Dyspareunia and Physiotherapy

Dyspareunia is genital pain experienced just before, during or after sexual intercourse. Some women have always experienced pain with intercourse from their very first attempt. Other women begin to feel pain with intercourse after an injury or infection or cyclically with menstruation. Sometimes the pain increases over time. When pain occurs, the woman may be distracted from feeling pleasure and excitement. Learn how physiotherapy can help in treating dyspareunia and restore a healthy and pain-free sexual experience. Find out more about dyspareunia and its physiotherapy treatment options.

Causes

• vaginal dryness from menopause, childbirth, breastfeeding, medications
• skin disorders that cause ulcers, cracks, itching, or burning
• infections, such as yeast or urinary tract infections

•  spontaneous tightening of the muscles of the vaginal wall 
• endometriosis
• pelvic inflammatory disease
• uterine fibroids
• irritable bowel syndrome
• radiation and chemotherapy

Some factors also affect a person’s ability to become aroused can also cause dyspareunia. These factors include:

• stress, which can result in tightened muscles of the pelvic floor
• fear, guilt, or shame related to sex
• self-image or body issues
• medications such as birth control pills
• relationship problems
• cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and thyroid disease
• history of sexual abuse

Symptoms

• Pain while inserting a tampon or during penis penetration
• Pain with particular partners.
• Deep pain during thrusting
• Burning pain or aching pain.
• Throbbing pain, lasting hours after intercourse.

Physiotherapy Treatment  

Education: by helping to describe the role of the pelvic floor musculature in the pain cycle and provide techniques that can be used in the home environment

Manual therapy to mobilise muscle and soft tissue, normalize overactive muscles, improve circulation and desensitize areas

Desensitization therapy: learning vaginal relaxation techniques, such as Kegel exercises, that can decrease pain

Sex therapy: learning how to re-establish intimacy and improve communication with your partner

Water-based lubricants rather than petroleum jelly or other oil-based lubricants are preferable. Oil-based lubricants tend to dry the vagina.

Psychological therapies, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy 

Pelvic muscle relaxation exercises, sometimes with biofeedback can help women with tight pelvic muscles learn to consciously relax them.

Immediate Help through Physiotherapy for Incontinence and Dyspareunia :

Have you been having frequent urination? Are you wondering about bladder weakness causes? Experiencing partial or complete lack of bladder control? Have you figured out the causes of incontinence? Or is it more like concussion incontinence?

Is it an experience of full loss of bladder control? Or poor bladder control? Or wondering about what causes sudden loss of bladder control?

How about any urine leakage?

At Curezone Physiotherapy, our expert therapists aim to improve pelvic strength and flexibility through targeted pelvic stretches and customized pelvic pain exercises to relieve you of pelvic-related issues. If you are looking for the best physio NEAR ME to learn the exercises for pelvic pain, look no further! We aim to be YOUR best physiotherapist in Mississauga and Oakville areas, and are here and ready to teach you the best exercises for pelvic pain and to help you out of incontinence.

We welcome you to call us or click below to book an appointment with one of our expert physiotherapists to let us immediately start assisting you in your road to recovery.

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