PELVIC HEALTH + WELLNESS by DR.KELLY SAMMIS, PT

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Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Oct 1, 20225 min read

Dry Needling + Urinary Incontinence

Urinary incontinence (UI) is defined as ‘any complaint of involuntary leakage or urine’ that has several different subtypes based on when...

Sexual Trauma + Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

May 1, 20225 min read

Sexual Trauma + Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

While this is not the most comfortable of topics to discuss, it is something that greatly affects a number of my clients and a number of...

Endometriosis: Innovative Treatment Approaches That Are Changing Patient Outcomes

Tina Anderson, MS, PT

Apr 1, 20223 min read

Endometriosis: Innovative Treatment Approaches That Are Changing Patient Outcomes

What is Endometriosis? Endometriosis is a complex, estrogen-dependent gynecological disorder in which endometrial tissue (the tissue that...

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Mar 1, 20224 min read

Understanding Painful Intercourse

Navigating this common, but not normal and definitely treatable, pathology. Pain with intercourse is more common than you’d think. While...

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Feb 1, 20227 min read

Dry Needling + CPPS

Innovative techniques to optimize clinical results. Pelvic floor pathology comes in a variety of diagnoses, etiologies, and...

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Jan 1, 20224 min read

Navigating Pelvic Pain

Pelvic pain has been associated with over 70 different diagnoses that often present with overlapping symptom presentation (1). Patients...

Pudendal Neuralgia: A Patient Perspective

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Nov 22, 20199 min read

Pudendal Neuralgia: A Patient Perspective

Kate's Personal Story + Journey Cycling was my life. It was the first sport I excelled at and it defined who I was for the last decade....

Diastasis Recti...The Gap Isn't The Problem

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Jul 25, 20195 min read

Diastasis Recti...The Gap Isn't The Problem

As women, especially in the postpartum phase, we are plagued with societal pressures and advertisements to get our pre-baby body back. A...

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Feb 18, 201913 min read

Pudendal Neuralgia + Cycling Syndrome

Pudendal neuralgia (PN) is a diagnosis which describes neuropathy along the distribution of the pudendal nerve [1]. PN can be hard to...

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Feb 1, 20194 min read

Pelvic Floor Anatomy + Function

How many times have you had a client standing in your clinic looking very puzzled while holding and spinning around your pelvis model say...

Dr. Kelly Sammis, PT, CLT

Jan 26, 20192 min read

Welcome!

Welcome to a much needed space to empower + educate clients in pelvic health, pelvic floor dysfunction, oncology rehabilitation, Pilates...

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