Stanford Pelvic Health Center

05/19/2022

Designed for both primary & specialty care practitioners, this course will offer information and skills needed to provide high quality care to men and women with We will address the assessment and management of common pelvic floor disorders, including pelvic pain, urinary incontinence, re**al prolapse, + care, and make voiding dysfunction. Through short, high yield didactics and interactive case discussions, participants will learn from pelvic floor specialists how to recognize, evaluate and manage common pelvic floor disorders.

03/08/2022

🤸🏻‍♀️Today is about celebrating YOU!!! 💃🏻 No matter what organs you own, if you’re a woman, then we thank YOU for being YOU!
💪🏽Strong, Wise, and all a part of the colorful prism🌈that paints our lives 🎨

03/01/2022

As winds down, it’s important that we continue to bring awareness to the health disparities that Black people experience across the spectrum, and make a conscious effort as healthcare workers to try and close the gap with what resources we have.
As the influential Black feminist bell hooks said: “My hope emerges from those places of struggle where I witness individuals positively transforming their lives and the world around them. Educating is always a vocation rooted in hopefulness.”

02/15/2022

📣ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS📣
We’re looking for a compassionate to join our team!! Apply at the link in our bio. Or search for R2111852.

https://careers.stanfordhealthcare.org/us/en/job/R2111852/PHYSICAL-THERAPIST-II

01/12/2022

♥️🧡💛We are the Pelvic Health Center at Stanford💚💙💜 And we are committed to fostering a culture of inclusivity & diversity in caring for patients across the gender spectrum. Last week & gave a training to keep us up-to-date. It also allowed for an opportunity to make suggestions on how we can continuously improve our environment so ALL people are welcome, feel seen, listened to, accepted, and most importantly, RESPECTED.

12/02/2021

🎧Our Medical Director Dr. Ekene Enemchukwu on today’s episode of the Urology Care Podcast, speaking about Black Women’s Health.
Here’s the link: https://twitter.com/urologycarefdn/status/1466437296811655173?s=21

12/02/2021

🎉Congratulations to our very own for having her abstract accepted to for a Poster Presentation at the 2022 annual scientific meeting in Tampa, FL May 2022! **alsurgery

12/01/2021

📣Are you a PA or NP with interest in Pelvic Health?? 📣 This is a unique opportunity to be on a multidisciplinary team of colore**al surgery, gastroenterology, urology, gynecology, physical therapists, and pelvic pain specialists.
⁉️Are you interested in office-based procedures to help your patients find the relief they need⁉️
To apply, inquire and learn more, visit our HR website and look for Job Requisition ID R2110693. You can only DM this account for further questions.

11/11/2021

“The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before then, glory & danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.” - Thucydides

10/22/2021

🧀 So what exactly are FODMAPs? 🧄They are a group of sugars that aren’t properly absorbed in our intestines. When FODMAPs reach the small intestine, they move slow, attracting water 💦 As they pass to the large intestine, FODMAPs are fermented by gut bacteria, producing gas 💨The extra water & gas and water cause the intestinal wall to stretch and expand. Because people with IBS ( ) have a highly sensitive gut 😖this “stretching” causes exaggerated pain and discomfort.

😄3 out of 4 people with IBS who follow a low FODMAP for 2-6 weeks will have:
✅Reduced pain & discomfort
✅Reduced bloating & distention
✅Reduced diarrhea or constipation
✅Improved quality of life
↖️Click the link in bio for more info, to see one of our Digestive specialists and get referred for further guidance with a nutritionist!

10/15/2021

🚩It’s NOT NORMAL to p*e if you cough, sneeze, laugh, or lift heavy 🚫
Involuntary loss of urine that happens during physical movement or activity (for instance 🤧coughing, 😩sneezing, 🤣laughing, 🧍🏼‍♀️standing up or 🏃🏽‍♀️running, 🏋🏿‍♀️heavy lifting) and conditions that increase the abdominal pressure (stress) on the bladder, is called stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

It is certainly not related to psychological stress.

👭About 1 in 3 women suffer from SUI at some point in their lives.

Urinary incontinence increases with age, but is often also a common complaint of 🤰🏾post-partum women.

📈About one-third (1 out of 3) of women age 60 find that they sometimes leak urine.

🚹Stress incontinence is uncommon in men who have not had prostate surgery.

🆘 There are a variety of treatment options to help you! These include Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy, urethral bulking, pessary, and/or surgery.

Ask your doctor for a referral to see us or a Urogynecologist! You don’t have to deal with this! There’s something YOU CAN DO!

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10/13/2021

⚠️ CHECK YOURSELF TO PROTECT YOURSELF ⚠️ October is month. The last year created some setbacks in breast cancer screening and early detection. Make sure you ask your doctor about getting your mammogram!
🧮 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime.
📊 63% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed at a localized stage, for which a 5-year survival rate is 99%! This is why mammograms are so important!!!
👎🏽This year, an estimated 43,600 women will die from breast cancer in the U.S.
🙋🏽‍♂️What about men?? Less than 1% of all breast cancer cases develop in men, only 1 in 1,000 men will ever be diagnosed with breast cancer. They are usually over the age of 50. Risk factors include radiation exposure, high levels of the hormone estrogen, and a family history of breast cancer, especially related to the BRCA2 gene.
🧐For more information, visit nationalbreastcancer.org

10/13/2021

10/13/2021

09/29/2021

💩The new re**al model is here! 📸 Stay tuned for videoes reviewing anatomy, hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulas, polyps, pelvic floor dysfunction, diverticulitis, and ge***al warts!

09/23/2021

Our Director Research, Dr. Brooke Gurland, was the lead author of a new publication with the The Pelvic Floor Disorders Consortium (PFDC), which published consensus definitions and interpretation templates for magnetic resonance imaging for defecatory pelvic floor disorders. Check it out below!

The report provides a universal set of recommendations and language for technique, interpretation and reporting of magnetic resonance defecography and is endorsed by six medical societies.

09/22/2021

🍑PEACH Program🍑Prevention & Education of Anoge***al Cancers & HPV associated diseases. It’s our newest program here at the Stanford Pelvic Health Center developed by .
📈Approximately 9,090 people will be diagnosed with a**l cancer in the US annually, according to the A**l Cancer Foundation.
⚠️ Risk factors for developing **lcancer include (but are not limited to):
- People living with
- Immunosuppressed patients
- People with a history of cervical, vulvar, or vaginal squamous intraepithelial lesions, or cancer
- People with a history of cervical HPV 16 infection
- People with a history of anoge***al warts
🧑🏻‍💻If you or someone you know is concerned or has a history of ge***al warts or needs to be screened, click the link in our bio to make an appointment!
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09/08/2021

Welcome to the Pelvic Health Center! We specialize in an array of pelvic health disorders, including pelvic, re**al, vaginal, pe**le, bladder, and abdominal pain! We also care for patients with re**al prolapse, pelvic organ prolapse, recurrent bladder infections, interstitial cystitis, endometriosis, overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, f***l incontinence, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, colonic inertia, fistulas, a**l fissures, hemorrhoids, and pelvic floor dysfunction among many other pelvic floor diagnosis! We're happy to see you all!