Why Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy May Be The Answer To Urinary Leakage, Small Bladder, Pelvic Pain, Pain During Sex, Erectile Dysfunction and Much More: Ingrid Harm-Ernandes

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Ms. Harm-Ernandes has been a physical therapist for over 38 years and began specializing in Women’s Health over 26 years ago. She recently retired clinically from Duke University Health System where she treated a wide variety of pelvic patients in the Urogynecology and Physical Therapy clinics. 

She has presented on pelvic physical therapy related topics including sexual dysfunction, prolapse, pelvic pain, vulvar pain, urinary and fecal incontinence, and the mysteries of the musculoskeletal system for various organizations and societies nationally and internationally. 

Here are our topics of discussion:

03:00 Ingrid's background and how she got interested in the pelvis?

04:55 What prompted Ingrid to write her book on pelvic floor systems 

07:15 What are the different symptoms people experience? Pelvic pain, cannot enjoy sex, urine leakage, constipation…

10:55 IS it more women that experience pelvic floor symptoms or just men?

11:35 Is a small bladder related to pelvic floor? Can a "small bladder" be fixed?

13:30 Women experience pain during sex after menopause. Is that related to pelvic floor?

16:25 What is chronic pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome and pelvic organ prelapse and how are these related to the pelvic floor?

20:25 What are the muscles of the pelvic floor?

23:30 Do the pelvic muscles get weaker or do they get tighter as we age?

27:00 Can pelvic physical therapy, can people reverse urinary incontinence at any age?

27:25 How to find a pelvic physical therapy?

31:30 How does a pelvic physical therapy session work?

34:15 How often do people need to see a pelvic physical therapist?

35:30 Can someone go get a pelvic floor health score?

37:30 How you can find local pelvic physical therapy practitioners in your area?

39:30 Can pelvic physical therapy help improve male sexual function?

40:35 Where you can find Ingrid?