Restorative Yoga with Helena Spears
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Helpful Yoga Poses for Chronic Pain
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Pelvic Health
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Chronic Prostatitis/CPPS
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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
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Recurrent UTIs
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Endometriosis
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PCOS
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Voiding Dysfunction
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Vulvodynia
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Incontinence
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IBS
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Pelvic Pain
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Overactive Bladder (OAB)
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IC/BPS
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Pelvic Pain
Pelvic Pain Assessment Food & Symptom Tracker Coccydynia (Tailbone Pain) About Pain in/around the area of the coccyx, also called the tailbone Potential Causes Childbirth Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Poor posture Ageing Being overweight/underweight Infection/cancer (Both very rare) Symptoms Pain when pressure is applied to the tailbone Immediate and severe pain when moving from sitting to standing position Pain during bowel movements Pain during sex Deep ache in the …
Gynecological
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Bowel
Food & Symptom Tracker CONSTIPATION About Having fewer than three bowel movements a week Stools are dry and hard A bowel movement is painful and stools are difficult to pass A feeling that you have not fully emptied your bowels Causes Older age Stress Being a woman, especially while you are pregnant and after childbirth Hormonal changes The baby inside the womb squishes the intestines, slowing down the passage of …
Urinary
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