What Is Pelvic Physical Therapy Like? What To Expect At Your First Appointment (Male Or Female!)
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- I’ve gotten different variations of this question a number of times: “what can I expect at my first pelvic physical therapy appointment?” or “what is pelvic physical therapy like, exactly?”
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So, I do my best in today’s video to set the stage and help you understand what happens during a pelvic floor exam 🧡
Timestamps:
✩ Intro: 0:00
✩ Important Reminders: 00:25
✩ Subjective History: 1:15
✩ Objective & Pelvic Exam: 2:42
✩ External Pelvic Exam: 4:53
✩ Internal Pelvic Exam: 6:04
✩ Closing Thoughts: 8:53
✩ Outro: 9:39
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I’ve gotten different variations of this question a number of times: “what can I expect at my first pelvic physical therapy appointment?” or “what is pelvic physical therapy like, exactly?”
✩ Related Videos:
→ I don’t know if I want kids anymore: ua-cam.com/video/zE0aQCYQzC0/v-deo.html
→ Why are penises shaped the way that they are? ua-cam.com/video/i6J6koCyck0/v-deo.html
→ On female body hair: ua-cam.com/video/SijFMGdOirA/v-deo.html
→ What does a normal vulva look like? ua-cam.com/video/I4QFLmHd8xA/v-deo.html
→ Heal my pelvis with me! ua-cam.com/video/r9ONp2o2atE/v-deo.html
So, I do my best in today’s video to set the stage and help you understand what happens during a pelvic floor exam 🧡
Hi! Does anyone know of any medical professionals in this field in the East Kootenay region of BC, Canada? I can't find any through my searches. Any help would be great
You make it clear and (almost) comfortable! Love the way you explained and your smile. I am still apprehensive and (almost) scare to have that first consultation and treatments (internal)! Thank you Tori 🙏💗
Thank you for a straight forward discussion of what to expect. This is all new to me. Thanks.
10:46pm thank you so much for posting this video. I have my first pelvic appointment in a few weeks and I was very nervous as I had no idea what to expect and now I do. You made me feel empowered to be in control of the exam as much as the practitioner in the way of what will be done, and I feel OK now to say no if I am not comfortable. Thank you so very much. 😃
Love how you explained for Male Pelvic Floor exam
Good video about the pelvic floor exam; it was very thorough and professional; I will look forward to more videos.
Excellent information. Thank you!
Thank you so so much for this! I appreciate the thorough explanation so much, it’s helping me feel prepared, which aids in conquering my big doctor fear 💖
So helpful and empowering. Great! Thank you
I think this video will comfort lots of people. It is really about how an average exam goes. Thanks for sharing Tori.
I hope it does! Thank you for watching 🧡
Thank you so much! I have my first appointment in a few weeks and this was very informative.
I love your charisma and energy :) Your video is so good :)
You're so kind, thank you so much 🧡
Thank you for making me feel soooooo comfortable about my first visit you are beautiful and love your smile
Great video! Thank you!
This was very interesting! I’ve always wondered what a first time PT appointment was like!
I'm so glad you found it interesting! I think the first appointment usually much different (kinder, slower, gentler, etc.!) than people expect.
I wish I would have watched this before my appointment. I had no idea it was this intimate. But, I understand now. Thank goodness my Pelvic Floor PT was very professional, nice and gentle.
Thank you for sharing everytthing, I have a better feeling now because my first pelivic exam is on the11//30.
Great information. Encouraging to know that there is a physical therapy to help after surgery.
Wow. I _really wish_ I had seen this video before my last men’s physical. I’ve been under the care of the same GP for the past two years who happens to be female. Two years ago she prescribed me Fluoxetine to help manage my depression and anxiety. But then more recently, she wouldn’t renew my prescription unless I underwent an ‘annual physical,’ which was now one year overdue. I basically assumed that in order for her to keep prescribing the medication, she had to perform some level of monitoring. So I was mentally prepared to undergo certain tests, blah, blah, blah, but why did she have to perform a scrotal, hernia test? I didn’t really know this was coming but also didn’t tell her ‘no’ at the time. I wish had had some knowledge _in advance_ of the exam to decide whether or not to allow this. I probably would have said ‘no’ since I didn’t have any symptoms in my pelvic area. Additionally, she recruited an female assistant to chaperone this part of the exam as well as the following digital rectal exam. While I probably would have consented to the rectal exam (b/c I have no idea what I’m looking for), I would have declined the scrotal exam. It was both embarrassing and humiliating, but I was never individually asked if it was OK to go there. And what in God’s name did any of the scrotal exam have to do with renewing the prescription for an antidepressant? Maybe she had the best of intentions. But at the same time I feel like I was both tricked into this.
Thanks for your video because it has helped me sort out my feelings on this incident and how to comport myself for any future examinations. Regardless of my GP’s intentions, it was MY body, and MY decision what should be examined or NOT just to continue on a medication which I’m now dependent upon. I hate to use such a strong word, but it’s nothing other than a form of extortion. First you get a patient dependent upon a medication. Then you force him to undergo a pelvic examination in order to continue writing for it even though the medication has nothing to do with his scrotum.
