Posts made in November, 2013

Patient Testimony: K.S., age 36, New York, NY

Posted by on Nov 1, 2013 in Testimonials

Pamela Morrison, PT, MS, DPT, BCB-PMD, IMTC is a master. She diagnosed the source of my pelvic pain and connected me with an expert OB/GYN. She has helped so many different parts of me feel better. Her expertise helped give me the courage to have a baby because I knew she’d be there to support and rehabilitate me after birth. She fixed my sacral pain in one visit after almost four months of bed rest. She is truly an integrative physician. She knows how all the systems interact, which makes her a great solver of complex issues. You can throw anything at Dr. Morrison – digestive pain, bladder...

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Patient Testimony: Shani, age 24, New York, NY

Posted by on Nov 1, 2013 in Testimonials, Vulvodynia

“Pamela Morrison, PT, MS, DPT, BCB-PMD, IMTC, is the best at what she does. I first came to her knowing very little about my condition (vulvodynia). I was feeling rather hopeless and scared that my sex life would never return to normal. Dr. Morrison taught me so much about my body and my condition. She guided me through exercises, different “alternative” treatments and really improved my quality of life and my sex life. I’m moving to another city this month and am a bit nervous about leaving Dr. Morrison behind! Luckily, she was able to recommend a colleague in my new city and I’m...

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Dr. Pamela Morrison appointed as Executive Board Member of the National Vulvodynia Association (NVA)

Posted by on Nov 1, 2013 in Staff Update, Vulvodynia

Dr. Pamela Morrison has just accepted a position as an Executive Board Member of the National Vulvodynia Association (NVA). Being a manual orthopedic physical therapist for over 20 years, she has treated patients with chronic pelvic pain including patients with diagnoses such as vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, pelvic floor muscle dysfunction, prostatitis, endometriosis, prenatal and post partum, pelvic organ prolapse, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, digestive problems and pudendal neuralgia. In 2006, her doctoral project of “Common Evaluative Findings in Women with Vulvar Pain”...

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Treating Postpartum Patient with 2 Finger Diastasis Recti

Posted by on Nov 1, 2013 in Diastasis recti, Pregnancy

We just evaluated a post partum patient (12 weeks) who was told by her pilates instructor that she had a 4 finger diastasis recti and when we tested her it was only a 2 finger separation. She was relieved and is on her road to recovery now. We had her stop the pilates until her abdominal wall comes back together using an abdominal binder and prescriptive exercises. Diastasis recti is a separation between the left and right side of the abdominal muscle which covers the front surface of the belly area called the rectus abdominis muscle. Diastasis recti is a common condition during pregnancy....

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Pediatric Physical Therapy

Posted by on Nov 1, 2013 in Constipation, Gastrointestinal, Pediatric Physical Therapy, Protatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain

We provide expert one-to-one care for the pediatric population. Every pediatric patient is evaluated by a highly skilled physical therapist and a plan of care is created with the input of the parents or caregivers. Each child is evaluated carefully as an individual. Our therapists are skilled in generalized orthopedics as well as experts in all pelvic dysfunction including pelvic floor muscle dysfunction associated with bed-wetting (nocturnal enuresis), incontinence, constipation, pelvic pain, and pain associated with digestive issues. Pelvic floor muscle dysfunction is evaluated through...

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