| Lizanne
Pastore PT, MA, COMT has special training and expertise in treating
the following conditions:
Pelvic Floor Specialty Services
& Women’s Health Services
• Pregnancy health/wellness
• Prenatal/postpartum musculoskeletal pain
 • Post-hysterectomy/post-surgical pain
• Post-prostate surgery pain/incontinence
• Coccyx pain (women and men)
• Stress, urge and mixed incontinence
• Fecal incontinence (women and men)
• Pelvic organ prolapse management
• Dysapareunia
• Vaginismus
• Vulvodynia and vulvar vestibulodynia syndrome
• Chronic pelvic floor tension myalgia
• Painful bladder syndrome/interstitial cystitis
• Chronic non-bacterial prostatitis/prostadynia
• Pudendal neuralgia
What
you may expect during your physical therapy visit:
A
physical therapy pelvic floor evaluation is very different
from the evaluation you receive from your doctor. Physical
therapists are experts in assessing muscular tone, strength,
flexibility, and endurance, as well as the general health
of the musculo-skeletal system. So our evaluation of your
pelvic floor is very detailed and comprehensive. While it
always involves a thorough pelvic floor assessment, it often
includes assessment of your back, hips, and any other region
of your body that may be involved.
We
begin with a “subjective” evaluation in our San Francisco therapy office, meaning we
ask you many questions regarding your condition, and this
information guides us in what we include in our “objective”
or hands-on evaluation. In complicated situations, an assessment
may take 2 or more sessions.
We
share our results with your doctor because sometimes we are
able to find things that were missed because we spend more
time with you.
Lizanne
Pastore provides:
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Skilled
Physical Therapy services in a safe, comfortable and
private environment |
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Excellent
communication with your doctors |
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Sound
and knowledgeable advice and education about your condition |
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A
comprehensive assessment and individualized rehabilitation
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Treatment
Options:
There
are many modalities and manual techniques that physical therapists
are trained in to help you. Recent literature supports the
use of physical therapy in pelvic floor dysfunction. Treatment
options include:
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Massage |
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Biofeedback |
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Electrical
Stimulation |
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Strengthening
and Stretching Exercises |
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Neuromuscular
Re-education |
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Pain
Management Strategies |
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Patient
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