Pelvic Floor Acupuncture in Portland, Oregon
Pelvic Floor Acupuncture
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Acupuncture for Pelvic Floor Muscles in Portland OR
What is the Pelvic Floor?
The pelvic floor is comprised of the muscles and ligaments that are attached to the pelvis, supporting the abdomen. These muscles are responsible for bladder and bowel movement control.
What are the symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction?
- Urinary Incontinence
- Bladder control issues such as urgency or dribbling
- Chronic constipation
- Endometriosis
- Painful periods
- Pain with intercourse
- Diffuse pain in the glutes
- Pain from an episiotomy or scarring from a C-section
- Vulvodynia – severe pain, burning, stinging of the vulva
- Tailbone pain from past falls or after birth
Pelvic floor acupuncture gently needles soft tissue and ligaments, enhancing neural communication, reducing pain, and restoring pelvic floor muscle function by improving neural reintegration.
Benefits of Pelvic Floor Acupuncture:
Pelvic Floor acupuncture is a gentle technique of needling soft tissue and ligaments that have a direct effect on the pelvic floor muscles. These highly effective pelvic floor acupuncture techniques establish a direct communication between the pelvic floor muscles and the central nervous system, allowing for neural reintegration and adjustment of muscles, thus reducing pain.
Acupuncture releases muscle tension and fascial adhesions to restore proper range of motion in the tissue. The pelvic floor muscles are restored to proper function by:
- Reducing pain
- Relaxing taut muscle tissue, ligaments and fascia
- Creating a neurological reintegration and adjustment of inactive or weak muscles
Individual Pelvic Floor Acupuncture Plans for Portlanders
Where are you needling?
Using small needles to minimize discomfort, we use points that affect the pelvic floor in the low back, glutes, abdominal muscles, and adductors. Each individual patient is assessed for the number of sessions required and areas that we will be treating. You are completely in control of the process and each step will be explained along the way as well as asking for consent throughout treatment.
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