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Every so often we share with our audience – you – the latest medical news and research outcome that we feel may be of interest.  The topic we are covering today is pregnancy. Intense exercise during pregnancy? USA Today reports that “exercise is an important part of a healthy pregnancy.” In fact, “the old-school idea […]

We often counsel patients about their rights, robbed away by abusive relationships with a family member, a partner, a work associate, etc.  The most tender situation is when the woman suffered abuse by a family member, especially when she was a young and impressionable, and not yet able to understand and fight the crime. Of […]

The following email was received today from a former patient: Greetings, WTC! I am so thrilled to write to you tonight sharing that my husband and I have now been healed from vaginismus for TWO YEARS!! To be honest with you all, the first year and some change was not exactly the easiest nor most […]

Pelvic floor muscles would go into spasm because of an injury, an orthopedic or a neurological issue, after surgery, childbirth, and certain medical conditions.  Treatment is available through acceptable medical intervention that is readily available. And then there is the psychosomatic pelvic floor muscle tightening, a reactionary phenomenon to vaginal penetration, that is what primary […]

Is a wife the property of the husband? By ignoring violence about women, do governments imply that, “Women, you don’t own your bodies and we won’t protect you?” By signing the marriage contract, some men think that women’s bodies are their properties. By accepting the social norms and interiorizing the patriarchy, most women don’t challenge […]

Heard from a patient recently: “I really wanted to self-video using the dilators in order to show myself that I am doing it correctly, and to remind myself that I can do it. I need a visual reminder…” When asked to explain further, she said: “There are moments when I feel capable, and others when […]

Every woman will experience a vaginal yeast infection at least once in her lifetime. A common cause is taking antibiotics for bacterial vaginosis (BV), for an infection elsewhere in the body (respiratory, sinus, bronchitis, etc.), after surgery, etc. Antibiotics wipe out both, the bad AND the good bacteria that live in our gut and in […]

We are touched by the sincerity and intimate sharing of Jo’s story, recorded today with the hope to inspire others NOT to live with vaginismus but rather to seek help as soon as possible.  To quote her: “I first met the doctors of the Women’s Therapy Center back in 2001 but I was not ready to […]

Maintaining an exercise program as a lifestyle is not easy despite its proven importance and health benefits.  As one ages, the call for exercising is often based on preventing on battling medical breakdowns.  The good news is that, even if starting later on in years, the body will respond favorably although not ideally had the […]

 The female genitals give rise to different conditions that are expressed by pain, burning, and the feeling of being ‘swollen down there.’   Vulvodynia, vulvar vestibulitis, and vaginismus are most certainly in this mix. Generally speaking, Vulvodynia refers to symptoms in the vulva, which is the area of the female genitalia when one separates the outer […]