Health Risks of Rectal Prolapse Surgery

Rectal prolapse causes alarm, fear and embarrassment. You may feel uncomfortable talking about your symptoms such as uncontrollable flatulence and fecal incontinence. These symptoms can make your daily life miserable. Patients diagnosed with rectal prolapse can typically start treatment with a regimen of exercises, diet and medication. But the condition is progressive and may eventually…

Understanding Lichen Sclerosus

By Coyle Institute

Lichen Sclerosus: Understanding Symptoms and Risks Lichen sclerosus can painfully change women’s lives, putting greater health at risk and compromising intimate relationships. Although initial symptoms may mimic those of more common vaginal and vulvar irritations and illness, there are distinct signs that indicate lichen sclerosus. Pain and irritation of the vulvar skin should be taken seriously and treated immediately. …

What do I do about Vaginal Discomfort?

By Coyle Institute

No matter the stage of a woman’s life, her vagina can still surprise her with new pains, discharge, surprise bleeding and sudden onset itching. Vaginal discomfort has a wide range of causes, some minor, some more serious, many of them easily treated. Here are some of the common vaginal symptoms and what they can mean. …

Your Posture and Your Pelvic Health

By Coyle Institute

Poor posture hurts your pelvic floor The health of your pelvic floor may depend on your feet. And your shoulders. And your neck. Having poor posture, from slumped shoulders to tilted pelvis, can have a negative effect on the health of your pelvic floor – the sling of muscles that bear the weight of your internal organs when you sit or stand. How we sit, stand and go about…