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The writer of this blog and patient and wishes to remain anonymous. I am a 65-year-old married professional male who resides in NYC. About a year ago, I woke up with pelvic pain and I assumed it was a urinary infection. Immediately I went to my urologist, who gave me a urine test which showed …
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Fiona McMahon DPT Introduction Prostatitis is a common diagnosis we see at Beyond Basics Physical Therapy. If I have a new evaluation on my schedule, who is male and between the ages of 18-40, we can place a pretty good bet that they are coming to see me for issues pertaining to non-bacterial prostatitis. It …
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Fiona McMahon PT, DPT On October 23rd at 7pm we will be hosting our “Men’s Only Seminar”. Join us as we discuss how pelvic floor dysfunction affects the male pelvic floor. Learn how your sex life can be improved by pelvic floor treatment, how to regain function after prostatectomy, and how to rid yourself of …
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Fiona McMahon PT, DPT (Pronouns: She, Her, Hers) Hello again and welcome to part two of the “Do you Speak Pelvic Floor Series”. In the first part, we described the most common clinical language we use to describe the genitalia of those with female anatomy. In part two we will look a little more closely …
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Fiona McMahon PT, DPT May is Pelvic Pain Awareness Month: #PelvicPainAware. This is a big deal to us at Beyond Basics Physical Therapy, where we see it as our mission to spread awareness of pelvic pain and dysfunction to clinicians and patients alike. This month is spearheaded by the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS), of …
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Fiona McMahon DPT Introduction Prostatitis is a common diagnosis we see at Beyond Basics Physical Therapy. If I have a new evaluation on my schedule, who is male and between the ages of 18-40, we can place a pretty good bet that they are coming to see me for issues pertaining to non-bacterial prostatitis. It …
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By Amy Stein Wednesday night I was live on SiriusXM's Doctor Radio at NYU Langone with Dr. Benjamin Brucker and Dr. Joseph Alukal primarily to discuss male pelvic pain. However we did also speak about female pelvic pain and dysfunction. It was in a radio studio right in the hospital. We spoke about what pelvic …
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While Kegel exercises have typically been prescribed for women's health, men richly benefit from them as well. Just as with women, the muscles in a man's pelvic floor are the foundations of urinary and sexual health. As author Roni Carin Rabin writes in an article in this week's New York Times, "Like all muscles, these …
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By Riva Preil Stress can be a little devil. Not only can it result in tension headaches and jaw pain, but it can also result in tightness in the pelvic floor muscles. In men, this pain has been described as “a golf ball in the rectum” or “stabbing pain in the groin.” It can interfere …
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Beyond Basics is an international leader in pelvic floor physical therapy located in Midtown and Downtown Manhattan. 