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Well, I went to my first PT appointment yesterday. The therapist seemed really nice. She did some feeling around on my stomach and pelvic area and showed me some exercises I can do at home. She also checked the pelvic floor internally. I guess she does internal PT as well. I told her I was a little concerned about it as far as getting infections go though as I seem more prone to getting infections. I guess they use this antibacterial gel when they do the internal, but I asked her to just use water, as my gyne told me that the antibacterial gel can mess with your flora and cause vaginosis.
I did notice that I felt more pain in my bladder after my visit and after she poked around in there near my bladder. Is this normal to feel more pain. I notice the bladder instills are helping with the bladder pain I have. But it was like she upset things by messing around in there. I am not sure how they come to the conclusion that you have PFD. She pressed around inside and I did not feel any pain at all. She said that one side seemed tighter than the other though and that this could be a part of PFD. I am a very skeptical person when it comes to any form of treatments because I have already beem through the mill when it comes to having treatments for my different problems and spent ALOT of money on different therapies that were a joke.
I guess being a person that has been through alot of these things, I really need to be convinced before I buy into anything. I went to a meeting a couple weeks ago and heard a physical therapist speak and she said that she went to a teaching hospital and was doing free untrasounds on anyone who wanted one to have an ultrasound and see how the pelvic floor was. She said that she had a ton of younger teenage girls who supposedly had very tight pelvic floor muscles and they did not even know it. She said she had them tighten the pelvic floor muscles and then relax them during the ultrasound to see how well their pelvic floor responded and said all of them had pelvic floor issues. Well, seeing that these young girls did not even know they had any problem since they have no symptoms at all makes me wonder if there is even a problem, you know what I mean?
It just makes me wonder. I am willing to give the PT a try though just to see if it will help. I did not like that I felt even worse afterwards though. I know that I did not expect to feel any better right away, as I know that takes time, but I dont think I should have felt so much worse. I guess I will give it a couple weeks and see how it goes and see if things seem to get better. Anyone here have good results from PT?
Jen
Well, I went to my first PT appointment yesterday. The therapist seemed really nice. She did some feeling around on my stomach and pelvic area and showed me some exercises I can do at home. She also checked the pelvic floor internally. I guess she does internal PT as well. I told her I was a little concerned about it as far as getting infections go though as I seem more prone to getting infections. I guess they use this antibacterial gel when they do the internal, but I asked her to just use water, as my gyne told me that the antibacterial gel can mess with your flora and cause vaginosis.
I did notice that I felt more pain in my bladder after my visit and after she poked around in there near my bladder. Is this normal to feel more pain. I notice the bladder instills are helping with the bladder pain I have. But it was like she upset things by messing around in there. I am not sure how they come to the conclusion that you have PFD. She pressed around inside and I did not feel any pain at all. She said that one side seemed tighter than the other though and that this could be a part of PFD. I am a very skeptical person when it comes to any form of treatments because I have already beem through the mill when it comes to having treatments for my different problems and spent ALOT of money on different therapies that were a joke.
I guess being a person that has been through alot of these things, I really need to be convinced before I buy into anything. I went to a meeting a couple weeks ago and heard a physical therapist speak and she said that she went to a teaching hospital and was doing free untrasounds on anyone who wanted one to have an ultrasound and see how the pelvic floor was. She said that she had a ton of younger teenage girls who supposedly had very tight pelvic floor muscles and they did not even know it. She said she had them tighten the pelvic floor muscles and then relax them during the ultrasound to see how well their pelvic floor responded and said all of them had pelvic floor issues. Well, seeing that these young girls did not even know they had any problem since they have no symptoms at all makes me wonder if there is even a problem, you know what I mean?
It just makes me wonder. I am willing to give the PT a try though just to see if it will help. I did not like that I felt even worse afterwards though. I know that I did not expect to feel any better right away, as I know that takes time, but I dont think I should have felt so much worse. I guess I will give it a couple weeks and see how it goes and see if things seem to get better. Anyone here have good results from PT?
Jen
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