Painful sex can be a source of great conflict and anxiety to the woman who suffers from it, causing marked distress and interpersonal difficulties. Although intercourse is possible, the accompanying pain has been associated with a more negative attitude toward sexuality, with more sexual function impairment, and with lower levels of sexual adjustment. Unfortunately, many women are putting up with painful intercourse, depriving themselves of the healthy intimacy that should be the cornerstone of their relationship. Our thorough assessment will identify the cause of the dyspareunia, including designing an appropriate intervention.

Vulvar vestibulitis is a component of dysesthetic vulvodynia, a complex condition that requires careful assessment and individualized management. Typically, there is a cure for vulvar vestibulitis — it requires finding the right clinician who will be patient enough and knowledgeable enough to spend the time it may take to get to the root of the problem, and offer the intervention that will work best.

A vestibule is “an entrance to,” such as the entrance to your house, or in medical terms it may be the entrance to the ear (auricular vestibule), the mouth (oral vestibule), the nose (nasal vestibule), etc. The vulvar vestibule is that area of the female vulva (genitals) that is within the inner lips (labia minora) where the entrance to the urethra (the tube that leads to the bladder) and the vagina can be found.

Vaginismus is a vagina in panic… It is the instantaneous, involuntary tightening of the pelvic floor muscles in anticipation of vaginal penetration. Effective treatment for vaginismus is available with the right intervention, and in the hands of a knowledgeable, experienced clinician*.