S1 Ep39: A Personal Trainer for Your Pelvic Floor with Dr. Janelle Howell
Author
Lauren Streicher, MD
Published
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Episode Link
https://audioboom.com/posts/8153435
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
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.