I’m so glad you wrote this piece! There’s such little knowledge of pelvic floor health that when you’re struggling with PFD it’s isolating and sometimes feels hopeless.
I struggled with pelvic pain for years. It was indisputably connected to my mental health, specifically sexual trauma I experienced as a teen. Physical therapy helped me a ton but it was really the yoga and psychotherapy that helped me relax enough to no longer experience chronic pain and anxiety that always anticipated the pain.
YES! This is what I'm seeing more and more and why I decided to transition my practice. The physical stuff is so important, but mindset and nervous system regulation is absolutely key. I'm so grateful you found appropriate support!
Love this. When I encourage people to get help for PFD — especially when they don’t think it’s that big of a deal (i.e. the old “i just had a baby! It’s normal! Oh well!”) — I often share that when i resolved my own PFD it was like a low-lying cloud of anxiety lifted, and I hadn’t even realized it was there until it was gone. The feeling that i could trust my body and just be out in the world without worrying was so freeing and so incredible for my day to day mental health. I didn’t know how much ease i was missing until i found it!
Yes! This sentiment is SO common pp. I think that is why so many folks feel like pelvic floor therapy "changes lives" -- because there is so much more to it than physical rehab.
I’m so glad you wrote this piece! There’s such little knowledge of pelvic floor health that when you’re struggling with PFD it’s isolating and sometimes feels hopeless.
I struggled with pelvic pain for years. It was indisputably connected to my mental health, specifically sexual trauma I experienced as a teen. Physical therapy helped me a ton but it was really the yoga and psychotherapy that helped me relax enough to no longer experience chronic pain and anxiety that always anticipated the pain.
YES! This is what I'm seeing more and more and why I decided to transition my practice. The physical stuff is so important, but mindset and nervous system regulation is absolutely key. I'm so grateful you found appropriate support!
Love this. When I encourage people to get help for PFD — especially when they don’t think it’s that big of a deal (i.e. the old “i just had a baby! It’s normal! Oh well!”) — I often share that when i resolved my own PFD it was like a low-lying cloud of anxiety lifted, and I hadn’t even realized it was there until it was gone. The feeling that i could trust my body and just be out in the world without worrying was so freeing and so incredible for my day to day mental health. I didn’t know how much ease i was missing until i found it!
Yes! This sentiment is SO common pp. I think that is why so many folks feel like pelvic floor therapy "changes lives" -- because there is so much more to it than physical rehab.