Biofeedback is used to help control specific body functions. These body functions include heart rate, muscle contractions, and body temperature. The physical therapist will place electrodes on your body during biofeedback therapy to act as sensors of body functions. The electrodes sense how the body functions and a biofeedback processor analyzes this information. Audiovisual cues…
Internal pelvic floor therapy is a specific assessment and treatment of internal pelvic floor musculature during pelvic floor rehabilitation. The purpose of an internal assessment is to determine whether muscles of the pelvic floor may be tight or irritated, causing trigger points and contributing to pain felt internally and externally. Sometimes pain from these muscles…
When most people think of working their core, they think of their abs and doing crunches. In reality, our core is much more complex than just our abs. The purpose of the core is to help stabilize the spine and thus the body while we perform any variety of movements throughout the day, such as…