Because comfort is of the utmost concern, your initial assessment, along with all necessary follow-up treatments, is performed in a private and comfortable room where you will work one-on-one with a compassionate and personal therapist for the entire duration of your program.

During your initial assessment, we will obtain your comprehensive medical history for our records, perform a thorough physical examination to assess your needs and begin your personal and individualized treatment. Because enhancing your quality of life is our main objective, during this time your therapist will also instruct you on your personalized life-changing program.

Here is a breakdown of what your initial physical examination will involve:

• Joint testing
• Neurological testing
• Muscle testing for strength and mobility
• Pelvic Floor examination
• Visceral examination
• Postural examination
• Ergonomic examination (Assessing work and home environment, bed, pillows, chairs, etc.)
• Impact of current lifestyle, diet and exercise

Catered Care

An individualized treatment plan is designed for your specific needs. Your progress is monitored each visit to optimize the process and to ensure that you are receiving the appropriate care. During this time, you will be educated in an appropriate exercise program that fits your lifestyle. Every joint, muscle, ligament, tendon, nerve and organ that has an impact on your infertility, pain or dysfunction is addressed simultaneously, resulting in whole body healing with fewer sessions and decreased healing time.

Pelvic Floor Pain & Dysfunctions

Many patients with urinary, bowel and/or sexual symptoms and/or pelvic pain often have dysfunctional pelvic floor muscles - specifically, a group of muscles called the Levator Ani and Obturator Internus. These muscles lie between the pubic bone and tailbone and are responsible for bladder and bowel control as well as sexual functioning. When these muscles are tight, they can cause pain and/or dysfunction of the bladder, bowel, and genitals (sexual organs). Physical Therapy is indicated as part of a multi-disciplinary medical intervention and proper treatment can minimize and eradicate these perplexing symptoms.

JEMPT specializes in tending to your needs and dysfunctions with the goal of relieving you of your pain and symptoms, bringing you back to health.

 Dyspareunia

There are many reasons for painful intercourse. Through physical therapy, relaxation techniques and exercise and scar tissue massage (if you’ve had an episiotomy or hysterectomy) together, we can decrease your pain and move towards healing.

Coccygodynia

Tailbone pain is caused by problems with the muscles of the pelvic floor attached to the tailbone. Muscle tightness or myofascial trigger points can cause this pain, but your physical therapist is trained to normalize the tight muscles and tissue with manual therapy techniques.

Coccygodynia

Tailbone pain is caused by problems with the muscles of the pelvic floor attached to the tailbone. Muscle tightness or myofascial trigger points can cause this pain, but your physical therapist is trained to normalize the tight muscles and tissue with manual therapy techniques.

Vulvodynia/Vulvar Vestibulitis Syndrome/Vaginismus

Symptoms of vulvar pain can be caused by tight pelvic floor muscles, connective tissue restrictions, and nerve irritability. Connective tissue restrictions in the vulvar tissue lead to decreased blood flow resulting in tissue hypersensitivity and tight pelvic floor muscles or pelvic floor myofascial trigger points can refer pain to the vulvar tissue or vagina. We take great care in alleviating your pain through safe, therapeutic techniques.

Endometriosis

Endometriosis is when endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus. Because of the viscero-somatic reflex, endometriosis can cause musculoskeletal impairments including abdominal and pelvic floor muscle tightness and myofascial trigger points, connective tissue restrictions, and nerve hypersensitivity.

Dysmenorrhea

Once menstruation begins, and over the next several decades, many women suffer from some degree of dysmenorrhea, or pain, during their monthly menstrual cycle. Symptoms can range from slight irritability to intestinal upset, severe cramping, and even fainting.

Pregnancy and Post Partum pain

The incision from a Cesarean Section can cause connective tissue restrictions and myofascial trigger points in the abdominal muscles which both commonly contribute to urinary dysfunction, suprapubic and/or abdominal pain and dyspareunia.

Cystitis

The bladder and urethra lie very close to the pelvic floor muscles. When these muscles become tight they can create cystitis. Concurrently, because of the viscero-somatic reflex, bladder disease can cause musculoskeletal impairments.

Definitions adapted from The American Physical Therapist Association