And I would have been able to have forgotten it all by now except now that the lab results came back, her office has called me three times to schedule a follow-up. So that has caused all these feelings I would’ve shrugged off to well up again.
Again, your video has helped empower me to calmly assert myself in any future encounters. I wouldn’t have thought as a man I’m so sensitive about such things, but I guess that’s just the way it is. And you’ve helped me to see I have the right to honor my own feelings at _whatever_ stage the patient and provider might be in.
Thank you for making this! As a guy I’ll say I was pretty scared of my first appt. My wonderful PT calmed me down with her approach and demeanor and we had a wonderful conversation about what both of us were sensing while she had a finger exploring my rear. FAR more gentle and positive than anything that has ever happened at a Dr office. My only concern was that she asked me to be on my side, and she noted a bunch of L/R asymmetry, I can’t help but think the position may have influenced that.
Thank you so much for sharing so openly about your experience here! I'm so glad it ended up being much more gentle and positive than you expected. I really think practicing on each other helps!
And that's a fair concern - unless someone is guarding elsewhere (abdomen/adductors/gluts/etc.) - you can usually feel that kind of asymmetry, but she can always check it on your other side to see if it's positional for sure! Even if that's just to confirm or negate your own suspicion!
@@PelvicEmpowerment : You mention different positions and I think that could have been a good idea, she didn’t do that and I did not even consider position might have been reason for asymmetry until watching this video. I’m still doing my exercises, working to improve strength.
@@DougKremer Yes, and utilizing different positions definitely depends on the comfort of the patient and the experience of the provider!
So glad you're keeping up with your program - it can be so tough to stay motivated!
Thank you for mentioning body autonomy with regard to exams. :)
A sugestion for patients is, if you consent, you can bring your own safe person with you! They can sit in the waiting room, or be in the room before the physical exams, or in the room the whole time. It is a very vunerable time, and having someone there for emotional support and/or to help you advocate for yourself can be helpful.
Yes, I love what you've shared here - a safe person can be SO helpful. I've had a safe person in the room multiple times (a partner or a dear friend, usually), and it's no problem at all. Anything to make the patient feel safe. Love this recommendation, thank you 🧡
Very informative
I'm so glad 🧡
Thanks for the information. I sometimes feel like a pain going from my inner thigh next to my groin and it goes up to the hip. This is not all the time. Would I need to see a therapist or a doctor?
Hmm, I think a pelvic floor PT could help you figure out the cause of that pain! It depends on whether or not you need a referral. If you need a referral, you can always see your primary care doc, tell them about your pain and that you're interested in pursuing pelvic PT, and they'll usually write you a referral no problem 🧡
I learned a new word....Hemicorporectomy. I thought everyone had a pelvis. But I ended up down the UA-cam rabbit hole. This was amazing, informative and utterly surprising. How much of the human body and how many senses can be removed before life is unsustainable?
It's fascinating, isn't it?! You know, your question is one of my favorite philosophical and biological ones - I guess even though I'd always argue some of us hold a lot of sense of self in the pelvis, of course where YOU really "are" is your brain... so long as your brain and what it needs to survive are alive, so are you, but where is the line for quality life? I guess that depends on the person. I'd remove my pelvis if it meant I could spend more time with Keify, but I don't know if my will to survive alone would do it for me. Maybe! I've learned no one can accurately predict their response to anything until it happens to them, especially BIG things. I don't know... what do you think?!
I have worked with PT for about 3 years and had her totally baffled as I have an issue with my pelvic floor area due to my o.a.b. or I haven't had someone worked with me on this issue
How do you determine which pelvic pt you recommend in another state ?
I have a pelvic exam coming up I had a hysterectomy 03/28/22 my last exam for that was so painful. Please answer me.
Wives allowed in the room during all sessions for their husbands?
Is it common for men to cry while they're ejaculating. Not physical tears but a wailing.
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Um…..”if you have a penis”? What am I missing?
Some patients who go to PFT are intersex or transgender or may have some sort of congenital condition or injury
Do male patients ever get erections? Is that a big deal or problematic?
This is SUCH a good question and you aren't the first to ask. Pelvic PT is much more clinical than you might expect. Very sterile and medical. So men don't often get erections - that said, if they do, it's no big deal. We're trained professionals, and we pass no judgement 🧡
@@PelvicEmpowerment We can’t control these things, you know. 😉
My experience as a male patient was a non-event. I was actually kinda self conscious at the other side of the equation, that everything was trying to hide itself. I was sooo nervous about the whole thing at the outset.
Ok no right off the bat. All clothes on..Why the sheet. Hasn't the patient already been humiliated enough
Humiliated? Obviously you’re there for pelvic issues and you’re embarrassed. Maybe the therapist should wear a blindfold? Would that be better. So tired of reading comments about feeling violated. It’s their house. You want to visit then you play by their rules. Let them do their job. Leave your modesty at home!!! Fool!!