvic health at Hudson Valley Physical Therapy, and we offer caring, skilled, and patient centered care to get our clients feeling their best at every stage in their journey and their life. Contact us for more information on how to schedule your visit with us. We also offer a complimentary 15 minute phone consultation. We look forward to hearing from you.

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The Pelvic Floor experts at Hudson Valley PT can help you reclaim your body’s strength and confidence after childbirth, guiding you every step of the way. Follow the link in our bio and click on “news & events” under the About tab.

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Reposted The gold-standard of treatment for lichen sclerosus is topical steroid. Unfortunately, this medication is often prescribed with very little instruction on how to use it, which leads to it “not working” or side effects

Also, just applying medication alone is usually not enough. Treatment works best when it is holistic and based upon how the body works.

Here are some helpful adjuncts that can help with remission:

Diet- although there is limited research, limiting or eliminating gluten, oxalates, dairy, and excess sugar may help with symptoms, especially itch.

Hormones- lack of hormones do not cause lichen sclerosus, but may "bring out" symptoms. It is important to treat genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM, formerly vulvova**nal atrophy) and hormonally-associated vestibulodynia, if present, with local low-dose estrogen (and possibly testosterone), which is safe and effective.

Sitz Baths/Soaking- it is essential to soak prior to application of topical steroid, especially when lichen sclerosus is active (meaning the skin is thickened/lichenified). Some people add sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) or sodium tetraborate (borax) and find that this helps with symptoms and fusing. However, we have no research on this and the British Association of Dermatologists put out a statement (updated February 2020) against using sodium borate due to safety concerns.

Vulvar moisturizer- locking in moisture can be very helpful to heal lichen sclerosus skin. In addition, this counteracts any dryness that occurs related to GSM, soaking, and topical steroids. It's important to pick a moisturizer that has non-irritating ingredients.

Pelvic floor physical therapy- people with LS may also have tight and weak pelvic floor muscles, so this is an important part of treatment if there is genitopelvic pain

Manage stress- stress and anxiety are major triggers. Managing these with deep breathing, meditation, yoga, apps, talk therapy, etc. can be very helpful.

Dilator therapy- if there is scarring and tearing at the va**nal opening, dilators with lubrication may be used to help smooth

As we prepare to ring in the , check out our on Holiday Relaxation edition

Videos are available in our reels from earlier this month!

Wishing you a safe and Happy New Year!

Reposted

Chronic vulvova**nal pain is extremely common, impacting 1 in 4 people with vulvas! Yet it’s also severely underfunded and under-researched. Federal funding for vulvodynia amounts to just 33 cents per affected patient. Our pain and our lives are worth more than 33 cents apiece.

Many of us have spent years, if not decades, searching for pain relief and care. We, as patients, are the ones who pay the price for the gap in research.

We welcome the recent announcement of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research and want to ensure that chronic vulvova**nal and pelvic pain is included as a top priority.

Join us in calling for our conditions to be added to federal research priorities — this is long overdue!

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New up now. Link in bio 👆🏽

All about this month!

Maybe you’ve been prescribed pelvic PT and see “biofeedback” on your script

What exactly is that?

Biofeedback usually refers to an internal va**nal or re**al sensor or external “stickers” placed on the pelvic floor that reads your muscle activity

We use biofeedback to help improve muscle tension, strength, endurance, and coordination

It’s all about fostering a better brain 🧠 to muscle 💪🏻 connection

What a weekend! So grateful we had the opportunity to host Lynn Schulte, . 💖🙌
Adding additional services to our repertoire to address the postpartum healing journey, whether you are 6 weeks or 6years+ postpartum.

Reposted Amazing weekend full of amazing energy⚡️lead by Lynn Schulte of
Honoring and helping to facilitate healing of the postpartum body with this group was beyoooond! I am so grateful ✨

Vaginal dilators. So. Many. Options.

Which one to choose??

The answer you may not want to hear: It depends.

It depends on your own situation, your medical history and most importantly your specific personal goals.

In this case our patient had a history of radiation therapy due to vulvar and a**l cancer. Her goals for pelvic physical therapy was to resume $exual activity and to have
penetrative $ex without pain.

