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Pain & Discomfort
- Pain with or after intercourse
- Pain with penetration
- Vaginal or vulvar pain
- Penile or testicular pain
- Pelvic or perineal pain
- Rectal discomfort
- Burning, aching, or muscle-related pain
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Sexual Health
Pain or pelvic floor symptoms shouldn't keep you from feeling comfortable and confident with intimacy.
Dr. Lina Loyd provides individualized pelvic floor physical therapy for men and women experiencing pain or pelvic floor dysfunction associated with sexual activity. Care is private, respectful, and developed around your symptoms, comfort level, and personal goals.
Private, individualized care
Pelvic floor physical therapy for sexual health
concerns in men and women
Understanding Sexual Health Symptoms
Sexual activity should not routinely cause pain or pelvic discomfort.
Sexual health symptoms can involve pain, muscle tension, difficulty relaxing the pelvic floor, changes following childbirth or surgery, or symptoms that occur with penetration, erection, ejaculation, or other sexual activity. Pelvic floor physical therapy can help identify musculoskeletal and pelvic floor factors that may be contributing.
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Pelvic Floor Symptoms
- Pelvic floor muscle tightness or spasm
- Difficulty relaxing the pelvic floor
- Vaginismus
- Pain associated with erection
- Pain with or after ejaculation
- Pelvic pressure or tension
- Symptoms associated with bladder or bowel function
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Changes After Life Events
- Postpartum pain with intercourse
- Symptoms following C-section or childbirth
- Symptoms following prostate surgery
- Changes after pelvic or abdominal surgery
- Scar-related discomfort or restriction
- Changes following cancer treatment
- Difficulty returning comfortably to sexual activity
Sexual health symptoms often overlap with other pelvic health concerns.
Dr. Loyd's physical therapy care focuses on pelvic floor, musculoskeletal, movement, and functional factors related to your symptoms. Some sexual health concerns may also require evaluation or treatment by a physician or another healthcare provider.
Pelvic floor dysfunction
Chronic pelvic pain
Vaginismus
Vulvar or vaginal pain
Postpartum pelvic pain
Pelvic floor muscle overactivity
Prostatitis / pelvic pain symptoms
Post-prostatectomy concerns
Pain following pelvic surgery
Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Treatment starts with understanding what's contributing to your symptoms.
Sexual health symptoms can involve much more than pelvic floor strength.
Pain or difficulty with sexual activity may be influenced by pelvic floor tension, difficulty relaxing, muscle coordination, scar tissue, mobility, surrounding muscles and joints, or other pelvic health concerns. Dr. Loyd evaluates the factors physical therapy can address and develops treatment around your individual symptoms and goals.
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Understand Your Symptoms
Begin with a private conversation about your symptoms, when they occur, relevant medical history, concerns, and goals for treatment.
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Evaluate Pelvic Floor Function
When appropriate and with your consent, evaluation may assess pelvic floor tension, relaxation, strength, coordination, mobility, and other contributing musculoskeletal factors.
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Address Contributing Factors
Treatment may address muscle tension, mobility, coordination, scar restrictions, movement, or other physical factors associated with your symptoms.
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Work Toward Your Goals
Care progresses at an appropriate pace toward improved comfort, function, confidence, and participation in the activities that matter to you.
Your comfort is part of your treatment.
Care is individualized around your symptoms, goals, boundaries, and comfort level. Questions and communication are encouraged throughout treatment.
Sexual Health & the Pelvic Floor
Comfortable sexual function involves several systems working together.
The pelvic floor plays an important role in sexual function, but it doesn't work alone. Muscles, nerves, circulation, joints, connective tissue, breathing, and previous injuries or procedures can all be part of the clinical picture.
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Muscle Function
Pelvic floor muscles need the ability to contract, relax, lengthen, and coordinate appropriately.
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Mobility & Tissue
Mobility of the pelvis, hips, surrounding muscles, connective tissue, and scars can influence comfort and function.
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Pelvic Health
Bladder, bowel, pelvic pain, pregnancy, postpartum, and surgical concerns may overlap with sexual health symptoms.
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Movement & Response
Breathing, muscle guarding, positioning, movement, and learned responses to pain can also influence symptoms.
Treatment is about understanding your individual symptoms, not making assumptions.
Dr. Loyd evaluates the physical factors that may be contributing to your symptoms and develops treatment around what is appropriate for you. When concerns fall outside the scope of physical therapy, coordination with another healthcare provider may also be appropriate.
Getting Started
What to expect at your first visit.
Sexual health is personal, and discussing symptoms can feel difficult. Your first visit is an opportunity to talk privately about what you're experiencing, ask questions, and determine what aspects of your symptoms may be appropriate for pelvic floor physical therapy.
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Start With a Conversation
Discuss your symptoms, when they occur, relevant medical or surgical history, concerns, activities, and goals at a level of detail you are comfortable sharing.
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Complete an Individualized Evaluation
Evaluation is based on your presentation and may include movement, mobility, breathing, strength, muscle coordination, and pelvic floor function when appropriate.
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Understand Contributing Factors
Dr. Loyd will explain relevant findings and discuss the pelvic floor, musculoskeletal, or movement factors that may be related to your symptoms.
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Develop Your Treatment Plan
Treatment is developed around your individual findings, symptoms, goals, boundaries, and comfort level.
You are in control of your care. Pelvic floor assessment and treatment are individualized and should be explained and discussed with you beforehand. Your consent is required, and you can ask questions, decline an assessment or technique, or communicate your comfort level at any point.
Pelvic Health Project
Ready to take the next step?
Contact Dr. Lina Loyd to discuss getting started with individualized pelvic floor physical therapy for sexual health concerns.