Pelvic Floor Wand Guide
Learn how to perform myofascial release on your own deep pelvic floor musculature
Pelvic floor wands are S-shaped, silicone devices used to relax the deep tissues of the pelvic floor. We can work externally on the superficial tissues of the pelvic floor, but to get to the deeper musculature we need to use a wand. These wands are inserted vaginally, or anally.
If the idea of using a wand sounds undesirable: Don’t use one! We can get so much done by working just on the outside of the body. Talk to your physical therapist (and the rest of your medical care team) and design a plan that works well, for YOU. It may or may not include use of a pelvic floor release wand.
Doing deep pelvic floor work can help with a variety of issues including but not limited to: male and female pain with sex (especially if the pain is with deep thrusting), pelvic pain, interstitial cystitis and bladder pain, endometriosis, low back pain, hip pain, constipation associated with pelvic floor tension, and urinary hesitancy and incomplete emptying associated with pelvic floor tension.
There are a number of pelvic floor release wands on the market. Intimate Rose is a company that has very useful video guides on their website, and affordably priced models. If you are curious to learn more about use of a wand, navigate to this website and watch the first video: https://www.intimaterose.com/blogs/videos/wand-videos .
How Pelvic Care guides clients in using pelvic floor release wands
We go by the “teach a person to fish” model and offer all our clients with pelvic floor tension, instruction in self massage for their pelvic floor. Our goal is that you are empowered to manage your own symptoms. Confidence that you can relieve your symptoms yourself, offers such freedom and peace of mind if you struggle with pelvic pain and tension related bowel and bladder issues!
For deep pelvic floor manual therapy, there are 2 main options we can help you learn:
Train you to use a wand to self administer deep pelvic floor manual therapy
Train your partner to perform deep pelvic floor manual therapy with you
Clients often ask, which is better? The truth is, you might want to pursue both wand work and partner work, so that you have all the options at your disposal. That way, if your partner is unavailable, you can use your wand. And when they’re free–you can ask them to work with you!
For some people, however, partner work will not work. Maybe a partner would be unskilled, insensitive, or confused about interacting with your genitals outside of a sexual exchange. Best case scenario, involving a partner helps them to learn more about your medical/health condition, and gives them some agency, an ability to help you in a meaningful way.
Pelvic Care Physical Therapy
3770 W. Robinson St. - Ste. 112 - Norman, OK - 73072
www.pelviccare.org - 405.240.9575 – info@pelviccare.org
