Acupuncture And Pelvic Floor Spasms

Spasm of these muscles commonly manifests with urological symptoms including poor urine stream pelvic pain or pressure urinary frequency and urgency urge incontinence and ejaculatory pain.

Acupuncture and pelvic floor spasms.

Acupuncture is very effective in the treatment of scar tissue. When experiencing spasms it is also a good idea to do some breathing exercises as follows. How acupuncture helps to relieve chronic pelvic floor pain. Neurostimulatory devices include acupuncture.

Lay down on your back with bent knees while inhaling imagine the abdomen filling with air relax the pelvic floor by moving the breath downward and lowering the pelvic floor repeat the process without pausing between breaths in the case of levator. This typically involves a course of treatment with weekly to biweekly office sessions over 8 12 weeks. This is the same botox that is used for muscle spasm in other parts of the body and for cosmetic purposes except the pelvic floor muscles are very large muscles relative to the facial. The second main treatment for pelvic floor muscle spasm is the use of botulinum toxin a botox.

Even excessive sex losing more essence than can be replenished by nourishment can ultimately deplete sexual function. In addition to acupuncture and herbs the unfortunately named iron crotch qigong proper squats and male pelvic floor exercises can restore male sexual function. Acupuncture for pelvic conditions. Pelvic floor problems sacro iliac dysfunction and the trigger point connection.

Pelvic floor therapy with biofeedback and stimulation collectively referred to here as pft is the chief strategy that works to relieve problems associated with pelvic floor spasm. Note that in chinese herbal medicine we seek to address the underlying condition since herbs that only increase an erection can make the underlying condition worse. Chaitow l 2007 chronic pelvic pain. At alban acupuncture we have extensive experience using acupuncture to treat many pelvic conditions including chronic prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome pelvic floor dysfunction interstital cystitis overactive bladder bladder spasms frequent urination post prostate cancer recovery.

327 339 damen l muzaffer b guleruysal f et al 2001 pelvic pain during pregnancy is associated with asymmetric laxity of the sacroiliac joints. The fundamental concept of acupuncture is the balanced flow of life energy qi through the body. Journal of bodywork and movement therapies 11 4. There are various points on the body that help calm and dissipate genital pelvic and nerve pain.

Often it is recommended that patients use diazepam vaginal suppositories to decrease the overall muscle spasm when there is daily discomfort and or urinary symptoms associated with the pelvic floor muscle spasm. Acupuncture provides a holistic approach to healing and is effective treatment to relieve the pain.