Radiation therapy to all tissues causes scar formation and makes healthy tissues fibrous, more stiff and less elastic (Semin Plast Surg. 2021 Aug; 35(3): 181–188.) Pelvic Radiation therapy produces the same results to va**nal/a**l tissue: thinned va**nal mucosa, lack of lubrication, scarring. (Medicina. 2021; 57(4):336). Basically, it leads to a shorter, dryer, less elastic va**na. The medical term is va**nal stenosis. In our patient’s case, it’s pelvic radiation induced va**nal stenosis.

Our patient brought in the dilators she had used with unsuccessful results. In our opinion, she did not receive proper instruction and training in using the dilators in her home program which caused her to give up. She also brought in an expanding va**nal dilator from She also did not use it often as she did not find it helpful.

In addition to our external and internal manual therapy treatments, we educated her on the importance of using over the counter va**nal moisturizers such as, Restore Moisturizing Vaginal Gel from , to help address va**nal dryness.

She's on level 2 va**nal dilator now after 3 weeks of her home stretching program. Slow and steady wins the race.
More importantly, she was successful and confident in using her dilators after proper instruction.
Vaginal dilators are user specific. One size does not fit all. You cannot purchase one,
"Stick it in", breathe and hope for the best. ❌

**nalstenosis **nalcancer

Fun filled holiday capped off by a weekend of education. Thrilled to attend this inaugural internal pelvic floor techniques course taught by Olivier Bazin and hosted by the Barral Institute of Denmark.

As a pelvic health physical therapist, manual therapy techniques, specifically visceral manipulation, are an essential component of treatment. It's all about knowing your anatomy, organs, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, fascial connections...All of it...and what structures maybe contributing to the presenting symptoms.

Sometimes, where you feel your pain or discomfort is not the source of your pain or discomfort.

Visceral manipulation gives the body the information it needs to assist with movement, mobility and its journey to heal.

Cannot wait for Part 2 of this course.

Find a manual therapist near you who has had specific visceral manipulation training if your symptoms are persistent.

Our latest blog is up!

Read it here: 👇👇
https://hudsonvalleypt.com/2023/08/28/back-to-school-for-your-pelvic-floor-part-1/

New #blog up now! Link in bio 👆🏽 This month, we focus on our #teachers. Educators’ super busy schedules can put teachers at risk for urinary or bowel dysfunction. In part 1 of this two part series for teachers we go through some helpful tips for a healthy #bladder this #schoolyear Tune in next month for tips on managing constipation in part 2 #school #pelvicfloor #pelvicfloorphysicaltherapy #pelvicfloordysfunction #urinarysystem

New up now

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Everyone has a and can experience

Read our blog this month to learn signs of pelvic floor dysfunction and how Hudson Valley Physical Therapy creates an inclusive and positive healthcare experience for all

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Thank you for this review M.P.! We are so happy to hear your healing journey has been a success.
Did you know we regularly team up with our in house acupuncturist, Mital Khatri LA-C, to help those suffering from pelvic floor dysfunction?
Find out more about us on our website:
www.hudsonvalleypt.com

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You may have heard about thanks to shedding some light on this condition.

Check out our blog to learn a little bit more and how can help.

May is Month. Let’s all work together to raise awareness of maternal mental health disorders, help one another, and combat stigma and shame. 1 in 5 women suffer from disorders and most have difficulty finding help.

•The helpline offers support in finding local resources at 800-944-4773 - call or text!

•Call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-943-5746

•In a crisis situation, call or text the National Su***de & Crisis Lifeline at 988.

• Visit postpartum.net for additional programs and resources, including parenting and pregnant support after loss.

This is in no way an exhaustive list, so we welcome suggestions below! Let’s help each other to feel supported.

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New blog post up… Returning to running postpartum can be incredibly daunting - let us help!

Individuals looking to return to running postpartum should make sure they are medically cleared and screened by a qualified health professional (such as a pelvic floor PT) for running readiness.

It’s important to make sure that the whole system, including the pelvic floor, which has been through a lot during pregnancy, is strong enough and ready to take on the force of running

You can contact us to set up a complimentary 15 min phone consult or schedule a visit with on of our highly qualified pelvic floor PTs to assess your readiness to return to running

Read our blog here👇:
www.hudsonvalleypt.com/blog/